The Party

I won’t post photo after photo of merry partygoers, suffice to say that the afternoon and evening was paced and good humoured and full of friends old and new.

The bus picked everyone up from Kenmare square at three and dropped us off at Nu’s cottage not long after and she was there like the Queen at the gate to greet her guests. 

We drank gin and ate delish extra thin pizza freshly baked straight from the oven and talked bollocks until 9pm when the bus returned and everyone hit the lights of Kenmare’s pubs.

I got off the bus early and went back to my Airbnb.

I’m driving back this morning and couldn’t face another late night.

I slept well in my bed 

And this morning have just drank my bucket of coffee and ate the last of my scones

 It’s been a lovely weekend all told 

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Images

Evidence of a Friday evening stroll along Stanage Edge. How many times have I photographed those abandoned millstones? In different seasons and different times of day and different weather conditions. On Friday I noticed the golden quality of the evening light with the sun sinking at Chapel-en-le-Frith.

Just above the millstones - another familiar photo subject - the triangulation pillar at the southern end of Stanage Edge. In case you are interested, it is Trig Point 6150. The high number may give you an indication of just how many such pillars exist in The British Isles. 

It wasn't the most dramatic of sunsets but as you can see others were up on the rocks to witness the nightly spectacle. You never know what you are going to get.

And then today, Saturday, I was back over in East Yorkshire. I spotted this lovely stained glass window in St Mary's Church, Elloughton. The church itself was built from local stone in the second half of the thirteenth century...

And here's the church itself in all its summer glory. Well cared for and well-maintained in an affluent village on the southern edge of The Yorkshire Wolds.

Two miles to the north, there's another lovely wold-land church. It's All Saints Church, Brantingham, built in the twelfth century but greatly restored and improved in the nineteenth century. I was just driving past and didn't have time to check it out properly.

After all, I had photos of a white van to take and a football match to watch. Visitors will be pleased to note that Hull City beat Coventry City by three goals to two with a hat-trick from our new Colombian striker - Oscar Estupinan.

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Scones for Breakfast

I hit Kenmere running. 

I knew I would. 

My sat nav crashed in Dublin port and I had to wing finding my way to Nu’s, so late I arrived at my own spotless little Airbnb apartment at Mrs O’Sheas for only a few minutes, before being picked up by the affable Brian, ( the designated driver for the day) and whisked to a lovely restaurant with Nu and family.

The rest of the evening was, to be honest a loud bit of a blur with more mutual friends and their grown up kids joining the fray at a bar which would not look lost in The Commitments.

The party proper starts around 3 pm today when a bus stops in the square to pick everyone up and takes them to Nu’s cottage, so I have a bit of time to go into Kenmare and have a mooch. 

As promised Mrs O’Shea has left me some of her scones ( tied Auntie Glad style on the doorknob) so  you can Have something with your tea

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