Two inches of snow.

Wentworth village.
A walk from a place called Street, over the tops and back via Wentworth.
Two inches of snow is enough, any more is being greedy.
Me and our Blue, in the background is Elsecar.
Looking over towards Derbyshire.
Wentworth village and church. The snow was right nice and crisp underfoot.

I'm not a snow person!

We got a dusting of snow on the 17th then a little more on the 18th.
Due to the temperatures being low it stayed with us until the 27th.
We've so far had 14 nights on the trot below freezing, with daytime
temps hovering around 32/34'F. The night time temps ranged
between 16/24'F.
It's been the coldest December I can remember for many a year.
I have recorded the top and bottom temperatures for 30 year and
can see no evidence of global warming. I am a layman no one
is funding me.
All the Decembers of the first decade of this century have been colder
then the previous two decades.
December 1992 comes a very close second to this December.

December what a horrible month.

17th Dec 09. I hate the winter. It doesn't get light until 8am and it's
dark again at 4pm. It's cold and damp or raining, the sky's grey
and when the sun does decide to show itself it's so low in the sky it
blinds you when you're driving.
Now to put the top hat on it it's snowing brrrrrrr roll on April.
17/12/09 first snow this winter.

30'F

Last night was the first night below freezing point this autumn,
at least it was in my garden!
The weather has turned really miserable this past few days,
then again it always does around bonfire night.

Whitby

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Yesterday we went to Whitby for the day. Whitby is where the River Esk meets the North Sea.
It is on the coast of North Yorkshire. Being from South Yorkshire it is a place I have hardly ever visited. It is an out of the way place to get to from S Yorks.
Being from South Yorkshire I prefer the Lincolnshire coast,
it is easier to get to. Anyway we had a good day out, but I must say it's
not a resort for children there are no amusements!!!

Halloween night.

I think I like Halloween better than Christmas it's more fun.
Saturday we trimmed the hall and stairs to make a horror grotto then
waited for the trick or treaters to come. Una got lbs of sweets in and
didn't we need them. Children and parents came in droves,
all dressed in fancy dress. From 5pm until 8pm it was nonstop,
too many to count everyone liked the grotto,
and the sweets went down well.

William Brewster of Scrooby.

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I live a short distance from Scrooby, so I thought I would pay it a visit and take some photos.
Judging by the visitor book in the church he has quite a few descendants in America.
I hope the photos are of some interest.

Sheffield Lyceum Theatre. 15/10/09.

This was Unas birthday treat from our Steven. It was the first time either
of us had been, so I think it was a treat shared.
We went to see an adaption of the TV series dinnerladies it was brilliant
a real good laugh from start to finish.

A week in the Lake District.

Derwent Water.
Looking south from Blencathra.
We were lucky again with the weather, warm and dry every day bar Tuesday, when it rained all day. Tuesday we spent around Keswick with our waterproofs on, the rain wasn't going to keep us in. There are over 2000 miles of footpaths in the Lake District.
Sun 4/10/09 we walked to Scar Fell Pike. We've done it before but this time we went the opposite way round.
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Mon 5th We walked up Blencathra, not as easy as it looks walking up hill is never easy.
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Tues 6th It rained, I don't hill walk in the rain so we spent the day in Keswick.
Wed 7th We walked up Castle Crag then on to Seatoller. On our way back
playing in the river was an otter, it's the first I've seen.
They are much larger than I thought they were.
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Thurs 8th We walked to Grasmoor and Crag Hill passed a disused graphite mine, easy walking but the down hills really gets to my knees now.
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Frid 9th We walked to Watendlath and Grange fell. When we got to
Watendlath Farm our intention was to make for High Raise
but the weather started to turn, it also got very boggy under foot so we turned around and made for Grange fell. The rain held off but the wind got up and it also turned cold.
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Sat 10th After packing the car we went down to Keswick spent sometime
around the lake and town then set off for home.
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More to come.

Going to the Lakes today for the week staying at Keswick. Una's at home holding the Fort!