Well, weren’t we lucky?
We went away to Northumbria for 4 days with some friends – who’d have
thought that we’d have such good weather, it was wonderful. On the day we arrived we had a lovely walk
at Alnmouth and the next day we visited Howick Gardens on the coast, near
Craster. On our last day, we did a
whistlestop tour of all the places we love on that coast – Budle Bay, Bamburgh,
Seahouses, Beadnell and Dunstanborough.
The other day, we went to Newcastle itself to look at the Tyne Bridge
and the Millennium Bridge. We also went
to a really interesting gallery, The Biscuit Factory, a contemporary art
gallery in a Victorian warehouse -
plenty to see, paintings, photography, sculpture, ceramics, glass and
some textiles; it was a real treat. On our way home we detoured to Gateshead to
see the Angel of the North , Antony
Gormley’s sculpture. Although I expected it to be big, it was
larger than I had imagined and most impressive, although I have to say it doesn’t beat Another Place
which is, for me, far more moving.
Before we went away I did some felting – a book cover
inspired by birch trees in an autumn landscape – which I’ve now completed only
to have my granddaughter fall in love with it, so I’ve had to make another
one. Since we came home I’ve made
another bookcover depicting yachts in a seascape –that was much admired today
in Borrowdale.
I have made great
strides with downloading photos – I’ve even caught up enough to start working
on those I took at the Motorfest – not great so far, but it was difficult to
get clear shots with all those people milling about
Last Sunday, I went
on a nostalgia trip to see the church which I had attended until the mid 1950’s
– it had been superseded by a modern building in 70’s and was open just for the
afternoon. What a lot of memories it brought back, but sad
to see how much it had deteriorated and how small it seemed to me 50 odd years
on. Still, there is a move afoot to attempt
some restoration, I hope it is
successful.
On Friday I attended a workshop on making masks – it was
very messy and great fun, my effort is presently sitting on top of the washing
machine drying, very slowly. I’m
hopeful that, when it is fully dry, and I peal it off the mould, it will be
quite effective. Watch this space!
I do remember saying in a post in August, that I was never going to do an outside event
ever, ever again. However, I had already
booked and paid for today’s event in the Lake District. The idea was to take our long-suffering
husbands to Keswick for a night in a hote, l with a good meal thrown in, and
then to attend the Borrowdale Show and Shepherds Meet the next day. So, on Saturday, we left with high hopes of
a pleasant walk around Derwentwater before our evening meal. Because of a very long delay on the M6, we
didn’t get to Keswick until 4.30 p.m. so
a walk was out of the question but we
had a little walk around Keswick before our meal. This morning, it only started to drizzle
as we arrived at the show ground so unpacking wasn’t too awful. Then it started, heavier and heavier, and it
didn’t stop all day. The showground
got soggier and soggier, the cars had to be towed off the field which was being
used as a car park and, all in all, it was pretty awful. How sad for the organisers. Despite the fact that we did sell a few
things and, again, met some fascinating people
that is positively the last time outdoors in the English Summer..
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