Winterbourne House and Garden

I joined Jane, Richard and Jessica for a very enjoyable day looking around Birmingham University campus, taking in Winterbourne House - an arts and crafts building owned by the University. Afterwards we visited the Barber Institute - wonderful stuff.  We finished the off the day with a pub meal in Harbourne.  Jessica gave me a difficult jigsaw puzzle - a picture of hundreds of Cadbury's Roses, for my birthday.   Thanks all.

Birthday

It was lovely to see Jane, Richard, Tim and mum who came down for our birthday.  We went for a walk around the church and thought about Christine.  I've started the mega jigsaw puzzle Jane gave me for my birthday.

Yorkshire Dales

Last week I drove up to Jane's and joined Jane and Richard for a lovely week in the Yorkshire Dales. Stopping in a small cottage in Thwaite we enjoyed walks in the wonderful dales. We did Gunnerside following Gunnerside Gill and up to a high path that skirted the side of Gunnerside, a beautiful walk in balmy winter weather.    Jessica joined us for a couple of days and we followed the River Swale towards Keld and turned back on ourselves to follow the escarpment back to Muker (joining the Pennine Way for a short while).

We visited many spectacular waterfalls and just caught site of three canoeist's going over a large fall that was in full spate - agh.

This is the first time I have visited the dales since I was twenty two when I walked the Pennine Way. I'd forgotten how beautiful it was - a very relaxing week with my dear sister and brother in law.  Thank you both.   Chris was in our thoughts and conversations - she would have loved the area.

I cried when I got home I really miss my lovely Christine.