Monday, 23 February 2009

Innovative uses for knackered canoes!


The plan:

  • Take one broken canoe
  • Chop the top off
  • Fill with compost
  • Grow veg

Saturday, 21 February 2009

Forgot to add this! The Orchid that Stuart got me for Valentines Day!

My Birthday

One of my 2 birthday cards from Joe!!

Joe made me a special pink cake with pink icing for my birthday!!
Thank you to everyone for my cards and presents!

Friday, 20 February 2009

Valentines Day!

Enjoyed a great trip to the Dales to source food & drink for our tea.

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Starter
McKenzies Smokehouse (Blubberhouses) - Hunters Selection of Smoked Meats (Duck, Chicken, Goose, Venison) with wild garlic sauce (from Inverawe Smokehouse)

Main
Cracoe Farm Shop - Rib eye Steaks
Kelham Farm Shop - Boiled New Potatoes, Mange Tout, Baby Sweetcorn, Carrots
McKenzies Smokehouse (Blubberhouses) - Steak Diane Sauce
Desert
Kelham Farm Shop - Strawberries & Jersey Cream

Beverages
Source unknown - Vintage Pink Cava (Present from Stuart)

Whisky Tasting
Whisky Shop (Grassington) - Indian Whisky Amrut (not bad) , Japanese Whiskey (I forget the name but a bit nasty), Edradour (Scotland) An cnoc (our favourite)

Sorry no photos too busy eating, drinking & Only Fools & Horses watching

Story Telling

Don't know who was more interested in the story me or Joe!!


Journey to work!

My journey to work (Bingley to Bradford) Tues 3rd Feb 2009.

The car park at work!

Snow in Our Garden

Not put any pictures on for a while.

Here are some snaps of the snow in our garden 3rd Feb 09




Sunday, 1 February 2009

Happy 85th Birthday Grandma!


Tan Hill

Went to the Tan Hill Inn (the highest pub in the land). It was absolutely freezing and hailing horizontally.


Called at Aysgarth Falls on the way home.

Yorkshire Dales






Kite Flying on Baildon Moor


Attempted kite flying on Baildon Moor. This was as good as it got. Andy thought it was the "wrong sort of wind". I think we were just rubbish. Got the Dragon kite flying though!

Farmer Joe!!


Joe gets dressed to watch Uncle Chris come second in the National Cyclo-Cross Championships!