Following an enjoyable stay with our friends in Ladybank we continued on to Ordiefork, the home of Sarah’s cousin Clive and his wife Sally. Ordiefork is the name of their home and it has been over two years since our last visit. As soon as we arrived we went for a short walk with Guinness, Clive and Sally’s dog. After the exercise it was time for the food. This took the form of a trip to the local Indian restaurant in…
Sarah and I have taken a few days off work to visit her cousin Clive (and his wife Sally). When we have a long journey we like to break it up, and on this occasion we took the opportunity to visit our friends Kevin and Jules who live in the small village of Ladybank in The Kingdom of Fife’. Our first day (Thursday) was mainly spent travelling -and of course stopping off for a few cuppa’s. We finally arrived in…
Today I should have been leading an SCCC Ride to Tatton Park. However it had to be cancelled due to the weather – the possibility of ice being too great. After we had waiting at the cycle ride start, just in case anyone hadn’t get the message and turned up to ride, it was pleasing that everyone had obviously got the message as no one turned up! This did mean that we had some unexpected free time today, so why…
Having enjoyed a few days in Caernarfon for Sarah’s birthday last month which we both thoroughly enjoyed, we now both took a day off work and spent the day at Keswick for Andy’s birthday. The weatherman had predicted heavy rain but this didn’t deter us and we are really glad it didn’t for us the photos below show we had a fabulous day We have visited Keswick recently (here, here and here) however it is always a place that we enjoy returning to since…
We had arrived in Sutton Coldfield on the Saturday following a walk around Shugborough Estate. On the Sunday we went for a long run along the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal. When we got back we were too tired to do anything else that day except eat! Thus the next place for us to visit was after we had left Ramada Sutton Coldfield when we went to Sutton Park. Sutton Park is a national nature reserve and one of the largest urban…
