25 – 26 October 2017 Harrogate/Keswick
Lovely sunrise at Harrogate Showground Campsite for our journey to Keswick. Good drive up.
Passed a lovely side tank steam train on a low loader. What a fab sight.
Delivered Betty’s Eccles Cakes to our friend.
Maureen enjoyed a run on the hills then spent a couple of hours catching up with friends.
23 – 24 October 2017 Harrogate
Maureen went for a run then for a cycle to Knaresborough with Darian. Lovely coffee at the side of the river. Called to see our friends in Starbeck on the way back to the campsite.
Tuesday our friends picked us up and went for coffee in Starbeck then into town to buy eccles cakes from Betty’s for our friend in Allonby. How lovely to have friends who keep us so busy. In the afternoon went to Wetherby for a look around.
22 October 2017 Harrogate
Up early and off to Skipton to meet family. Because arrrived early went for coffee, then family arrived so went for coffee again at Costa. Had a walk along the canal then went for lunch at the Two Sisters cafe.
Because Maureen was there with her two sisters the owner wanted a photo for her gallery. Lunch was very good in a lovely quirky cafe.
21 October 2017 Harrogate
Walked to Starbeck to meet friends for coffee they then took us into town for us to navigate our way through Vodafone’s nightmare of changing our phones. A one hour job. Sorted out a few personal jobs.
Saturday Maureen had a short run then caught bus into town to finish off our Vodafone nightmare. Afternoon visited the Yorkshire Vet at Countryside Live on the Great Yorkshire Ground.
14 – 19 October 2017 Harrogate
Drive down from Hawes not bad, weather brightened up on reaching Harrogate. Our friends, Linda and Ray, joined us for coffee and we spent the afternoon with them.
Sunday we had a run and cycle then met up with Linda and Ray and they took us to Pateley Bridge for a walk along the river, then onto Bolton Abbey but didn’t stay due to the lateness of the day and the high price of parking, £10 per day and we only wanted to stay for an hour. In the evening went to The Chequers for a Sunday roast dinner – excellent.
Monday took the train to Leeds to meet Emma for a catch up on news.
Tuesday went to Harlow Carr Gardens with some more friends, Olive and Alex. Gardens really interesting even though its autumn. Then for lunch at a local pub. Another good day with friends.
Wednesday cycle with Ray to Knaresborough. Coffee on the riverside. In the afternoon drove to Ilkley for some new running shoes and shorts for Maureen. It’s really strange to us driving without the satnav on!
Thursday run first thing for Maureen then up to Ripon to look at the cathedral.
Friday 13th October – Hawes
Weather not too good today so drove over to Ingleton to get some petrol and have coffee at The Harvester.
Back at site went for a walk but could not get through to Hardraw to see the falls due to the road being flooded again. Watched a large lorry drive through the flood – impressive – nearly drowned by the tsunami. One photographer got wet feet.
The second vehicle through, a Jaguar, didn’t make it. Very silly to try!
12 October 2017 Hawes Campsite
This morning run for Maureen me cycle up to Hardraw. Then over to Richmond for lunch, back to Leyburn then stopped off at Aysgarth to look at the waterfall.
11 October 2017 Hawes Campsite
Had a lovely 25 days in Keswick catching up with friends running and cycling so now on we go doing what we are good at. Great drive down interesting so much water about all roads flooded. A few plonkers driving about the worst was in a Rolls Royce but Hay Hoe.
Thought it would be good to go look at Hardraw scar waterfall could not get there road flooded (I think it’s heading for us).
Up to the Wensleydale cheese factory (yummy) Maureen‘s favourite place here.
Thanks for Geoff’s description of Synchronised Fox jumping The picture above
16 September 2017 Keswick Cumbria
Arrived back in Keswick to catch up with friends and wow what a busy couple of weeks. Visited Keswick Alhambra cinema to see River Wind, also Plaza in Workington to see the American Assassin. Both very good films. Maureen doing some hill running and lots ,of cycling for both of us. Weather pretty good with quite a few sunny days. Visited the Food Festival in Cockermouth. Travelled to Ambleside, Windermere Lakeland (plastics) and Grasmere.
Met our friends from Kilmarnock for coffee, our friends from Harrogate joined us for 3 days in their motorhome. Meals out and lots of fun having a really good time in Keswick. Campsite fabulous with very friendly wardens. Catching up with more friends this week then we should be ready to continue our travels.
