From Cruit Island I drove back to England and then did a tour of family visiting Sara at her caravan in Keswick as well as her home in Preston, Felicity in Padiham, Chris and Corinne near Newcastle, Lucy and family in Horsham together with a visit to Nanna and taking in a weekend at the Adventure Bike Rider Festival.
Keswick with Sara
This is the video of this part of the trip..
At the caravan, near KeswickCrummock WaterButtermereSara’s grand children
Hedley on the Hill with Chris and Corinne
A visit to Chris and Corinne’s smallholding at Hedley on the Hill, near Newcastle, with the usual long list of jobs to help with. One big job was cutting, baling, wrapping and storing the winter feed for the animals. Fortunately the weather was hot and sunny – perfect conditions for the harvest, but hot work for the farm labourer. Another big job was giving the cows a pedicure. Both of these are shown in the video :
For the rest I’ll let the photos speak for themselves, with captions to explain a bit more.
Corinne is well aware of my taste for nice beer and usually gets in a few bottles of Newcastle Brown, but for this visit she went mad !Moving “stuff” from in front of the upper barn to make room for installing the new solar panels.Beautiful new foal, an American Quarter Horse called Red.They got a professional in to cut the grass for the harvest. His machine was so massive it could only just get down the drive.Checking the newly cut grass for moisture content before deciding to bale it.Getting the baler running.Little horses – FallabellasFirst bale done…Lots of bales by the end of the day.Merlo and tractor both needed to round up the bales.Wrapper in action…More little horses…3D computer model of the barn with solar panels fitted.Framework to be created on the front of the barn to support the solar panels.Training the horses to get into the horsebox.Great hairstyle.Framework being fitted.Clearing the patio area – where the Orangerie is to be built.That was hard work !
Padiham with Felicity
I spent a few days with Felicity at her smart new apartment in Padiham.
Outside The Lawrence Hotel in Padiham.Our favourite dinner spot – Porada in ManchesterFantastic food as always.
Horsham with Lucy and family
I took the train down to Horsham from Newcastle and it worked very well. I spent the weekend with Lucy, Dan, Bella and Hollie and had the opportunity to go and visit Nanna as well.
Arrived early in Horsham – chance for a nice Peppermint tea.Lucy and the girls.This was my bed for the weekend (kindly loaned by Hollie).Bella and Hollie.We visited Dan’s spa showroom – Hollie almost went in for a swim.Hollie on her bike…
