18th December, 2016...Muddy and Mild Christmas Madness!!

Just realised it's well over a month since we visited Furness Abbey and blogged- it's been the most hectic 'Christmas' season I have ever known- but inspiring for so many reasons, not least because we live near THIS PLACE!! After a birthday breakfast this morning, we had a very mild and muddy walk down here.......

...so sad to see a couple of the ancient trees down, at Bow Bridge!

Frankie so happy to be seen out with us....especially as he's had his other 'toe' done and really doesn't want to walk anywhere!

The SteveHillman camera had a visit to Ambleside this week with the senior clan members.....

I think Raymond showed 'The Apple Pie Eating House' the colour of his money, at long last!!!

Coniston looked eerily calm in the morning mist! Busy time for us.......

                               ..with weddings as well as casting, rehearsing and performing our unique Christmas show- so much hard work went in to it, we 'crawled' home after the last performance!

That's the lovely Mrs Sadler (she'll kill me for using her photo!), with our main characters- her musical ability surpasses all- I only have to say 'AD LIB me the Gay Gordans Mrs Sadler' and she does it!!! I've worked with some pretty awe- inspiring kids this time too- I really couldn't have got everything organised without two specific girls- they will be so employable in a few years time...we might snap them up ourselves!

Some beautiful trees at the St Mary's Christmas tree festival this year.....

...and the Greengate one as well!

Dalton itself looking very festive too!

It's also worth visiting the show greenhouse in Barrow park.....

...there are some creative people around, aren't there!

I wheeled out the old Fender guitar earlier this week when my colleague and I gave a (quite painful) rendition of Silent Night in German...not quite sure how we got away with it!!!

Argh..... STOP came the cry!!!

And so, after a beautiful sunrise on Friday, we finally finished for the year, with a lovely calm Nativity and Christingle service.....and crawled right on home to bed!!!

Thirty four years for us this Christmas!!!