Weekend! Yay!

What a week!

Considering it's been a short week at work because of Bank Holiday Monday, it feels like it's been a really long week! After getting home on Monday after our lovely night away and long walk, it's been one of those weeks. I've been trying to get some crafting done and decided that I would try and spend time each night doing a little bit towards getting things made, even if it only means wiring up some beads ready to use later. So that's what I've been doing - wiring beads all week. It's surprising how long it takes to do - I don't seem to have a lot to show for all the time that I've spent on them! But it's a start and should make the end result a bit quicker to make.

It's also been that time of year at work when we have to write up our end of year performance reviews - the dreaded write-up that we all put off as long as we can. I've been getting in to work early every day as normal, but spending time writing a bit of my review each day rather than doing it all in one go. It's been emailed to my Team Leader now, so hopefully that's more or less it for a while now.

And what happened to all that nice weather?! Oh my goodness, how rubbish the weather's been this week - wet and windy - horrible. I thought we were doing ok this morning when the sun was shining, but it quickly turned cloudy, and then the rain came, and hasn't stopped for the rest of the day. I've had to hunt my wellies out from the garage just to take Oscar out in the back garden as there's so much water around! Poor Oscar doesn't care much for the rain either - he looks very sorry for himself when he has to go out.

On a brighter note, it's the weekend - yay! Hopefully chance for a bit of a lie-in at least one day (if Oscar lets us). The down side to having a dog that likes his routine - he doesn't really do late starts! Fingers crossed we can tire him out tomorrow so he doesn't get up early on Sunday ……..

May the Fourth (be with you).....

I know. May the Fourth. It's been said so many times today by so many people.  But I had to say it just the once.

So with that out of the way ......and with DD away for a few nights, we have managed to have a night away - yay! And not in the van (much too cold at night yet with no heating). DH found a lovely little pub about an hour from home for us, not far from Sedbergh. He booked a room for us and when we got there we had not only a double bed and bathroom, but a big sofa and also a small kitchen area! It was lovely. So we ate in the pub at night, had breakfast there this morning, and made hot chocolate for our flasks in the kitchen before heading out walking. 

The pub was lovely - a bit quirky with the decor and set up (they had a craft area between two seating areas) - but the people couldn't have been more helpful. 

So after a good breakfast we set off from the pub for our walk. The weather wasn't very nice to start with this morning. It had rained overnight and was still a bit overcast. And it was a bit windy too! But eventually the sun came out and we had some fabulous views, but the wind didn't really ease much, so it wasn't too warm - we ended up with our gloves on! 

The walk itself was good - a bit tough in places as we were climbing - but we managed to do about 9 miles! Further than what we thought we'd done, so we must be getting better! 

We had some fab views over to the Howgills ....

.....with some of the walk looking in the direction of Dent .....

....(obviously we couldn't see it.....). We found a little shelter for lunch, where we also found a Geocache ....

.....and then headed back with Oscar modelling his lovely windswept look ....

And the really good (and very strange) thing about today? We didn't meet ANYONE - not one single person passed us on the walk. At all. We normally see at least one or two other walkers out wherever we go. Not today. No-one. Not a solitary Being (apart from sheep). How strange is that?