As I’m sure many of you now know i recently got engaged to my wonderful boyfriend Thomas, but i haven’t put up many photos of him, so for those of you who have been asking to see some more photos of him here you go…

taken white we were out at Whitehaven working on Thomas's boat just before we got engaged

a short trip out along the east coast to holy island

so there you go a few photos of my fiancee and myself, I’ll try and post up a few bits of arranging this wedding (which will be taking place this year in August).

Posted: February 27th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Comments: 1

I realise that this isn’t exactly a week later, like i said that i would post again but better late than never.

taken from the top of the hill in front of our house, which i climbed up to sledge down, also means that you can see our house at the bottom (looks rather like a bungalow tucked in the left hand corner) and Tindale at the top of the other hill opposite

admittedly it really wasn’t the best hill to try and sledge down, it lacked all the usual va va voom of a good sledging hill, you know the one that makes you grip the sledge hard and you close your eyes. anyway next photo…

looking down from Tindale hill with most of our house hidden behind the conifers.

when the first load of snow fell this is how this trapped car on the top terrace looked...

this is what the second load of snow looked like, I'm rather glad that this wasn't my car but what a sight to see, just makes me giggle like a child in excitement.

the drifts from top terrace down to the rest of the Tindale and the civilised world

One night when i was traveling home i stopped and looked and realised just how light it was. it was just beautiful. Took me a while to get my setting on the camera right as this next photo shows you...

but i did discover that you can make day look like night!! ha ha a magician at last

Posted: February 26th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Comments: none

OK so i’m not posting as often as perhaps i should be, but i’m hoping that you might be inclined to forgive me when you see the picture that i have of the snow that we had up here on the hill.

I woke up last Monday to open the curtains and find my self blinded by the wonderful whiteness that is snow, before it had even been predicted we had at least and inch or so, so i rush out of bed and watched these huge cotton like flakes drift down towards the ground. As i piled Thomas’s stuff into the car to drive him off to Maryport (wonderful man decided that of all the weeks in the year that this was the week to do a sailing course!) i prayed that the snow would still be waiting for me when i got back up the hill, im sure that many of you like myself haven’t been sledging properly for years! My prayer for more snow was firmly answered as the further west we drove the more snow fell, even at the marina.

a little bit more than an icing sugar dust fell...

so when i returned though the county and the snow continued to fall, i tried to turn around in my usual place to park my car on the drive, bad, bad, bad decision. The gritters hadn’t quite made it up to our section of the road to melt the newly fallen snow so all were driving rather carefully and avoiding hills, but not me. I turned around here…

nice and icy full of snow looks relatively innocent till you look down the hill which take you up towards Tindale

So when little ol’ me tried in her front wheel drive car to turn around in this i began to slide down this…

ever so slightly scary, when you try to go forward and actually end up moving sideways and downwards.

Luckily a neighbour saw me and came to my rescue, and helped me get my car up the slope and back to my house. Soon as all that had been sorted i dashed inside pulled on as many layers as i could i.e. 1 pair of tights, 1 vest top, 1 set of thermal clothing, long sleeved top, walking trousers, normal socks, walking socks, thin jumper, thick rolled neck jumper, sailing jacket, gloves, hat, scarf, wellies. and i dashed back out and up the hill to join in sledging with my Tindale neighbours.

there were about 10 of us (adults and children) out on the top terrace hill

When we had finally tired ourselves out and tears had taken over the smallest of children i headed over to dale and kates for some warm hot chocolate and a peek round their house.

Aiden, Dale and Kate (some of my Tindale neighbours with their sledges)

after i had finished up i headed back down the hill to my house and tucked up with charlie the cat awaiting the next anticipated day of snow…

Posted: February 11th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Comments: none