Hi-ya!
well I've been touring the Yorkshire moors and dales with my 'Auntie' Jean and Uncle Norman (really my mum's aunt + uncle) along lots of quaint little lanes lined by rock fences with names such as Kettlesing, Stock Stile and Penny Pot... I went to Fountains Abbey yesterday which was brilliant - built in the 1100s and left to ruin by Henry VIII - really pretty, had water gardens, lots of deer and pheasant, and the Serpentine Tunnel - 42m long tunnel that is bendy (of course) and is completely pitch black in the middle - I was very brave and went thru all by myself - and then of course at the other side there is no other way to get down (it is part way up a hill) so I had to go back thru. Have seen heaps of the sights like Brimham Rocks (like a mini version of the Grampians), RAF Medwith Hill (the giant golf balls that can pick up any transmission), Kilnsey Cragg, Arncliff (where Emmerdale was filmed) & Malham Cove... Have also climbed the Cow and Calf where my mum used to play when she was a little lass, saw the house in Ilkley where my Gran grew up, and met heaps of the rellies (s'pose they are like 2nd cousins or something to me) here as well - they are very lovely and friendly... Have also had Yorkshire fish and chips (meant to be the best! - and they are very tasty esp. the batter!), fresh trout from the trout farm at Grassington and lots of yummy home-cooked meals - incl. yorshire pudding, ginger biscuits and bread & butter pudding! :)
And am off to Sweden tomorrow! - have got my goose jacket ready in case of really chilly weather!!
Seeya!
