Friday finds

I thought I would show you some of my latest finds.

Such a pretty little tin, now all my buttons are in there. I found this in a local charity shop and it restored my faith that there are still some good finds out there that are not at silly prices. This was 50p.

A long sort out addition to my bedroom. Somewhere to store all the out of season clothes. Although at the moment I'm not sure what should be in there!! I found this at a car show and it was a lot cheaper than they are going for on Ebay these days.

Lovely glass bowl just crying out for a trifle in it. a mini tea cup and saucer for Little Miss. Another long sort after item, a toast rack and little butter knife. Oh and some lovely Cath Kidston ribbon. All from charity shops and antique shops in Rye. Oh and I nearly forgot the two lovely pieces of fabric.

I did manage to get some other lovely things there but they are for presents.

~x~

Wonderful, historical, beautiful York.

How I love the city of York. The history and atmosphere in this place is just magic to me. Just before it was time to go back to school in September we decided to go away for a weekend break there. Train tickets booked we decided to stay at the youth hostel there.

After we dropped off our bags at the youth hostel we walked along the river and into the city. We had a lovely walk around taking in all the sights and planning our days.

The Railway Museum, we spent all morning wandering around here. It was very strange as we were some of the first into the museum , and in some areas we were the only people around.

We visited the Minster and had afternoon tea at Betty's. 

A visit to The Castle Museum. This has to be one of my favourite museums, so much to see and so fascinating.

A final walk around the city walls. Then having a go at making mosaics.

We also managed to fit in two visits to the Jorvik centre as Little Miss thought it was so good.

One of the best things is the museums we visited we can re-visit as many times as we want in the next year. 

I think this means we have to plan another visit...not that I will be complaining.

~x~

Wonderful Weekend At Dawlish

Start of the summer holidays and we went away with my mum for a lovely long weekend at Dawlish. 

As usual our train journey started out with sandwiches. We have a family tradition of taking marmalade sandwiches and bacon sandwiches for on the train.

 

Dawlish is a beautiful place and was were my Mum and Dad had their honeymoon in 1970. We know Dad was with us on holiday in spirit and was watching us all enjoy ourselves.

The weekend was made up of fantastic views as we walked around Dawlish and headed into Teignmouth.

So loved the ladybirds, I can remember going on these when I was younger.

We also had great eats.

Oh we do love pasties and cream teas. With a cream tea do you have it the Cornish (jam then cream) or the Devon (cream then jam) way?

We had a lovely wander around Exeter and had a visit to the cathedral.

These two stained glass windows were a lovely surprise on the top floor of one of the shops.

Dawlish is well know for an unusual type of bird.

Black swans, we were very lucky and saw cygnets as well.

We all had a wonderful time in Dawlish and will be revisiting again.

~x~

Summer Holidays

So I have been very lax with my blog (amongst other things) over the last month. Well I can say the exact date from when. The day Little Miss broke up from school. It happens every year why does my life seem to go to pot when she is not at school. Easy...routine.

We are both out of routine. We talked about this today. When she is at school she knows that certain things happen on certain days. But over the school holidays the drama club, cookery club and brownies etc don't happen. So she cannot pinpoint days. I find the same because of the way I use my two weeks holiday over the summer (by taking odd days off to make long weekends) and even I have to think twice about what day it is.

So I need to sort out a way of dealing with this for next summer holiday.

~x~

Weekend Away (Day 3)

Always the worst part of a holiday leaving day. 


We decided on the way back to visit a place that I have driven past many times but never stopped to see...Stonehenge.


Wow what a wonderful place.

Just absolutely stunning. The site was so much bigger than I thought it would be. 

It was very strange though. Hundreds of people there and everyone was wandering round with these on and listening to the commentary.

But I wonder how many people actually stopped and took in all that was around them. Most people just seemed to be walking round the site in a trance like state.


Eventually we arrive home. We settled down to catch up TV (well we had missed Dr Who). We then had our final Cornwall treat...cream tea.

~c~

Weekend Away (Day 2)

Next day we headed into Polperro. What a beautiful little fishing village.

Arrive and the first thing we see is this great water mill. 

Polperro is a lovely place and is made so by the fact that access is restricted to vehicles.

A walk down to the beach and some serious beach combing done. Also some great caves to explore.

More wandering and exploring. With stunning views from all directions.

A wonderfully decorated Shell House.

Then a visit to the museum to find out about the local smugglers.

A little secluded spot to sit down and have some lunch. With views out to sea.

Then back to the camp site for party time at the disco.

~c~

Weekend Away (Day 1)

Surprise weekend away for Little Miss. All she knew was that we were heading off to Cornwall.


Catching the sleeper train from London Paddington, and yes we did manage to find Paddington Bear at the station.

What a great way to travel, fall asleep in London then wake up in Cornwall a few hours later. We arrived very early the next morning in Looe. What a stunning view as we walked out of the station.

When we arrived at the camp site it was a quick unpack and then we had a little explore around the site.


It was then time to watch a very important wedding.


After we went for a walk into Looe.

A ferry trip across the harbour which cost the grand sum of 40p each! Then it was freshly baked Cornish pasties. Yummy.

Freshly caught fish picked up ready for dinner when we got back. Little Miss managed to find a shop with some great jokes in, so holiday money was soon spent.

~c~