Promside

A lovely sunny evening for a walk on the Prom . . . so here are a few of the highlights:



A tall ship on the horizon and paddle boarders out in the bay.



Music by the Castle. . . .

Puss cat sunning himself, and I wonder what that is saying . . . 



Who would live anywhere else?

Living the Dream

Martin is still enjoying his life of leisure . . .

Silver Wedding Weekend

Five years on, and it was up to the Lake District again, to meet up with some old schoolfriends - this time for the Silver Wedding 'Do'!



Lots and Lots and Lots of Cake - and some fun activities too . . .


There was time for a wander round Kendal while we were there - think we spotted an otter in the river - and a day trip out and over to Keswick, with windsurfers on the lake, and ever more tourist shops and cafes.



Then it was home via Oswestry, and the British Ironworks Centre.

Stopped for tea and cake, and a tour of the very impressive Sculpture Park, although I think my favourite was the dragon in the car park  . . .




A bit of a packed weekend, but lovely to see everyone - the sun even shone on us some of the time - might stay away from cake for a bit though :)

First Strawberry!

Hopefully more to follow . . .

Out and About

A family visit saw us out and about over the bank holiday weekend . . .

Checking out the Aber Cyclefest races in town.










Up to Nant-yr-Arian for a photo shoot with the Kites.



And the now traditional visit to Llanerchaeron - sun shone beautifully, toured the gardens, saw some pigs, ate some cake.

The highlight was probably watching one of the chickens trying to escape the others with his purloined slice of ham . . . a joy to behold!



All in all, it would have been a great weekend - except for the cold from hell which descended on me on the Sunday, and took some shaking.

Keeping Busy

So Martin has been a 'man of leisure' for a few weeks now (having taken redundancy), and is keeping himself busy:

Stripping back and repainting the gates, and other bits of garden woodwork . . .

. . . tidying up in the garden itself . . .





. . . and painting the house, inside and out.

He's already beginning to talk about going back to work for a rest!

Spring Garden

The garden is looking nice in the spring sunshine . . .

. . . the lily of the valley is in flower












. . . the potatoes have gone into the small veg plot, and the first greenhouse has been planted up.  It'll be another busy summer in the garden :)

Update 20 May

Second greenhouse planted, and the last veg plot (with its Heath Robinson bean frame), courgettes, onions and stray potato plants, done.

Just got to keep it all weeded now!