Today is my dear wife’s birthday so we decided a little treat was in order. We went for a walk along the beach to St. Annes.
It was a grey morning but with no wind as we strolled along the beach to the Beach Café for a hearty breakfast. We walked just short of 6 miles, which probably took care of about a third of breakfast but a good start to the day.
Birthday lunch will be on Sunday.
All the leaves have gone from the horse chestnut tree at Lytham Hall. It will be interesting to see what happens next year. Was it the weather or some disease which caused the leaves to fall of in clumps? Cold today, but Lytham Hall still looks lovely, although I wouldn’t like to pay for the…
The Forest of Bowland National Landscape covers in excess of 800 sq. km. of NE Lancashire with a small section in North Yorkshire. Most of the Forest is not forest as we understand it. It was created as Royal Hunting Forest after the Norman Conquest and was designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty…
There has been a lot in the media about prostate cancer recently. It’s become the most common diagnosed cancer, overtaking breast cancer. Chris Hoy was on TV before Christmas, Giles Coren in The Times, Rod Stewart, Stephen Fry, Ian McKellen, Andrew Lloyd Webber have all shared their stories of living with prostate cancer. My sponsored…
Thursday was the last full day of the school holidays that we would have our grandson. After our visit to Speke Hall earlier in the summer, we thought it would make a great day out for all three of us, so, off we went. Despite the weather forecast being a bit iffy, apart from a…
Bonsoir, ma famille et mes amis. Notre cuisine a été remplie de délicieuses odeurs aujourd’hui. Heather a préparé des gâteaux de Noël, comme elle le fait chaque année. Elle en fait un pour chaque foyer de la famille. Ils recevront régulièrement des doses de cognac d’ici Noël. Une semaine ou deux avant Noël, ils seront…
A group of three or four of us try to meet once a month for a walk. It’s a bit weather dependent but usually takes place on the first Wednesday of the month. Our walk for October found us in Witton Park in Blackburn, repeating a walk that Heather and I had done in May….