It has inspired several outdoor adventures as well as a few indoor activities. In short it is a really lovely resource and will be well used throughout this forthcoming year.
Outdoor Activities
This place is only fifteen minutes from home and is an absolute treasure to visit. This is our third visit and I doubt we will ever tire of this place.
A well deserved hot drink and snack in the cafe just before closing time!
Indoor Activities
The book has all sorts of interesting tidbits including the fact that Epiphany day is also shared with Wassailing day. Pip followed the recipe and made some yummy mulled apple juice, not for me though as it contained sugar! This afternoon treat was a reward for taking down the decorations from the tree. The tree however and its fairy lights are still with us and it is now a prayer tree. Every day between now and Candlemas we will pray for all those names hanging from its branches.
A New Bike
Pip has been desperate for a new bike in a long while. In our old house Dave never felt safe enough to venture forth from the house in his mobility scooter. The area itself was not bad but it was not scooter friendly, with dodgy pavements and we lived at the bottom of a very steep hill. Where we are now living is all on the flat and the village has various places of interest all within easy access. With this in mind we knew that the time was right, so armed with some of her birthday and Christmas money, Pip chose her bike on Saturday and it was delivered on Monday:
DH Note:- Pip’s bike was chosen not from our nearest cycle
shop but from the lovely Dyno-Start in Carnforth which was our preferred local cycle
shop at our old house. This smashing little shop happily delivered to us for a
modest fee, bringing a big smile to Pip!
Pip is one happy girlie! She cycled Monday and yesterday and was disappointed not to be out on it today. We did however walk up Beacon Fell instead! Here's to many more days of outdoor adventures :-)
6 comments:
How glorious to have a shiny new bicycle! Happy for Pip, and enjoying the memories it brings up for me from my girlhood :-)
And, truly marvelous idea to create an Epiphany season prayer tree {{hugs}} I am inspired.
Glad it brought back some happy memories. The prayer tree really helps me focus my intentions, I guess that is because I am a visual person 🙂
The book looks really nice! Is it written to the parent or the child? So great you got a new bike, Pip! I remember when I got my first bigger bike. I was 9.
For the child but I have enjoyed reading it and learned new things. Pip just loves her bike 🙂
I'm so glad you discovered such a lovely outdoor place near you! Such a thing is a real boon. Hurrah for Pip's new bike- she looks great on it- so happy. Brilliant also that Dave will be able to get out better on his mobility scooter! What a blessed move it was.
The cycle man looks SUCH a kind chap!!
x
Yes he is a lovely man and that is why we wanted to support him and his wife,there shop has managed to hold on despite the online world and the bigger stores such as Halfords.
The move has been such a blessing for sure xx
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