Total Pageviews

Sunday 19 November 2017

19th November, 2017....Lovely Leven Valley and the first ground frost of the year!

Not wanting to waste the glorious morning, we headed off to Furness Abbey rather early.....




...still a little bit of ground frost around....



...and all quiet at Abbey Mill (apart from Jackie bustling about!)


Most of the autumn foliage is gone now!

That's a shot from very early on Tuesday morning...looking beautiful as always!


On one of our 'long ago' blogs, we mentioned the gate keepers hut being very like Nick Butterworth's Percy the Park Keeper's hut, and we were so thrilled to have an email from him this week, saying he's seen the photos and loved the hut. He wondered where in the world it was, and in further correspondence with him, he is interested in coming down to the hut to do a reading and some kind of meet and greet for our two schools, which will be FAB!!!
Image result for percy the park keeper hut
We had a lovely day at the Leven Valley earlier this week, visiting our favourite Lakeland Motor Museum and just enjoying the River Leven in full force....







It is well worth a visit...and it's there's no 'sick-inducing' coach ride before it!!




We did our bit for the Children in Need charity on Friday...teachers and their own children featured here...and raised £125 plus whatever our chocolate mountain fetches!


Had a rather large roast dinner today.....


...with THIS trifle.....then headed off to the Hawcoat Park Christmas Craft Fair...


...and really liked Jack Webster's fine arts stall- he's one to watch! Talking of Christmas Fairs, why not come down and support ours on Friday at 2pm....and thanks to Miss Gatt especially for her class's real effort with the letters to local businesses- we've had some fantastic prizes donated from POSH flowers; Last Resort Café; Abbey Mill Café; Wax Lyrical; Tesco; Asda; Stollers;Top Mark to name but a few...thanks to everyone for supporting our school!!






















Sunday 12 November 2017

12th November, 2017..A wintry feel to Remembrance Sunday!

Beautiful blue skies this morning, but the garden thermometer was registering just above zero degrees! The crisp morning provided the perfect back drop for Barrow's annual Remembrance Day parade....and hundreds of people turned up to support, as always!


Haven't seen these in the park before...lovely little memorials!



Our parade was very well turned out, but seemed a little 'under-policed'?
The poor police man on the
Hibbert Road/Abbey Road junction was on his own trying to direct and re route traffic from all directions- I did wonder why anyone who knows the town would still be trying to drive down the areas of the parade even at 10.55am. As a teacher, I am very aware of my civic duty- requirement in fact- to educate children in the subject of 'British Values'. It is becoming a massive curricular area, but I do wonder if it has skipped a generation.

Anyhow- the parade and service itself was excellent, as always!






Hey Mr. Mayor, if you read this blog-you are invited to this year's Christmas Fair at Greengate!

Good to see our MP there too!

Stunning blue Triumph at the end of the parade!


You have to have a Hillman roast dinner after standing out in the cold, don't you!!!


What better to finish the day off than a brisk afternoon walk to Furness Abbey....

.....which looked stunning in the sparking sunshine!


Boots are out!!!




Many thanks to Abbey Mill's Jackie for donating some voucher raffle prizes for our up coming Christmas Fair!




Absolutely stunning down at Furness Abbey at the moment.....





And final mention to Gill Jepson...read this little treasure of a book from cover to cover and back again...so informative- especially about our favourite Abbey!