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| THE ADVANCE PARTY - Our Ian on the far left. Stewart back row far left. Frances third from left. The young woman in the blue dress is Charlotte - the maid of honour. The two fellows next to Ian had come all the way from Wisconsin USA. |
Last Sunday the wedding walk began at 1pm. There were lots of us. It was a diamond day and many had donned sunglasses. First across the main road and into Cressbrook Dale. We passed Peter's Stone that is pictured on the reverse of the beermat then we climbed up Tansleydale before crossing green farm pastures into the charming village of Litton.
There we had refreshing drinks outside "The Red Lion". After half an hour, the walk continued across more fields and down through the cool shade of woods to the bottom of Cressbrookdale once more.
I was in the advance party of fourteen but there were another thirty behind us. The advance party climbed the valleyside and headed into Wardlow as planned. Unfortunately perhaps, the slowcoaches continued along the valley bottom back to Peter's Stone and home to the barns that way - failing to spot clear guidance on the maps I had had printed. But it didn't matter too much.
The advance party stopped at Wardlow Church for snacks and drinks at "The Gingerbread Festival" - a smallscale affair arranged to raise money for church maintenance. There we all cheered when live mobile phone news told us that Ben Stokes had hit a four in England's cricket match at Leeds - to dramatically beat Australia in the third test! Hurrah!
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| The Newly-Weds last Sunday afternoon |
Just absolutely lovely!
ReplyDeleteIf you had been on the walk I would have talked with you about Lloyd, your grandchildren and your wild youth! And if you had fallen over I would have picked you up.
DeleteWhat a lovely was to spend the day after your wedding! Sounds wonderful.
ReplyDeleteIt was a good way to clear the late night cobwebs and it meant that Sunday was not too deflated.
DeleteThat sounds like a lot of fun. What a nice looking group, too.
ReplyDeleteGood job I wasn't on the other side of the camera. You would not have been saying "nice looking group" then!
DeleteI thought that was you standing beside Shirley.
DeleteLay off the weekend cocktails Jennifer! Shirley is not there and neither am I!
DeleteCould it be that the clear guidance on the maps you had had printed was not as clear as you thought it was?
ReplyDeleteMmmm... that is a possibility Sherlock!
DeleteIt's lovely that you had good weather for the walk. And your reply to Lilycedar struck me, that it kept Sunday from being too "deflated" - that is often the case with huge occasions and this was a brilliant way to maintain some of the glow.
ReplyDeleteI haven't hard the word "slowcoach" for years! Actually I didn't realize anybody used it outside of the small community I grew up in.
Was your community filled with slowcoaches? I guess it was called Snailsville.
DeleteThat was a wonderful way to enjoy some fresh air and beautiful views after all the late night partying.
ReplyDeleteSetting off at 1pm was a good idea even though I had only slept for three hours.
DeleteA happy group of wanderers.
ReplyDeleteIt's not over until it's over until the last over...
You have got the sandpaper man - on his way back - an exceptional batsman.
DeleteHe is.
DeleteThat incident is over and done with. The Aussies weren't solely to blame. The South Africans were at fault, too - in a big way...in more ways than one. And the Poms have cheated in the past, also, as, I'm sure, have the Indians, Pakistanis and West Indies teams.
It's time to move on...
I think the walk was a very nice part of the whole celebration. You got together under different circumstances
ReplyDeleteI wish you had been on the walk Red. I would have bought you a pint of English beer in "The Red Lion".
DeleteA lovely wedding weekend. Bet you were tired Sunday night !
ReplyDeleteYes. Over the weekend I had very little sleep. Just two or three hours a night. The adrenaline kept me going.
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