Winter veg.

This is only the second time I have grown sprouts, the first time I
tried the sprouts blew. That put me off, they are a long time growing
to have nothing to show at the end of it. Anyway this year I just put
them in and left them to do their own thing, no special care and here
they are. I took some home to have with our dinner, they were FAB
much tastier than supermarket ones.

In front of the sprouts are my parsnips. The allotment looks a bit of a
mess, I don't do winter digging or tidying. In my view it's just making
work if I tidy up now it will still want doing in the spring, so why do it
twice!!!!

These are my leeks camouflaged with weeds.

This is the path leading to the allotments, soon it will be knee deep in sludge.

Bonfire night 5th November

Remember remember the 5th of November

gunpowder treason and plot

I see no reason why gunpowder treason

should ever be forgot.

A rhyme we learned at school years ago.

November 5th was my dads birthday he really enjoyed that all

England celebrated it. He would have loved how they celebrate now,

I don't think!

Money going up in smoke, he was a typical Yorkshireman money was

not for burning.

The skies above Rawmarsh erupt, starting about 6pm until turned 12.

At first it's all oooohs and aaaaahs.

Then it's, does anyone want a cup of tea?

Then it become a noise you try to drown out with the TV.

This goes on for two nights, the 5th Nov and the following Saturday.

Guy Fawkes would be proud.

For his part in the plot, he was hung drawn and quarted, just like Mel

Gibson but for real.

Halloween.

Our Stuart and some of his friends paid us a surprise visit.

Una and our Stuart round at his mates place, she turns her whole house

into a haunted house of horror.

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30'F

Ice on the windscreen for the first time this winter.

Problem solved

Problem solved, we have a new computer.

Things seem to have gone right by them selves, all I

have to do now is figure this one out!!!!!!!

Just incase.

If the weather gets too bad here's a handy map
of all the pubs in the Lake District.

My worst crop ever.

This is the worst crop of pumpkins I have ever grown, believe it or
not they are all out of the same seed packet. Until I cut into the green
ones I don't know if they are long pumpkins or marrows, I think marrows!
If only things grew as easy as weeds, life would be so much easier.

There and back again.

The weather forecast; dull at first brightening up later.
Not quiet right but near enough, misty with drizzle is
what we got.

The mist did start to lift but the rain hung on a bit.

Up one side and down the other, this is the Lake District
ups and downs.

This May we walked all the way across the bottom of
this valley, it was as dry as a bone, it was the driest Spring
the area had had in years.

Looking back towards the road we have just walked down.

Our Steven my walking mate and camera man.

Nearing the end of an eight mile hike. The rain did stop,
but it always looked as though it was going to start again,
so we kept our waterproofs on.

Off to the lakes.

Normally it takes around two to three hours to get here, but today it took
five. There had been a landslip that had blocked the Harrogate to Skipton
road. We were diverted down through Ottley and Ilkley, the two places we
were avoiding. The traffic through these two places is bad enough at the
best of times, but with the added traffic from the divert it was horrendous.

This was home for the week, a six berth caravan for the two of us. During
the night there were some very loud bangs on the roof, we thought
boulders were falling off the hill side.
The next morning we checked to see what had happened,only to find it
was acorns that had fallen out of the trees.

This was the view from our caravan.

Dewsbury Market.

Yesterday we went to Dewsbury for a couple of hours, it's only
30 miles down the road about 40 mins by car.

It has a very large Muslim population, this is just one of the
stalls that sells ready made clothes. There's a vast array of
stalls, well worth a visit.

Dewsbury in West yorkshire is a very popular market town.

To go there is like being transported to another country, everyone
is friendly, typical Yorkshire folk!
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