Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells
John Keats' poem, To Autumn, 1820
Early in September here in the UK it is Heritage Open Weekend. Where places open for free to look around. Some of these places are museums that open to the public at other times but some are buildings that the public do not usually have access to.
In 2011 we went to Briar Court.
This year we went to the Colne Valley Museum in Golcar.
Where it was a special Tea for Two.
The volunteer ladies were hard at it in the kitchen making scones to serve in the tearoom upstairs.
It is a small museum that explains the life of a cottage textile worker.
Our favourite room though was the Clog Makers
(sorry these photos are bad, I couldn't use a flash and this camera was my old compact that is not very good in low light conditions).
We wandered around the village too.
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We bought some scones to take home!
Then on Saturday 14th it was the village Michaelmas Show
I only entered some photos this year.
Every one wanted to win one of these!
above is The Lady Mayoress after judging
And I DID!
for this photo.
I got Gold and a trophy for Best in Show!
The theme was 'Welcome to Ripponden'
I also got silver for this one above.
Then on the 21st I went to celebrate a friends birthday at The Palace Hotel in Manchester.
Late lunch and cocktails!
Meet Emmie Mouse, made for a friends new born baby girl.
I was also lucky enough to go and see Othello at a local cinema which was being broadcast live from the National Theatre in London. Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear were excellent.
One Sunday we had a walk.....
With the main aim to pick blackberries....a spot of foraging but more on that subject another time.
