The sun has been shining all day while we visited a tea room in Otley and walked up to the top of Chevin Hill with my brother. Then we drove over the glorious dales to Haworth and wandered around the cobbled streets, wondering aloud how the Tour de France riders had managed to race up the hill during the Yorkshire leg of the race a year or so ago. Finally we purchased food for the long awaited barbecue, for our final night.
The barbecue is alight. The boys are playing music from the bands they saw live during the week and discussing the success of the holiday. For it has been a great success. They have had a great time visiting the cities and trawling through every secondhand shop they could come across, looking for records and books. They enjoyed the live music, and in particular the unexpected Johnny Marr gig in Wakefield, which by all accounts was hot, sweaty and packed.
We have packed in quite a lot to our week. Flying visits to the Football Museum, the Bronte Parsonage for a mixed bag of culture. Catching up with my family. Music, music, music. Eating out, A wee bit of shopping (mostly by the boys) although I can highly recommend The Closet in Hebden Bridge for unusual and very pretty clothes. If you are reading this, Jenny Murray - this should be on your Bucket List of places to visit. The scenery around Hebden Bridge and Todmorden is beautiful. Rolling hills, craggy dales, dark shadowy valleys and lovely old stone architecture. Leeds and Manchester are lovely vibrant cities. There was almost too much to do here and even if you had a whole month here you couldn't do the place justice.
Last night I had a chance to meet up with a new friend, Becky Sherry, and we had a great time at a Thai Restaurant in Manchester - Chaophraya. It was like meeting up with a very old friend and I hope that one day she will get a chance to come up to Shetland.
Later we have to pack up our stuff ready for tomorrow morning. Given that the car was packed to the gills on the way down, I fully expect to struggle to fit everything back in for the long journey back.
But although we are leaving tomorrow morning, the holiday is not over yet. Tomorrow we are stopping off in Fettercairn to stay with Nicole. Looking forward to it!
No comments:
Post a Comment