I do not visit pubs as frequently as I used to do but tonight I moseyed on down to "The Itchy Pig" where I guzzled two pints of Abbeydale Heathen. On Friday, a hosepipe ban will begin in Yorkshire so tomorrow I plan to give our upper garden a good soaking - especially the vegetable plot. After Friday, I will no doubt be lugging buckets and watering cans up to that top section. I have already filled the water butt up there but that water won't last long.
"O God, I could be bounded in a nut shell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams." - Hamlet Act II scene ii
9 July 2025
Etcetera
Stone finial in the grounds of Thornbridge Hall
Phoebe is asleep upstairs for she is having a sleepover at "grammar n' granpa's house". No nursery school for her tomorrow. We picked her up at 5pm today - just the third time I have visited her nursery school. She has been very happy there but soon she will switch to our local primary school.
Rear view of Cracknowl House
The city's reservoirs are less than half full but sometimes they are brimming in July. Not this year. The weather has been pretty glorious for weeks on end. I am not complaining.
Rough limestone wall and cattle north of Bakewell
Path sign north of Ashford-in-the-Water
Upper window in Millstone House, Ashford-in-the-Water
The River Wye north west of Bakewell
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The River Wye looks shady, peaceful, and a delightful place to spend some time. There is a Wye Road near Edmonton here but I don't know if there's a connection between the names.
ReplyDeleteI love the River Wye shot at the end. It looks calming.
ReplyDeleteWell for someone who didn't have mush to say, you came up with an interesting post.
ReplyDeleteThank you for these etcetera photos. The finial reminds me of a similar structure in the grounds of Studley Royal (Fountains Abbey), where a sign informs visitors that nobody can say for sure what it is for and why it was put there. A mystery!
ReplyDeleteWhen Phoebe grows up, maybe she'll believe for a while that Grammar Schools are places where grandmothers learn what it means to have grandchildren :-)
Like wise I am giving my veg plot and perennials and shrubs a good soaking today.
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