Post card from Portmeirion

Hello!

I have managed to find a Wi-Fi hotspot and get connected!

But it is painfully slow to load up photos here so these next few posts might not have as many photographs as usual!

So today we made the most of a lovely sunny day to explore Portmeirion. Some people love it, some people hate it......I love it!

You can read a little of it's history here.

Brainchild of Clough Williams-Ellis who bought the land in 1925. A lot of the buildings are originals that he saved from demolishion and re-built here.

His motto was-
"Cherish the Past,
Adorn the Present,
Construct for the Future"

We had a lovely lunch

Then walked down to the estuary

Then walked back up the hill to listen to the brass band playing in the Bristol Colonnade

Then after a look around the shop it was time to leave.

Shame to leave such a colourful interesting place.

Did I say there would be limited photos?

Summer is here!

Flowers, a gift from a child at school

OK the weather may not be very summery but officially my own summer started today.

No more school for me until September 3rd!

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Yippee!

although for some....life is just one long holiday!

Last weekend with the promise of good weather, Hubby and I decided we needed to tackle the much neglected garden.

We neglected it in the run up and the aftermath of building the extension and Nature has invaded.

Hubby started by cutting the grass in the orchard.

I managed to get some order into the small veggie patch.

and do some weeding.

I picked up an old work in progress later on Sunday evening

I am going to take it on holiday with me next week and hope to make some progress with it!

Last day of term and it was cakes and drinks at school after a tearful leavers service at church.

I am taking my mum to the RHS show at Tatton tomorrow and Hubby and I go to North Wales for 6 days from Saturday. I am not sure if I will be able to update my blog while away so it might be quiet around here for a while.

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Enjoy the promised Sunshine everyone!

Summer weather?

I am so glad it's Friday. Only three more days left in school...hooray!

I promised to show you a walk we did locally last weekend. First let me give you some background information.

We have lived in this house for seven years. We managed to sell our other house very quickly and we had to rent somewhere for seven months before we found this house and moved in.

So Hubby found a one bedroom cottage on a hill in the area we wanted to move to. It was part of a very very old farm. The cottage was once a barn attached to the farmhouse. One day I will scan some photos of the cottage and interior to show you but last weekend we went for a walk passed the cottage.

First we parked the car near to Ringstone Edge Reservoir.

Walked along the lane a little way.

You can see Boothswood Reservoir in the distance and the M62 just behind it.

This is the back of the farm. Our cottage is the cleaned up bit on the left.

It was always windy at the cottage and this day was no different!

We walked back towards the car

It is interesting to learn a little about the Reservoir.
It was built between 1886 1nd 1898 and is listed.
It was built for Wakefield City Council.

The area is thought to be Bronze age and a stone circle is reported to be beneath the reservoir.
Yorkshire Water have made it into a Conservation Area for the Little Ringed Plover.
It has it's own blog here but it is no longer updated but worth a look all the same.

As you can see we were lucky with the weather that day.

Not so last Friday
It was lovely and sunny as I left work and headed up the hill towards home.

At the top of the hill I pulled over to take a photo of the rain heading my way. In seconds the hills disappeared.

I sat in the car and watched as the rain came towards me along the road in front of me!

I decided to get home

I saw on the local news when I got home that poor Hebden Bridge got it bad that afternoon.
I am not sure what is happening with this weather. I do know that everyone is very fed up with it though.

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