After a quick drive down the motorway, we arrived in Manchester for out 2nd Christmas.
Happy Christmas Everyone.... again!
After another round of present opening we nipped out to Tescos for some supplies. Mum, Dad, Harper and I took a stroll down the slushy pavements and through the park to Tescos. Princes park looked really nice in the snow, lots of people out walking dogs in the snow.
Tescos was such an exciting experience Harper fell fast asleep! Wish I could deal with shopping in such a way! We did however manage to get all we needed and some treats to keep us going for the next couple of days and a Welcome mat for Corin, Jen and Harper's new home! Lovely!
Odd set of photos here...
Love Iona x
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Monday, 27 December 2010
Day 361 - Mile 343-344
Snow! this morning just as I was about to go out for a walk it started to snow, not just a bit but a lot! Ho hum..... on with the wellies, anorak, and woolly hat and off I went!
I went out to have a walk while mum and dad packed all their worldly goods, and Christmas presents into their suitcases before we drove to Manchester for lunchtime.
I headed down to Rodley and along the canal. It was very frosty on the canal still especially as the snow was falling again. I'm not sure I could spend Christmas on a canal boat - brrrrrr!
There was a small piece of water not frozen next to the Barge pub where there seemed to be all the birds in the area - there were about 10 swans amongst others. I walked up through the snicket and to the main road where I saw the picture above - 2 intertwined love hearts in the snow!
A quick walk up the hill home for a cup of coffee! mmmmmmmm
Photos here....
Love Iona x
Sunday, 26 December 2010
Day 360 - Miles 340-342
Mum and Dad have never been to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, so to avoid the thought of going sale shopping - my worst nightmare - but in order to get out we headed there for a walk and a look at the art.
I love the sculpture park as it has many of my favourite things.... trees, fields, water, art, coffee, cake and a good gift shop... so the sculpture park is bliss for me! Many of our friends and relatives have spoken to Mum and Dad about the park and all it holds so they have been keen to go for a while, but it's just so hard to fit in all the things they want to do each time they come to the UK.
It was really lovely to be walking in the park in the snow. My photos are different this time as this changes the way you look at the sculptures. David Nash's exhibition is still on, so the large tree sculptures that I had seen only a few months ago took on a whole different dimension today. The park is brilliant, the way that you can interact with the art and see it up close.
Through the park we headed down to the lake, some poor swans and their year old cygnets were trapped in the only bit of water on the lake. They had made some lovely foot prints.... someone had even gone out on the ice and drawn a smiley face - not sure if I would have trusted the ice.
Back up through the pastures, passing Henry Moores and a quick stop in the deer shelter sky space. Not a very impressive sky to look at through the viewing space - a bit cloudy, but nice all the same.
Up to the cafe for coffee and cake, and a surprisingly inexpensive visit to the shop! Well I can always go back.....
See lovely, lovely photos here...
Hope you are all coping over the Christmas period,
Love Iona x
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Saturday, 25 December 2010
Day 359 - Miles 336-339
HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!
Christmas sees our family having the idyllic tradition of a Christmas walk. We are having Christmas in Leeds this year and so have met up with the Leeds clan to take a Christmas stroll.
Carina, Zipp, Finn, Alice, Keir, Mae, Mum, Dad and I (and Bowie the dog) headed from Carina and Zipp's up into Headingley. We ventured through the street until we came to "Woodhouse Ridge", a lovely walk through the woods, right the way behind Headingley to Woodhouse and then back past Meanwood.
I love walking in big groups - you always seem to talk more than you would in a house and meander between people and flows of conversation. I think that I catch strange combinations as I stop to take photos which means that I end up at the beginning, then in the middle, then a the end of the group.
We walked back past Meanwood and came across a bandstand base - it was amazing to see the drawing of what the path used to look like and that there was a bandstand up there on the ridge. The Victorians had it right I think!
We did intend to go for a quick drink at the pub before heading home to get the dinner ready, however it wasn't open by the time that we had got to it! Oh well, we had a lovely walk in the woods and had some great quality family time together. I really appreciate being part of a large family, especially as we all get on... well most of the time!
Lovely photos here...
For anyone who wants to look at Mum and Dad's round the world blog here....
Love Iona x
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Friday, 24 December 2010
Day 358 - Part 2 - Miles 334-5
Dad and I had to nip out to get a few supplies, so I was convinced that we should walk to do some more miles. I decided that we'd do a walk and look out for Christmas lights to show Mum when we got back who was busy making mince pies.
Lost of people go crazy decorating their house but there was some tasteful decorations in for the offering! We headed down Coal Hill Lane, up the high street and through the back roads to home giving us plenty of opportunity to seek out lovely lights. Take a look here...
We arrived home just before we got too cold and warmed up with tea and mince pies - mmmmmm...
Hope you are having as nice a Christmas Eve as us.
Love Iona x
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Day 358 - Miles 332-333
We were let out of work early today so I made the most of the sunshine this afternoon. I popped over to see Nat, Chris and Captain. I was a bit excited and nipped into Helena's to borrow Calum's sledge as I haven't done any sledging so far this year!
Nat, Captain and I headed up to the Billing, for a cold walk around the lake and up the hill. I tried to get Nat to have a go on the sledge but he was having none of it! I however, was very excited and had a couple of goes as soon as we came into the main field. It was great - and very fast... I did try to take a picture but it was very blurry!
Captain played fetch, really enjoying the snow as we walked around and up the hill, making friends with any other dogs that he could!
A final go on the sledge for me across the corn field.... a fast but bumpy ride!
See photos here....
Love Iona x
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Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Day 353 - Mile 331
So, it's a bit late to be writing this blog as we walked on Sunday - but there you are, life kind of gets in the way sometimes.
We had a family 'do' arranged for Sunday afternoon, all meeting at Kirkstall Abbey for Carols before the eating and drinking would commence. Mum, Dad, Katy and I decided to head out to Kirkstall early for a walk in the snow. It was utterly beautiful... there is enough snow on the ground to get lovely snowy pictures, but not too much to get snowed in or inconvienced too much.
After strolling around the ruins and along the river, we headed to the Carol singing. We had all anticipated that we woulod be singing, as did lots of members of the crowd, but it seemed we were just there to watch the Heritage Singers sing carols.
It was lovely to hear them sing in the old Abbey, such a lovely setting even if we all did end up with freezing feet and the desire to sing - well we did have a bit of a sing - hope they didn't mind!
Pictures uploaded here...
Love Iona x
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