Me on Monday

Monday finds me very fed up with the weather - grey skies for a week now, rain and high winds all weekend.   So I stayed in all weekend (apart from walking Tara).

Band was cancelled on Saturday so we have one more rehearsal before the Christmas concert!  We will be playing carols on Wednesday for Dorothy House a local hospice, the Christmas season has started!

It was a weekend of housework, editing photos for my project life album, knitting and watching TV.  I record programmes during the week as what I want to see is often on at the same time, so it was time to catch up with Monty Don and the History of Gardens and Simon Reeve in Ireland.

This will be a coat for Tara I am using up yarn that I have had for ages.  

Today I popped into the local wool shop and purchased some yarn for making Christmas presents - hopefully - as what I intend to do doesn't always happen!

Me on Monday is a wonderful idea started by Sian from High in The Sky.

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Pairs - Near and Far

My pairs post this week comes from my walk on Sunday near Shepton Montague in Somerset.

This is 'The Towers' where I went for my 200th geocache find.  They were built in 1755 by Lord Ilchester as an entrance to his estate Redlynch park.  There is some information here if you want to read about them.  Redlynch Park house was used during WW2 to house the United States Army 3rd Armored Division - known as the The Third Herd.  

This is the view from the other side of the towers a few miles away.

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Me on Monday

I am waving to Sian and my other blog readers on a cold but sunny morning.

Another weekend gone.  Saturday was sunny but with a very cold wind, it was so cold Tara chose the short route home in the morning and I wasn't sorry, so it was a day at home pottering around.

Sunday was a morning out geocaching with my sister, I reached the number of 200 finds.  Not a lot in geocaching terms as some people find 100 in a week, but I am not one to chase numbers. I prefer to take my time to enjoy the countryside and of course take photographs.

Some views from our morning out:

One of the geocaches was hidden near this sign.

Shepton Montague Church

On the hill in the distance is St Alfred's Tower which I visited a several years ago, if you are interested you can read about it here.

Me on Monday is a wonderful idea started by Sian from High in The Sky.

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Pairs

It is carnival time here in Somerset, my pairs post features the carnival floats (carts as they say locally) lined up ready for the evening parade.

and a closer view of one of the floats:

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Me on Monday

A weekend of a birthday, geocaching and a Christmas Fair.

We had a family lunch for my son's birthday, unfortunately my daughter was unable to come as she was unwell with a virus.  His girlfriend made a delicious cake:

Sunday my sister and I went to the Greyhound charity Christmas Fair, where I bought my greyhound themed diary, Christmas cards and calendar.  The event is always well attended and everyone brings their greyhounds who greet each other - greyhounds love meeting other greyhounds.

I just had to take a photo of Tara standing by this carved tree near to the village hall.

Afterwards my sister and I went to find some geocaches in the area, we found three at different churches nearby.

Me on Monday is a wonderful idea started by Sian from High in The Sky.

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Pairs

The photos for my pairs post this week were taken in Wells.  This is the gatehouse at the entrance to the Bishops Palace.

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Pairs

My pairs post are from a walk to the park this morning.

Leaves still on the trees

Leaves on the ground

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Book group

I have been going to a Book Group for a while now and thought I would write about the books we read.

Last month we read The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress by Beryl Bainbridge.

The book is set in the summer of 1968, Rose and Washington Harold set off on a journey across the USA to find Dr Wheeler who they both knew in the past.

I found this book quite a difficult read and did not finish it which is unusual for me, I normally keep going no matter what.

Unfortunately none of us in the group enjoyed the book.  It was the last book written by Beryl Bainbridge, in fact she died before it was completed.  It was published anyway but we agreed it would have been better not to publish it.  The book did have some good reviews, but we felt there was not really a story and the two main characters were not very likeable.

Have you read this book?  What did you think about it?

Me on Monday

Waving to my blog readers on a foggy morning!


It was a busy Saturday and a restful Sunday this weekend.

Saturday started by helping on a stall with a Christmas Fair for a charity (Dorothy House, a local hospice) in the morning, it was organised by my sister's friend in memory of her husband. We took £74 on the stall and overall the amount raised was £620 which is a very good amount as it is held in a small village. 

In the afternoon, my sister and I went to Shearwater for a geocaching event, then we took Tara for a long walk around the lake. My back has not quite recovered from the fall but I find walking even though it is painful does help. It was a beautiful afternoon and very mild.  We both remembered visiting the lake with our parents when we were young.  Last time I visited Shearwater it was pouring with rain so it was good to see the area on a sunny day.

We found out later that the bus belongs to Noel Edmonds (a TV celebrity), he was there dressed up in a halloween costume and visited the geocaching event and signed the log book, unfortunately we missed him as we had left for our walk.  

Sunday was a catching up day and watching a film in the afternoon.  

Tara out on Sunday afternoon without a coat - very unusual for this time of the year.

Me on Monday is a wonderful idea started by Sian from High in The Sky.

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