Despite its reputation as a day for disasters, Friday the 13th January 2012 showed us the best weather so far this year.
It was cold, crisp, there was no wind and, best of all . . . it was sunny.
So off we went to the hills above Haworth for a walk. This lane has some spectacular views across the valley and is quiet enough for a walk – the fields are still very muddy from all the rain. Incidentally, this deserted lane is a bus route.
The sun is so low in the sky at the moment that the contours of the land stand out starkly.
We came back by a different route to avoid the traffic jam that is Cross Hills and collected a short list of places to go back to, including what looked like a planned village but was Keighley Workhouse in days gone by.
Alan had this exciting Christmas gift from Dave and Tara. It is now mounted outside his study window. The bar down is the decorative leading on the window, not a precaution against falling out of the window!
I said in my last post that we were off to research paving for the front garden. Earlier in the week, we duly ended up at Gordon Riggs Garden Centre – not the one pictured on the front page of their site but the original one near Todmorden. I think we have decided on paving and tubs but it’s a bit too early in the year for setting things going.
Opposite is Bottoms Mill Shop and Cafe and we popped over for lunch – a bacon buttie for those who want to know. M’mmm! I think we appreciate that sort of food all the more because we don’t have it often.
In the shop, is this lovely antique which will play a tune if you put 20p in a slot. Isn’t it delightful?
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