While visiting Martin and Donna in Keighley, today we head to Skipton Castle, which is owned by an Italian family, apparently, and has been for quite some time. There is a full day planned, doing various things, and as I haven’t been to Skipton before, I’m looking forward to it. We moved on into theContinue reading “Today we head to Skipton Castle.”
Monthly Archives: July 2026
We have a new PM
Today one prime minister (Kier Starmer) left from the job and another stepped into the role (Andy Burnham)
Checking for blackberries
After we’d been home for about an hour. We decided to go and look at plum trees in the wild and blackberries that are literally within a mile of our front door. I managed to slink away and found a bench to sit on while Val picked blackberries. There aren’t many, so there wasn’t aContinue reading “Checking for blackberries”
A walk to Eaton Park Cafe
This morning Val and I had decided to go back to Gorleston and the beach, but after some thought we decided that we’d do a longer walk. We parked at Bothorp, which is just down the road from where we live, and walked across country to Eaton Park cafe, where the sun is shining brightly.Continue reading “A walk to Eaton Park Cafe”
I’m reading a book called Fibre Fuelled.
I’m currently reading a book called Fibre Fuelled by a guy called Dr. Will Bulsiewicz. He’s from the States and he’s highly admired. It’s well worth a read. https://amzn.eu/d/07lUZEC7
We went to the beach.
On Wednesday, Val and I went to the beach at Gorleston-on-Sea. This is a reasonably regular visit for us, as it’s such a wonderful beach. It was a bright day with some cloud, but we didn’t think it would be too hot, so we took food, chairs, a windbreak, kindles, and something to drink. It’sContinue reading “We went to the beach.”
A poem to my daughter Hannah
The calendars turned and the seasons went by, Carrying years like a wind through the sky. Yet time has a way of refusing to part With the sound of your name at the core of my heart. Hannah, I wonder where life has you now, What quiet resolves you have kept in a vow, WhatContinue reading “A poem to my daughter Hannah”
Another hot day
Today we continue July with temperatures in the 30s. I spend the day doing domestic jobs. Here are the jobs I did:– washing my car– making ice cream– washing bed sheets– attending the garden– going shopping for essentials We have nearly run out of water in our water butts and are having to revert toContinue reading “Another hot day”
It’s been a while since I posted here.
May and June have been and gone. We came back from Italy, and I had a small injury which prevented me from walking very much, as when I fell in Montecatina I injured a nerve on my left leg, and it was giving me quite a lot of pain. We’re into July now, and theContinue reading “It’s been a while since I posted here.”
Val and Peter Ball are ....... 