23rd November, 2013...the first hard frost of the season!

We headed up to Water Street this morning, where you can get superb views over Barrow, and it was such a lovely morning...why wouldn't you!!

 

The frost was gone when we got to the Abbey at lunchtime, but still plenty on the 'tops'!

 

 

 

Abbey Mill Café has a lovely cosy look at the moment! Frankie has switched to hot drinks to keep warm now, though he would never dream of wearing a COAT!

 

 

 

It was very quiet down here today...not a breath of wind, and the cooler weather has killed just about everything green- for another year.

 

 

 

 

 

Frankie was messing about, throwing leaves into the river today. It is quite high, but nothing like the last years levels at this time... in fact, the weather has been positively calm compared to last November.

 

 

 

 

 

Our school choir has been invited to sing inside the Abbey ruins on December 15th! Hopefully it will be in a candle-lit infirmary (weather permitting), so that will be a festive event not to be missed...like wise our school Christmas Fayre, taking place on Friday!(excuse the plug!!).

 

 

Frankie has been telling me all about his school's OFSTED visit this week... he did get to talk to inspectors...he's becoming quite an 'old hand' at that, and hopefully the school has done okay. Stressful times for Furness!!

 

 

Still a good place to be though....!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17th November, 2013...Vintage fairs and new homes...!

The sun made a brief appearance at 9am this morning but by the time we got to the Abbey, a weird misty rain was falling, and has continues to fall all day... the herald of a 'cold snap' the weather forecasters are warning...

 

It's probably the end of autumnal trees now....at least we haven't had the flooding of last November!

 

 

Good to see the Dock Museum hosting a vintage Christmas Fair today.....we had  brief look round and recognised many items from when we were growing up..!

 

 

We were just talking about those crocheted blanket the other day... everyone had one!

 

 

 

 

There's my nan's dressing table set, which I always coveted!!

 

 

 

 

Nana Alma fitted in rather well... she's more than vintage!

 

 

 

 

Itsy and Bitsy have finally moved in to their new house....good luck to them! Vintage nana photo bombs again!(They haven't managed to get the boiler lit yet, all you plumbers out there!)

 

Typical English weather

 

 

 

Oh... promised to promote Furness Flames, so here there are...good luck ladies!!

 

 

Maybe we will be looking at this next week...!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10th November, 2013...Gold sunshine on Remembrance Sunday!

A glorious autumnal sunrise could be viewed through our bedroom this morning at 6am....and a poignant day for many. We headed to the parade and Cenotaph with lots of other Barrovians...

 

 

 

 

Our MP is obviously supporting 'Movember'... makes him look rather handsome don't you think!!

 

 

 

 

We did have every intention of staying for the full service today....however, our darling son decided to slip right down the Cenotaph hill, accidentally, so we had to bring him home to get changed....

..he did manage to keep his new glasses clean though!

 

After a lovely roast lunch, we did manage to get a walk to the Abbey, and it is looking beautiful at the moment, in the golden sunshine, with the trees not quite stripped...

 

I've pinched some of these for my winter display in school this year..! Hope it's not illegal to pick them?

 

 

Abbey sheep with an itch...

 

...and a raven dive bombing a buzzard... now that IS weird!!

 

Steve Soppy Hillman insisted I put this photo in...'but we are 50 years old' I cried...! 'You're never too old for romance' came the answer...you can tell he is a WEDDING photographer!

 

We were going to get two Harley Davidsons when we hit forty... alas...we got Frankie instead!!

 

All ready for another week at school... Christmas prep well under way, but always time for new and interesting people to visit...this is chef James Holden and he wowed us all!