Having a little breather for a couple of hours before we carry on with Jaygo's birthday weekend. We started on Friday night with a game of rounders on the stray that we were invited to. This was really good fun for…
Outdoor
The great unroofed…
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Jaygo's birthday weekend
Camping weekend in the Lake DistrictGot back last night after a lovely camping trip to the Lake District. We didn’t see a single Lake though. Fisherground campsite - lovely spot - part of this set of photos>> Fisherground Campsite is reputedly (and I can…
(not a) test (match)From one end of the entertainment spectrum - watching Sophie's end of term ballet show in a hot, packed Ashville hall on the Saturday - to a hot packed Old Trafford cricket ground on the Sunday watching England play…
Cricket, Lindley Woodstock and TinI was lucky enough to do a lot of my favourite activities over the past 5 days or so. Thursday - went to watch the cricket at Headingley with a lovely bunch of people. 'My' team (Yorkshire) won one of it's key matches…
- Weekend in the sun
Glorious weather weekend. The attire of flip flops, shorts and t shirt was donned on the morning after a night of going to pubclubland on Friday. Jaygo at the spec savers was our first port of call on Saturday where he…
- Golf
I played my first ever game of golf last night on a proper golf course. Well - a 9 hole course if you can class that as proper, a very nice course called Ghyll Golf Club near Skipton - for the sake of this blog, I'm…
FIRE : May2FIRE : May2 , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . We're chucking another log on the FIRE. A Bank Holiday special. 2nd May, Rehab, Harrogate (pictured here).
Goldwings - are they cool or not?We went to a friends birthday bash yesterday. All very lovely. It's been a similar format for the past n years, but every year there seems to be a lot more kids! Sun was shining, meat on the barby, kids spent hours…
Solar bloggingThese are possibly the greenest words ever written on dragondrop. They are written on a device that is using 100% solar power. Arguably all devices are 100% solar powered really but this particular gadget is currently…
Another PlaceAnother Place , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Yesterday, on a bit of a whim we headed out to the coast to see a./ the sun and b./ Antony Gormley's 'Another Place'. ( My photo set : here | Google Map : here ) The…
- Newby photos
And here's some photographs from this years Newby Hall Easter Fun Day..
- Disc Golf in the Valley Gardens
What are those new baskets in the valley gardens in Harrogate? They are targets for a game called Disc Golf – that’s what. I was lucky enough to try out the course last weekend with the course designer – Conor Davies.…
- Spring
We're into spring now. No more driving home in the dark. I can now relax the strict 'shut the door' policy of our front room. Going out without your coat weather is just around the corner. We have had a 'proper' winter…
BonfireSpotty Brolly 2 , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Just uploaded a bunch of photos from the Fireworks display on The Stray in Harrogate last weekend. It rained for the entire thing so it made taking photos a bit…
Autumn walkautumn oak leaf , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . I've decided I quite like Autumn now that I recognise it as not just the bit between summer and winter. Just went out for a lovely walk - it was t-shirt weather -…