27 December 2018

Still sorting out stuff including a few presents. Assembling the Lava lamp took fiendish dexterity. Slipped out to the local shop for a few bits and couldn't resist a crafty pint in the Bulls Head.

26 December 2018

Boxing Day. Journey home after lots of packing and sorting out. It's about five degrees colder here - brrrr. Took a couple of photos before we left.

I love bark, its wonderful stuff.

25 December 2018

Christmas day. I've lost interest, to be honest, and can't be doing with all the conspicuous consumption, at a time when we need to be saving the planet. I've never been religious, though from an environmental perspective I can see the appeal of paganism. Dancing naked in the woods? I'd give it a shot but not at this time of year.

Susie and Georgia open presents

Ted

Smoked Salmon starter

24 December 2018

Christmas Eve. Sunny day. Went for a wander around the church next door. This is where we got married. Oddly, they've allowed a load of shrubs to grow up by the main entrance rendering the church virtually invisible. S and I went for a decent walk on local footpaths and ended up passing by her old primary school in Snibston.

The Old school, now a house.

The Lych gate

23 December 2018

Gloomy day but at least I managed to get a colourful picture of some moss.

22 December 2018

Bits of shopping and getting stuff ready for Xmas. Its a magnificent house with six bedrooms but has seen better times.

21 December 2018

Off to the dreaded mother-in-law's for Xmas. One consolation is the environs which are interesting and full of wildlife. Lots of Pheasants, although, predictably they all scarpered as soon as I tried to take a photo. Here is one running away.

20 December 2018

Thursday. Haven't sorted out a single Xmas card so far so I got stuck in. S has skived off this for several years now much to my annoyance! What an exciting day! With 1st class stamps at 67p a go I may not be able to afford to send any much longer!

19 December 2018

Go to hold my hand up here I didn't take a photo -  damn! But here is a very recent one I took of a field.

18 December 2018

Off to Manchester for an Xmas drink with Peter and visit some iconic pubs. All the beers we had were less than 4%. Good to see session beers making a comeback. The Petite in the Marble Arch was 2.8%. Good stuff! The Crown & Kettle has the most magnificent ceiling of any pub in England.

The Castle on Oldham St.

Crown & Kettle

The Marble Arch on Rochdale Rd.

17 December 2018

Monday. Another walk by the Weaver on a fairly bleak Winter's day. At least we are getting close now to the shortest day. It was so gloomy I had to lighten the photo.

16 December 2018

Here's a photo I took of a Cormorant on the Weaver. Used the Zoom on my pocket camera - which isn't very good. They usually fly off when I try to take a photo so I suppose I got lucky this time!

15 December 2018

I'm not great at the art of selfies but here's a photo I took of myself with my new Rohan jacket - doesn't crease and is machine washable. This is about as posh as I get.

14 December 2018

Great day out in Manchester with Adrian. We recorded another Gobshite video in the Britons Protection.

The Emmeline Pankhurst statue was unveiled today to Mark a century since Women's suffrage.

Annoyed that I just chopped the top of the Town Hall. I was trying not to!

13 December 2018

Sorting out and wrapping Xmas presents. A quick trip to the local rubbish Spar which has loads of stuff but never the thing you actually want. In this case wholemeal flour for bread making.

Rio likes sunbathing

Village trees