Winter sun and a village walk {Country Kids}

This weekend saw some beautiful sunshine, and it was cold - a perfect combination...

The kiddos' Uncle had visited for the weekend bringing his new toy. He took us for a spin in his spanking new Landrover Defender which went down well with the kiddos - the husband was also caught giving it the eager eye.

Being Sunday, it was soon back to the routine of waving bye to daddy as he went off to work, leaving just me and the kiddos. The day was far too nice to be indoors so we set off from home for a walk around the local villages, the Winter sun casting its long shadows once again.

Gates were climbed on for a better view but the horse didn't come and say hello today - he's there in the distance though.

We took a peek at the empty village pub - it used to be a lovely setting for a Summer's drink outside or a cosy Winter's drink by the fire. Then Marco Pierre White left, apparently chain sawing down the sign on his way out, and it stands empty again.

The farm had its trolley of plants outside for sale - this time narcissi. Once again I had left my purse at home - one day I will get something for the garden from here!

On the walk back home I kept feeling a little hand reaching for mine as tired legs were setting in.

I always love to walk like this and often wonder how long will this need to hold my hand last?

 

Linking up with Country Kids...

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The B&W Photography Project

Today was such a beautiful, crisp sunny day it seemed strange to fiddle with the colours in the photos taken on our walk around the local village. However, whilst uploading to Instagram, I played around with the filters and black and white worked so well with the shadows.
Therefore, here's my first contribution to the B & W Photography Project...

 

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Project 365 2015 #3

We are all fully in the swing of back to work and school routine.
2014 seems so long ago now.
We had the teaser of a day off this week but it came to nothing.
Maybe soon.

Project 365 #3

Day 11
A walk with the boy and my mother in law today along the canal. He wanted a go behind the camera and who am I to get in the way of young photography?
Day 12
A sneaky trip out to a lovely local café with the husband who was working at home. Peppermint tea for me as I'm trying to cut back caffeine and sugar.
Day 13
Lovely morning sun today over the fields on which we will soon have a housing estate. It won't quite be the same view.
Day 14
Back to work day for me and disappointment for the children who were hoping for heavy snow overnight. This is all we got - a slushy covering on the cars.
Day 15
I chilled out tonight after work with some yoga and some letter writing. I've created some Mail Tags for my #postcircle group and oversea pen pal.
Day 16
The bathroom shelf is being overtaken by beard preening products. I'm not complaining. I love a good beard.
Day 17
It was one of those mornings where it was best I got out of everybody's way. I walked to town with headphones in and Kings of Leon blaring, posted my mail and popped to Waitrose and Lidl for some treats and bargains respectively. This walkway from the Post Office is one of my favourite parts of town.

Linking up with the lovely The Boy and Me...

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Alpacas & Narrowboats {Country Kids}

Last Sunday saw a window in the day for some time with my boy.
We dropped his big sister at soft play hell for a party, and headed up to a local village to drop in to say hello to Grandma and Granddad, before going for a stroll along the canal.
I was on the look out for narrowboats.
The boy was on the hunt for alpacas!

We soon found them on our walk across the fields to find the path down to the canal.
One alpaca in particular kept eyeballing us - I'm not sure what he was thinking.

The boy led the way down the steep path and soon had his binoculars out looking for narrowboats and trying to identify whether the bird he had spotted was a crow or a rook.

On the return leg the boy decided he would like a go with my camera.
The above image was the resulting shot.
The steep path back to Grandma's for a biscuit!

I'm linking up to Country Kids here...

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