Southerness continues

May 18th, 2008

On one trip we went to  Stranraer stopped of at Stairhaven

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Then got to Stranraer just in time to see a ferry come in

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Neat Southerness is New Abbey a small  village with an Abbey and Corn mill to visit and a cafe called the Abbey cottage tea room which has good tea and toast.

We went to Moffat

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part two

Southerness holiday

May 18th, 2008

This last week we went to Southerness to a Parkdean park for a holiday

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The park was huge with 700 caravans, built round some houses with views over the beach. It went on for miles.DSCN1121.jpg The lighthouse at the end of the village.

There were Bluebells in the grass verges along the road.

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May bank holiday at Style mill

May 5th, 2008

DSCN1085.jpgWe went to Style Mill Cheshire and walked down to Manchester airport and back round the village to Style mill. Then round the cotton mill and into the new secret garden.

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Scrap quilt and Beaumaris

April 17th, 2008

Snowdonia on the 14 April.
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Beaumaris Castle
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Scrap quilt lots of left over fabric made three quilts this is the first.

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Beeston and Flowers

April 1st, 2008

We went to Beeston Castle together,
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it sits on top of the hill, overlooking Cheshire and Wales. Opposite is Peckforton Castle.

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The view from the draw bridge. Above.
The view from the outer walls.

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Sitting by the canal in Beeston.

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Last years bulbs flowering again.

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On the way home we stopped at Stonehenge

March 6th, 2008

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then we drove home via the cotswolds, ludlow and the A49

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Touring around Chippenham

March 6th, 2008

We drove down this week stopped at Lower Slaughter

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I lived here for a week the phone box was used a lot to phone home especially when I phoned home to ask if they could come and get me at the weekend.

We went up Glastonbury Tor in the sun and wind, when we reached the car later it snowed nearly the whole way back to the travel lodge.

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Snow waiting to fall.

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next stop was Bristol we walked down the river

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the next day we went home.

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It’s a very big secret, but Mum and Dad have been married 50 years, here are some photos from the day

February 26th, 2008

it snowed 50 years ago the snow was shoveled by my dad before he walked back to the house to get ready,443.jpg
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50 years later

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family photo

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flowers from the day

Cars and Ice cream

January 31st, 2008

Here is the finished car block

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This is the ice cream we had at Disney

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Becky

more cot quilts dying and sewing

January 28th, 2008

Another cot quilt made with Noah fabric

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Here’s more dyeing using royal blue and black trying to get lighter shades but need bigger spaces between amounts of dye i think.

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this will be a car when its finished, using freezer paper to make the pattern ad removed later, come back to see it finished

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