tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81368454316360519092024-02-20T23:14:04.225+00:00Wainwright & Wright.CoWainwright and Wright.Cohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861281622417274521noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136845431636051909.post-15460889960099394512016-08-17T21:15:00.000+01:002016-08-18T07:16:01.801+01:00Whoosh...this is the summer going!Hello,<br />
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Have you noticed? Or is just me that feels the summer, as always, is flying past! </div>
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My job is a '52-weeks-a year' job so I do have to work over the summer, although I try to </div>
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save as much of my annual leave entitlement as I can for the summer. I find myself trying to squeeze in days out and away with family and friends around work commitments. </div>
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I do love the summer, I relish the opportunities to sit outside to eat meals - eating </div>
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breakfast outside feels so decadent, especially at 6am before I go to work, why is that?</div>
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I have to make the most of the longer (and hopefully warmer) days and spend as much<br />
time as I can out of doors.<br />
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I am having fun knitting Rachel Coopey's <a href="http://coopknits.bigcartel.com/product/toasty-volume-two" target="_blank">Hartwith</a> hat using Baa Ram Ewe's </div>
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knit but there is something very soothing about knitting this cabled pattern.</div>
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I have almost completed Susan Howatch's '<a href="https://www.amazon.com/The-High-Flyer-St-Benets/dp/0751535850/ref=cm_lmf_img_8" target="_blank">The High Flyer</a>'. This is the second in a trilogy </div>
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but silly me read book three first so I have in effect nearly finished the trilogy. It has been </div>
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an interesting read although I have found the end of book 2 a bit laborious and tedious. </div>
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This trilogy is being passed to a friend when read so that will be 3 more books off my </div>
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shelf - YAY!</div>
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.I am joining in with <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2016/08/yarn-along-293.html" target="_blank">Ginny's yarn along</a> - please have a look at her great blog. </div>
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Happy summer holidays to you all</div>
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Wainwright and Wright.Cohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861281622417274521noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136845431636051909.post-42178299924412217282016-07-15T19:06:00.002+01:002016-07-15T22:11:08.125+01:00Five on Friday.....treats!!Hello<br />
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We've all seen these blog posts before - a parcel of yarny-goodness arrives which sends </div>
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the recipient into raptures! I'm happy to admit that I am one of those people, a ball<br />
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So, this is a bit of a warning, if you are not into yarn-filled parcels you may wish to </div>
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So....this week I attended a 2-day course in Oxford, and I returned home on Wednesday </div>
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evening to two parcels, yes <b>two</b> parcels. The first was a bit of an extravagant buy. I had </div>
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seen the <a href="https://makingzine.com/" target="_blank">making</a> bookzine on blogger and instagram posts and thought it looked great</div>
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but sadly I couldn't find anywhere in the UK with copies still in stock so I decided to </div>
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buy a copy from the US. It arrived very promptly and beautifully packaged and it </div>
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hasn't disappointed. It's one of those bookzines I can just browse numerous times, </div>
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without even making anything from it! </div>
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Making has some beautiful knitted, cross stitch, needle felting, sewing projects and even</div>
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Two of my favourite projects are this cowl</div>
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I'll have to make sure that I am a bit quicker off the mark with hitting the 'buy'</div>
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button when making no. 2 is published!</div>
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My second parcel was from <a href="http://www.meadowyarn.co.uk/" target="_blank">Meadow Yarn</a>. I have been eyeing this book <a href="http://www.coopknits.co.uk/blog/2015/9/28/a-closer-look-at-toasty-2" target="_blank">Toasty volume 2</a> </div>
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And ooo, how lovely my new shades look with my Titus remnants, lots of ideas in my head. </div>
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And looks my holiday knitting might almost be sorted.... but on the other hand there are </div>
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some lovely new Titus shades just launched!</div>
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I'm joining in with Amy's <a href="http://lovemademyhome.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/five-on-friday_15.html" target="_blank">Five on Friday</a> - thank you for hosting Amy!</div>
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Are you expecting any parcels? It is fun to receive them isn't it? </div>
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Have a good weekend. </div>
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Wainwright and Wright.Cohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861281622417274521noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136845431636051909.post-64752448045245063832016-07-06T20:32:00.003+01:002016-07-06T20:32:35.731+01:00Yarn along....stockings and The Heartbreaker!Hello,<br />
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Well I've been a bit quiet recently but I'm still reading and knitting, and today I'm joining</div>
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in with <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/" target="_blank">Ginny's yarn along</a>. </div>
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Here I am reading '<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11248.The_Heartbreaker" target="_blank">The Heartbreaker</a>' by Susan Howatch. I've had this book on my shelf </div>
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for a while (as you can see from the photo it is looking a little jaded) and as I'm trying to </div>
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have a de-clutter I decided this was a book I would read and then pass on. I am quite </div>
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enjoying it but I certainly would not bother reading it a second time so I'm just happy </div>
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that I know this isn't going back on the shelf - yay, a bit of space cleared! </div>
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The only downside is that I was about half way through this book when I realised that it is </div>
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the third of a trilogy and that I have the two earlier books also on my shelf and of course </div>
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haven't read either!! Doh! I was too far through this one to put it to one side to start with </div>
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the first book, so I am resigned to reading them in the wrong order, oh well....</div>
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As for my knitting, I've just started my 4th (of 5) <a href="http://baaramewe.co.uk/products/osenchristmasstockingpattern" target="_blank">Osen Christmas stocking</a>. Each is knitted </div>
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in a different colour way in gorgeous <a href="http://baaramewe.co.uk/products/titus-original-4-ply?variant=308252277" target="_blank">Titus yarn</a>, although I'm not sure this is quite an Osen </div>
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stocking as I have changed the Fairisle pattern to my own design. Hopefully, as it is only </div>
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just July, I should get stockings 4 and 5 completed in time for Christmas!</div>
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Happy knitting and/or reading!</div>
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Wainwright and Wright.Cohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861281622417274521noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136845431636051909.post-45428316202004593392016-05-13T18:32:00.001+01:002016-05-13T18:32:05.422+01:00Five on Friday - gardenHello<br />
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Well my '<a href="http://lovemademyhome.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/five-on-friday_13.html" target="_blank">Five on Friday</a>' hosted by Amy at <a href="http://lovemademyhome.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Love Made My Home</a> follows a similar theme</div>
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ordered. In fact I originally considered titling this post "Five surprising things in my garden" </div>
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<b>One: Balls, all 58!!</b><br />
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Two children love sports, especially football, and our garden is always littered with balls. </div>
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Every so often I have a round-up. I did this last weekend and managed to fill 2 old dustbins </div>
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with 58 balls including table tennis, tennis, golf, soft, hockey, lacrosse and </div>
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of course, footballs! We get through so many footballs we buy them in bulk!</div>
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<b>Two: Bedding plants in flowerpots!!</b><br />
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"Bedding plants in flower pots? What's so special about that?" you might ask. </div>
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In fact, dead-stalked would probably be a better description. I did point out to daughter </div>
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that I'd planted flowers in pots this year and that I was hoping that as she is now 17 she </div>
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should be a better shot and could thus avoid my pots! Only time will tell, and my </div>
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flowers have the long summer holiday to survive yet when 2 more young people will </div>
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be back home from University and playing ball games in the garden. </div>
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"Take cover plants!"</div>
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working so the garden has been neglected over the last few years. But both sons are now </div>
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become very independent, in fact I feel she has grown a whole 12 months in just one day!</div>
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probably done more gardening already this year than I have in the last 5! </div>
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decided that I want to start again with it. </div>
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However, I did think the bluebells looked pretty against the ornamental grasses </div>
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Daughter is revising for AS-levels and so spends many hours sat at a desk. This is quite </div>
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I have just started knitting my next pair of socks, and I think this might be my</div>
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favourite colourway yet: <a href="http://us.schachenmayr.com/yarns/regia-4-ply-design-line-kaffe-fassett" target="_blank">Regia design line Kaffe Fasset "Frost"</a>. </div>
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This was one that I was so tempted to buy some months <a href="http://wainwrightandwrightdotco.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/it-cant-all-be-good.html" target="_blank">ago</a> and </div>
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eventually gave into the urge and I am so pleased I did - it was definitely the </div>
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right decision. In fact, I'm thinking of purchasing more yarn to knit gloves and a scarf, </div>
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not that I am intending to wear them all at the same time. </div>
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Please head over to Amy's <a href="http://lovemademyhome.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/five-on-friday_13.html" target="_blank">blog</a>. Thank you to Amy for hosting "Five on Friday"</div>
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Wishing you a good weekend - and where has the sun gone?? </div>
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Wainwright and Wright.Cohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861281622417274521noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136845431636051909.post-46658821436022227742016-05-04T16:07:00.002+01:002016-05-04T16:21:08.673+01:00Birdsong....and Ginny's yarn alongHello,<br />
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Once again joining in with <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2016/05/yarn-along-278.html" target="_blank">Ginny's yarn along</a>. </div>
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So I am re-reading Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. </div>
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I first read this book several years ago and thought it was quite good </div>
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and decided to have another go at it. </div>
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I think my current opinions on it are very similar to those when I read it the first time. </div>
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"It's quite good" but not a top 10 favourite.</div>
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The descriptions of life in the first world war trenches is impressive. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"> Knitting continues to be "those" socks for younger son, but I am on the home run.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"> One sock finished, and turned the heel on the second sock </span><span style="text-align: center;">so the finishing </span><span style="text-align: center;">line is in sight! Yippee!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">And today's photo is rather special: I took it outside in <i>warm</i> sunshine, yes, <i>warm</i> sunshine. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Thank goodness I was working at home today and could nip outside to appreciate </span><span style="text-align: center;">even just a few minutes some very welcome sunshine.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Do have a look at the gorgeous yarn Ginny is using, it reminds </span><span style="text-align: center;">me of a </span><span style="text-align: center;">green meadow full of summer flowers. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"> xXx</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><i>well done Leicester City on winning the Premier League!!!</i> </span></div>
Wainwright and Wright.Cohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861281622417274521noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136845431636051909.post-64472331587056767732016-04-20T20:55:00.002+01:002016-04-20T20:55:19.495+01:00Yarn along.. blue thread and stripey socks (still!)Hello,<br />
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Once again joining in with <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2016/04/yarn-along-276.html" target="_blank">Ginny's yarn along</a>. </div>
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Looking back at my <a href="http://wainwrightandwrightdotco.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/yarn-along.html" target="_blank">yarnalong post</a> of 2 weeks ago, I can hardly believe that I have yet</div>
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to finish younger son's first sock! But boy, these men socks seem to take much more </div>
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knitting than socks designed for my size 5 feet! </div>
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I can happily zip along knitting socks for me as I know the size perfectly and a quick</div>
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count of rows every so often, and then I'm off again. Whereas with this unfamiliar sock </div>
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size I have to keep stopping, finding my tape measure, deciding how much I should stretch </div>
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the socks while measuring them and cogitating whether I have reached the desired size </div>
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yet, while also having a slight concern in a corner of my mind as to whether I'll have </div>
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enough wool for a second sock. </div>
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In comparison to the relatively slow progress in my sock, and despite an initial inability to concentrate on Ian McEwan's 'Atonement', I eventually got 'into it' and loved it! I think it </div>
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might even become one of my top 10 favourite reads! McEwan gives very detailed </div>
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descriptions of everyday happenings and objects, but it all helps to build the tension. I</div>
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couldn't understand the purpose of the postscript at first but on reflection I can see now </div>
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how it explains much of the story - I shan't say more in case you wish to read it. </div>
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Now onto my next book '<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Spool-Blue-Thread-Anne-Tyler/dp/0099598485" target="_blank">A spool of blue thread</a>' by Anne Tyler which has been </div>
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recommended by several people - I'm looking forward to it!</div>
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And finally, thank you to everyone for your kind comments on my last <a href="http://wainwrightandwrightdotco.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/yarn-along.html" target="_blank">yarnalong post</a>. </div>
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The family/child-related problem was eventually sorted last night, just over 2 weeks after</div>
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it first raised its ugly head. Two weeks of stress, albeit it in peaks and troughs, and now</div>
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time for some calm again in the family.....</div>
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Wishing you a peaceful week</div>
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xXx</div>
Wainwright and Wright.Cohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861281622417274521noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136845431636051909.post-81370814083235241982016-04-06T20:07:00.002+01:002016-04-06T20:19:15.725+01:00Yarn along... stripy socks and AtonementHello<br />
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Here I am joining in with <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2016/04/yarn-along-274.html" target="_blank">Ginny's Wednesday yarn along</a>. </div>
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I recently finished a pair of socks for me </div>
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Younger son seemed particularly taken with them and asked for a pair of very bright </div>
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hand knitted socks. And of course if someone actually asks us to knit something for them, </div>
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we get very excited, and so I rushed off to scour the internet for suitable wool and came<br />
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But I am having to knit a larger size than normal and making a few other adjustments. </div>
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I tried them on his feet yesterday and he was wiggling and giggling like</div>
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a toddler - he's nearly 20!! But I am enjoying knitting these - those bright colours</div>
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As for my book, well I have read a couple of Ian McEwan's books and really</div>
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enjoyed them. We are reading his 'Atonement' for our book club. Sadly, I haven't read </div>
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far into the book yet as my mind has been distracted by family events, you know those</div>
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sort of 'children-related' events that occur every so often and that stress the heck out of</div>
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you. Anyway, given time, as with all of life's little ups and downs I'm sure our </div>
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present bumps will soon be smoothed...</div>
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I hope you are enjoying your current read!</div>
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xXx</div>
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So my Five on Friday is all about last Friday - the best day of the Easter weekend for us </div>
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in terms of the weather forecast. Planning ahead I decided that Good Friday was the day </div>
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for our planned day trip. It was a one-day break from revision for the young people from </div>
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AS levels and University exams. </div>
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At 7.44 am we boarded a deserted train to London. Once in London we headed for the </div>
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And here we are on the Meridian Line. Arriving at a relatively early hour it was still fairly </div>
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quiet but there were still plenty of shadows. We then visited the Planetarium for a very</div>
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From Greenwich Park we walked to Greenwich village, home of the <a href="http://www.rmg.co.uk/cutty-sark" target="_blank">Cutty Sark</a>. </div>
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There was a great atmosphere in Greenwich, it felt almost like a carnival with the carousel, the food stalls, the pub and cafes around the Cutty Sark. And always that blue sky....<br />
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Wainwright and Wright.Cohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861281622417274521noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136845431636051909.post-22309855745251626022016-03-11T17:37:00.005+00:002016-03-11T17:37:56.775+00:00Five on Friday<br />
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I'm delighted to be joining in with Amy's <a href="http://lovemademyhome.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Five%20on%20Friday" target="_blank">Five on Friday</a>. </div>
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The sun broke through the early thick fog to reveal a beautiful day. It was just too lovely </div>
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to stay indoors so husband and I ventured out for a walk, heading for the wood at the </div>
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After trudging along the very mud path which mostly follows the perimeter of the wood we </div>
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football pitches. The pitches are always immaculate.</div>
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After coffee in the cafe at the business park, we headed home, taking yet another</div>
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and back into the wood, almost home. </div>
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Thank you Amy at <a href="http://lovemademyhome.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">love made my home</a> for hosting Five on Friday. </div>
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Please head over to Amy's blog and see more Five on Friday's. </div>
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Best wishes</div>
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Wainwright and Wright.Cohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861281622417274521noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136845431636051909.post-17029736744802099402016-03-09T18:28:00.003+00:002016-03-09T18:40:44.207+00:00Yarn along!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Joining in with Ginny's <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2016/03/yarn-along-270.html" target="_blank">yarn along</a> this week. </div>
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So I'm reading '<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nazis-Warning-History-Laurence-Rees/dp/056349333X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1457547208&sr=1-1&keywords=the+nazis+a+warning+from+history" target="_blank">The Nazis: A Warning From History</a>'. I wonder how many of you remember </div>
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this as a BBC TV series back in the late 1990s. I have read this before but as part of my </div>
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mission to de-clutter I decided this was one book I would read once again and then pass<br />
on. I am making slow progress though as I get distracted by facts and find myself<br />
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In the introduction there is a quote from Karl Jaspers, a German-born philosopher</div>
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remembered. It was possible for this to happen, and it remains possible for it to happen </div>
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again at any minute. Only in knowledge can it be prevented."</div>
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I'd like to think that was true but sadly I am not wholly convinced. </div>
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As for these socks, oh boy they are taking me an age to knit. I've been suffering with that </div>
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awful cold/cough bug that is going round and I haven't even had the energy to knit. </div>
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Happy reading/knitting!</div>
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Wainwright and Wright.Cohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861281622417274521noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136845431636051909.post-54880180184964397462016-02-29T21:25:00.001+00:002016-02-29T21:25:10.344+00:00Starting with a night in York...<br />
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Well, I think it is just a quick round up for this blog post. </div>
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Half term has been and gone. We offered daughter a choice of activities/short breaks but </div>
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was it a nail biting cup match. Sadly our local team lost 2-1 in extra time. But the crowd of approximately 100 was testament to how far the team have come this year.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I know there is a whole community out there of keen sock knitters, and I am proud to be one of them. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As many have said before, and in fact as I have also said </span><a href="http://wainwrightandwrightdotco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/small-solutions.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://wainwrightandwrightdotco.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/portable-projects.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, socks </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">are a great </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">knitting project for taking with you when space may be at a premium. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Such gorgeous self-striping, self-patterning yarns. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And some gorgeous yarn from <a href="http://www.wyspinners.com/bluefaced%20leicester%20yarn/4%20Ply/4%20Ply%20-%20Christmas" target="_blank">West Yorkshire Spinners</a> that I received as a </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Clearly these have been on my needle a while as I was knitting them on <a href="http://wainwrightandwrightdotco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/day-tripping.html" target="_blank">this </a>day trip to Matlock in May 2015! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Well, with all that sock yarn in the house I'd better get knitting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And if you are on Ravelry please pop in and see me - I'm Caz3, and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/Caz3" target="_blank">here</a> is the link to see more of my projects. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Are you a sock knitter? Do you have a favourite pattern? Do you knit cuff-down or toe-up?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So many choices....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wishing you an enjoyable half term!</span></div>
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Wainwright and Wright.Cohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861281622417274521noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136845431636051909.post-18011098782158622512016-01-30T19:14:00.002+00:002016-01-30T22:13:22.225+00:00A walk in the woodsHello,<br />
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I am stripping very old wall paper from our hall today. I am really quite ashamed of our </div>
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and Christmas decorations up using blue tac which then took away some of the paper </div>
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when we tried to remove them!! So you can imagine how bad it looks.</div>
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We live in a town in the Midlands: our house is almost at the top of a hill. </div>
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The hedge at the bottom of our garden marks the boundary for the town. </div>
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This is the view of our back garden (goals, rebound nets and washing lines included!). </div>
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My destination was the wood at the top of the picture. You can just make out a greenish<br />
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For some reason we always walk round this wood anti-clockwise, </div>
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today we 'branched out' and walked it clockwise! </div>
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Reminders that we are not far from urban life. </div>
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A short diversion into the science park. </div>
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'A late afternoon, wintery walk up to The Outwoods - when we came out of the woods</div>
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<b>1. I drink fewer coffees. </b></div>
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most probably a slumber party!</div>
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It's having a long-awaited and well-deserved rest from alcohol!! </div>
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Wainwright and Wright.Cohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861281622417274521noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136845431636051909.post-78583552964146720402016-01-06T17:12:00.000+00:002016-01-06T17:12:21.648+00:00Ove and Osen... yarnalong!<span style="font-size: large;">Hello,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At our book club we are reading '<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18774964-a-man-called-ove" target="_blank">A Man called Ove</a>'. I really wasn't impressed with our </span><span style="font-size: large;">choice of book and nearly didn't bother downloading it, but when I realised the kindle </span><span style="font-size: large;">version was </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for all your kind comments on my last post - no imminent changes as daughter still </span><span style="font-size: large;">has 18 months left at </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And finally, daughter passed her driving theory test, just needs to get practising her </span><span style="font-size: large;">practical skills a bit more!</span></div>
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Wainwright and Wright.Cohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861281622417274521noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136845431636051909.post-46863684366448954262016-01-04T15:50:00.005+00:002016-01-04T20:35:16.791+00:00And here we are, 2016!Hello!<br />
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Although there is a distinctive holiday mood still lingering in our house as both sons are<br />
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I <a href="http://wainwrightandwrightdotco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/swishing-and-swooping-tumbling-and.html" target="_blank">blogged </a>a couple of months ago about how life is changing here as children develop and grow into independent adults. I do feel it is time for a change - we have been doing the childcare/work/family thing for almost 22 years (in 16 days time!) so it is about time. I'm not suggesting anything too drastic, after all family is still the most important thing for me, but it is time for me and DH to start considering new opportunities, new places, new ideas - it all requires some creative thinking, but I'm always doing that anyway. Usually my ideas are dismissed as unworkable and a bit far-fetched!!</div>
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So for a start (and representing a relatiovely small change for now) I have applied for a new job today - not to replace my current one but as an extra day. I currently only work 2 days so I can easily fit in a third day. It feels quite empowering to start the new year with a new job application! Who knows where it might lead - especially as it is based some distance from home (remote working is allowed - I'm not suddenly considering a huge commute). Fingers crossed that I get an interview!</div>
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"Word of the year" seems a popular idea and I do like <a href="http://angeljemscitycottage.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/my-word-for-2016-aspire.html" target="_blank">Angel Gem's </a>word 'aspire'. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/00232260304792574971" target="_blank">Justine</a>'s word is 'simplify', which I also like, and I thought I should go for a combination, even if this only means I 'aspire to simplify'! (I know, a bit corny isn't it?)</div>
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I have written a diary for many years, and as the years have passed I have chosen bigger</div>
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So this year I bought a smaller A6 size and I feel so much happier with it already. Each page is full at the end of the day (although to be fair we have only had 3 full days of 2016 </div>
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so it's a bit early to start boasting at how well I'm doing at keeping up with it don't you think?)</div>
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This diary travels around with me quite a lot, especially when I go away, so how much easier it will be to carry this smaller one! There, that's my first,tiny step to simplyfying!</div>
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Here is my final make of 2015 - and this is what that big bobble was destined for!! </div>
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It is identical to the one I knitted earlier <a href="http://wainwrightandwrightdotco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/worth-their-weight-in-gold.html" target="_blank">here</a>, but in a darker grey. The first one I gave to </div>
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younger son visited her over New Year and very kindly sent me photos of her wearing her </div>
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hat when they were out saying that "she loved it"! </div>
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It is a lovely pattern to knit, the hat seems to expand to fit any head size, and I do like the wool so I doubt this will be the last that one I knit...</div>
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watch this space!!</div>
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And as to my current 'on the needles' project, well that will look <a href="http://wainwrightandwrightdotco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/worth-their-weight-in-gold.html" target="_blank">familiar </a>as I'm knitting </div>
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As the first Osen stocking was so well received in our house and is big enough to take several gifts (even if not strong enough, it has to be laid on the floor once gifts are added),<br />
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I thought I'd better get started! I realised by swapping the red and green for<br />
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I do love drinking tea from an elegant cup that keeps my tea warm so on my birthday recently, when I spent the day in a local city, I treated myself to one of these <a href="http://www.pipstudio.com/en/porcelain/floral/coffee-tea/pip-mug-early-bird" target="_blank">PiP mugs</a>. </div>
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Look, it even has some of the design inside the mug!!</div>
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Fabulous fungi growing on coconut, found in a packet in one of my kitchen cupboards </div>
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A few of my Christmas makes - a scarf for daughter,bobble hat for son's girlfriend, </div>
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Son's brass band played at a carol concert at St Matthew's Church in Sheffield. </div>
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I reduced my work hours 3 months ago, I hardly saw my daughter and as she has only 18 </div>
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months left at school we decided it would be better to reduce my income but spend more </div>
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One of the benefits of reduced hours means I have more time to bake and this year I made </div>
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you had made one this year but didn't like to"! </div>
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Those two comments were worth their weight in gold, and every penny of income lost because of my reduced hours - in years to come I know the boys will remember the Christmas cakes I made - they would never remember "Oh, yes mum used to work 4 days a week"!</div>
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<a href="http://www.wyspinners.com/bluefaced%20leicester%20yarn/4%20Ply/4%20Ply%20-%20Christmas" target="_blank">Cherry Drop and Holly Berry</a> from <a href="http://www.wyspinners.com/index.php?route=common/home" target="_blank">West Yorkshire Spinners</a>. </div>
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And yarn from <a href="http://www.jamiesonsofshetland.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jamiesons of Shetland </a>for my <a href="http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/free-knitting-pattern/" target="_blank">baa-ble hat</a><a href="http://www.jamiesonsofshetland.co.uk/" target="_blank">.</a> This is a free knitting pattern</div>
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Indulgent evenings spent reading craft magazines (more thoughtful gifts from children) and </div>
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I have wanted to buy snuggly pyjamas for several years but just never actually bought any. </div>
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I saw a pair reduced to half price just before Christmas and decided this year was my time to buy a pair, and I LOVE them! </div>
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quite difficult bereavements. I don't wish to say more on here. My thoughts have </div>
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And as always "Thank you for reading!"</div>
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Joining in with <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/category/yarn-along" target="_blank">Ginny's yarn along</a>, and because I am not working today for a </div>
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my second girl's chunky scarf in Sirdar Folksong. </div>
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This scarf is for daughter and so mostly gets knitted when she isn't around. </div>
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The <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Caz3/girls-chunky-scarf" target="_blank">first one</a> I knitted for daughter was safely stored in my gifts cupboard but was </div>
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meal and asked "Where are you?"! </div>
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intended as a gift for her. I had to admit that it was so I promised I would knit another one </div>
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for her. I think Sirdar have discontinued this wool but thankfully I managed to find </div>
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some more on ebay. </div>
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This should be finished in time for Christmas. </div>
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Loving this book!</div>
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This book describes how data in medicine is misused and unused, and so doctors</div>
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drug's efficacy and side effects. </div>
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Loved Ben's previous book too <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Science-Ben-Goldacre/dp/000728487X/?tag=bs0b-21" target="_blank">Bad Science</a>, especially the chapter on <a href="http://gillianmckeith.com/" target="_blank">Gillian McKeith</a>. </div>
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Happy reading and knitting!</div>
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Today I'm joining in with <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/category/yarn-along" target="_blank">Ginny's 'yarn along</a>'.</div>
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I'm making some progress with my <a href="http://baaramewe.co.uk/products/osenchristmasstockingpattern" target="_blank">Osen Christmas stocking</a> knitted in <a href="http://baaramewe.co.uk/collections/yarn/products/titus-original-4-ply?variant=308252277" target="_blank">Titus yarn</a>. </div>
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hanging it up hopefully on Christmas Eve! </div>
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Progress on this has slowed recently because I've been distracted by crocheting </div>
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little red Christmas gift bags. </div>
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I am making even less progress with 'The Full Cupboard of Love' - I just don't </div>
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Looking forward eagerly to my next book!</div>
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PS Thank you for all the lovely messages left on my last post - and for all the offers of drives on which to park my campervan! Fun times beckon!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">way but it does take a bit of getting used to. After 20 years of three main </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">elements to my life: <i>children, work, home</i>, my life now seems </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I feel my life has changed much, even over the last 2 months. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Younger son left for </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">University last year and elder son is in his final year so you </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">would have thought I would be accustomed to their empty bedrooms, but I think </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">because this year both of </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">them are much more settled and established in their lives </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">away from home that </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">their combined absence has only</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> now really hit me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I miss their lively conversations - the house is so much quieter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I miss their bodies </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">not filling the space. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I miss the coming and going of people. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I miss that I no longer have to fill my brain with things to remember to do </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and that I no longer juggle transport for after school activities </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I despise myself because I find myself enjoying the fact that the house stays tidier - grrrr! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Daughter is still at home of course, and misses the boys, frequently </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">complaining that she does not like being an only child!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So I have been doing much soul searching, readjusting, trying to see </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">this all as an opportunity and not a threat. You know, trying to think </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As Thursday was such a beautiful morning I took myself up to a local wood for </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">places local to us - it is just 3 miles away, I even cycled to it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sorry, this is a bit of a self-indulgent post. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sometimes I just need to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">their "</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">swishing and swooping, tumbling and turning".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I've considered and debated with myself at length! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you have got this far, thank you for sticking with it and it has all helped.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And you know, I really think it might be time to start planning new adventures for </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">that </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">time when daughter leaves home. It might even be time to start saving </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">November, means it really is time to crack on with Christmas crafts. <a href="http://baaramewe.co.uk/products/osenchristmasstockingpattern" target="_blank">This Osen stocking</a> </span></div>
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I'm using <a href="http://baaramewe.co.uk/" target="_blank">Baa Ram Ewe</a>'s <a href="http://baaramewe.co.uk/products/titus-original-4-ply?variant=308252277" target="_blank">Titus </a> yarn. I also used this yarn for </div>
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Progress has temporarily been halted while I wait for a small circular needle in the </div>
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They are now neatly stacked in a wall-mounted magazine rack. I'm really pleased with it, </div>
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How beautiful our carillon looks through the autumn leaves.</div>
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This was built after WWI to commemorate those who gave their lives in the war. </div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">A </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">carillon</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">is a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_instrument" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Musical instrument">musical instrument</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> that is typically housed in the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_tower" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Bell tower">bell tower</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> (belfry) of a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_(building)" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Church (building)">church</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> or </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Municipal">municipal</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> building. The instrument consists of at least 23 cup-shaped </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_(instrument)" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Bell (instrument)">bells</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, which are played to produce a melody. A traditional manual carillon is played by striking a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_keyboard" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Musical keyboard">keyboard</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> with the fists</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">.</span> </i> </div>
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November, with a huge fireworks display at the town's University and firework</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A buff is basically a tubular piece of material, with no seams, that you slip over your head and wear round your neck. There are lots of fancy things you can do with a buff, for example, make it into a head covering but I only wear it round my neck. I bought it </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">initially to wear when I am cycling (not that I have done much of that just lately, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but thereby hangs another tale!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Often I don't want to wear a thick scarf when I am cycling because I would get way to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hot after I'd been cycling a while, but I want something just to keep that cool </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"wind chill factor" from going down the front of my jacket. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway I discovered that I loved my buff! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was so good for keeping warm, and not just when </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was on my bike. And as the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">first buff I bought was mainly yellow to match my fluorescent </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yellow cycling jacket </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I rather naughtily forked out for 2 more buffs - one mainly red and the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">other mainly blue to match different outfits. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh but my love for having a warm snuggly neck did not stop there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I saw this <a href="http://baaramewe.co.uk/collections/all/products/whitlamcowl" target="_blank">Whitlam cowl </a>from <a href="http://baaramewe.co.uk/" target="_blank">Baa Ram Ewe </a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and realised how much use </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">be useful in the cooler months but not so thick as to be cumbersome. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bought Baa Ram Ewe's <a href="http://baaramewe.co.uk/products/titus-original-4-ply?variant=308252277" target="_blank">Titus yarn</a> (again, no sponsored link). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Balling the yarn - this takes me back many years, helping my mum to ball yarn. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sadly I had no helpers so had to use the back of an old chair that had been discarded under the car port </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as the seat was broken (maybe I'll have to keep it now for balling yarn?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The colour way I chose is Yorkstone - a muted, unusual choice for me as I tend to go for </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bright colours but I thought I might wear this quite often and thus I played it safe </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and chose a neutral colour. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I carried this project around with me in one of my favourite project bags. For me </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This project even came to Exeter with me for a 2 day conference - I can always manage </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to find a few minutes knitting time, even if it is on the train. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was quite a straight forward pattern but I am a bit frustrated because I made</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> several </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">silly mistakes which I couldn't rectify easily as it was a lacy pattern. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I just wasn't in the mood for concentrating properly sometimes but </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">generally the mistakes are minor and probably, as is often the case, only I can see them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This cowl grew quickly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I knitted for 44 inches. Blocking it highlighted the lace </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And here is the finished cowl, prior to joining the ends. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> And just to prove the neutral colour was a good choice this time, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, I'm very happy with it - I know I shall get a lot of wear out of this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I can see me knitting this again. Now which colour yarn to choose next...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Goathland? Endeavour?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They even have one called Filey, one of my <a href="http://wainwrightandwrightdotco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/when-it-rains.html" target="_blank">favourite</a> seaside resorts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fantastic names aren't they?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">growing over the last few months. I probably haven't been camping for 2 years and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> besides barbecues in the back garden, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't remember when I last cooked outside. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">couple of nights camping, but </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as this would be the first time we'd be away with daughter on her own, and not even one brother to keep her company, I decided it had to be something a little bit different. It had to offer daughter a little extra - and I found the ideal place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found this great <a href="http://www.guildengate.co.uk/glamping" target="_blank">campsite</a>, with the main attraction being a wood fired hot tub!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And while you are warming up the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hot tub </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for late October, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">helped by cloudy skies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tress this autumn have been particularly stunning - I think because we have had so</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> little wind the leaves have stayed on the trees longer and given us a truly beautiful display. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It really was a wooded wonderland...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...with a covered eating area. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Daughter in the hot tub by torch light. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second night we had clear skies - what joy to sit in the hot tub and look at the stars. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But oh boy, was it cold for camping. Hot water bottles, extra duvets and plenty of </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A fabulous couple of nights camping. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And did it fulfil that urge I had to go camping? Most definitely. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And did everyone enjoy the little adventure? Again, most definitely. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But guess what daughter would now like in our back garden?!</span></div>
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