Is summer over?

Away at the coast for the week and so far all it has done is rain and be windy, been here since Friday at the moment sat on the beach at fraisthorpe, Hubby metal detecting, dogs whimpering as they want to get out and go for a walk, me still eating lunch with a big black cloud over the car so I am wondering if the heavens are about to open.

Sunday I did a bead workshop at Robin Hood Bay considering we are all good beaders it took us all a while to get to grips with the pattern is called Bargello Necklace by Rebecca Peapples.

I have continued to work on it this week or it would end up in the UFO pile. In October we have Melanie Potter coming to teach for 2 days she is an American bead artist, she is coming over to teach at 4 bead groups. I now need to get my beads sorted and see what I need to buy.

As I finish writing this it is raining! 

HOE Biscornu arrived.

I received this beautiful Biscornu from Mylene in the post this week.

We are off to a wedding on Thursday the weather forecast is not very good, we are travelling down tomorrow, unfortunately there are a lot of roadworks on the M1. 

Visited the Festival of Quilts last Thursday at the NEC in Birmingham it was packed, have some lovely pictures of quilts, off course I bought some stash, I have a quilting workshop in September so bought the fabric required for this.

We have also been to Belguim on a Battle Field Tour my Hubby is into WW1. We stayed in Ypres this is our 4th Battle field tour. Pictures to follow.

The white cliffs of Dover from the ferry on the way back.

Tour De France

Well it has finally arrived this weekend is the start of the Tour de France, we went for a wander around Knaresborough with our camera's

 Everywhere you look people have painted bikes and they are displayed everywhere.

Shop window's have been decorated.

Even the house at the bottom of Knaresborough High Street has been decorated, I bet this is the most photographed house in Knaresborough!!!

 We saw plenty of cyclists out and about, the knitted jersey's are everywhere.

This is what Knaresborough High Street will look like on Sunday morning once the roads are closed from 3am, if people are not staying overnight or live in the area's the Tour are going through, you have no chance of travelling there on the day, because of the road closures, I have not decided if it is a good thing or a curse that we live in a place the Tour is visiting 2 days running.

Thursday

The week is going so fast, yesterday sat on North Bay at Scarborough, bacon sandwiches from the beech front cafe, took the dogs on the beach had a very wet Jack Russell when we got back to the car.

Today we had a drive out to Hornsea and a walk on the beach after an ice cream from Mr Moo's,

Tired dogs after a walk.

Still on holiday

I have 2 weeks holiday, this is the 2nd week, spent Sunday unpacking, repacking and washing, came to the Yorhshire Coast yesterday, nice and sunny, today we have ventured in Scarborough.

On our way home

Left at 07.10 this morning  the ducks waved us off,

stopped at Bruar fo breakfast.

No road works around Glasgow so we have made good time, stopped at Arundale services for lunch and a coffee.

Friday

This is our last day, why is it you suddenly find somewhere to visit on your last day, found a leaflet for a red kite feeding station above Inverness but we will leave this till next year. Went to the RSPB reserve again to see the Osprays again saw a red squriel,

After lunch went to the Potting Shed for coffee and cake they have a room overlooking bird feeders saw another 2 red squriels here.

Thursday

Beautiful and sunny today, having a day out in Inverness, bought a Radley bag in the sales saved £40 pounds so I thought it was a bargin as my bag is on its last legs.

We went to the meusum for a look around as hubby into archeology.

Inverness Castle below.

I have nearly finished my scissor keep which I am actually going to make into a thread keep. 

The knitting is coming along as well this is what I did yesterday while hubby fishing it is one side of the body I started a leg while in the car this morning.

What's for tea?

Line all knotted, caught 2 fish though.

Both weigh 2lbs.

This is a sample of the fly's used all hand made by hubby.

Action Man!

Suns out before we leave.

Wednesday

Today is overcast, so we have gone fishing, hubby fishing I am sat in the car stitching.

Yesterday I took some photo from the car of the Caringorms  as you can still see snow, hubby was horrified as I did this with my iPad he is a Cannon man who has many lens for every job, a couple of years ago on the longest day we where up the Caringorms and they where skiing.

This is our log cabin and others on site.

 

Feeding the ducks again.