28th June, 2015....Vikings and Vintage...!

Just three weeks to go until the end of our working year....and finally, the weather is joining in the fun!! A beautiful day down at Furness Abbey on SATURDAY (yes....no Stevehillman weddings today...but fantastic wedding news today nevertheless!!).

 

 

Look at that sky!!! Frankie has his shorts on in honour of the sun making an appearance!

 

 

And you will notice the railway work men have finally gone!

 

Abbey Mill is the perfect place to come for an ice cream and a cup of tea after a long walk, and a great place to meet up with friends....informal and relaxed!

 

 

 

 

The SteveHillman camera has got some competition though, as he didn't take two of these photos...the little guy in red did, and they're not bad!!!

 

 

 

We did get invaded by Vikings on Tuesday....and what a fun day we had! If you are trying to bring history to life in your educational establishment, I would thoroughly recommend

http://www.sveducationalservices.co.uk/

 

 

 

 

Some superb mini-Vikings joined the invasion too! Nothing like our school events for bringing people (and Vikings!) together!

 

 

So...we headed over to the Dock Museum for all things vintage today...a bit breezy but looking nice for the week ahead.....

 

 

....Frankie has now overtaken me in height, and I'm wearing his cast-off hoodies...

 

 

 

 

...he understands what 'records' are now...we have a loft full of them...

 

 

 

 

 

Lovely atmosphere at the Vintage Fair...always a nice lunch at the café too!

 

 

 

We live in a great place, don't we!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21st June, 2015....Parka's on and it's the summer solstice!

Finally...a chance to sit down and collect ourselves...so we headed off to Abbey Mill for morning coffee....still wearing parkas I hasten to add!!!

 

 

Well....it is FATHERS DAY! We had our get together with my dad last week because of yet more SteveHillman weddings today...at Abbey House of course (where else....the venue has won the county wedding venue award AGAIN this year!).

 

 

Strangely, I had different hair last weekend...after what we've done this week, I felt I needed a trip to Paul French at the very least!

 

 

Here's a few of my lovely colleagues looking drenched on one of our FOUR school trips this week! We did have a great time though, but it looks like all teachers ever do is go on picnics and play wide games.....SO NOT TRUE!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okay...it LOOKS like fun...but it's hard work as well!! It just goes to show that there are plenty of local venues to take kids and have an old fashioned day of exploring, playing and eating lunch from Tupperware!

 

 

Yes....one of them is Colton!

 

 

Lots of interesting drainage work going on at Furness Abbey at the moment...it's about time, if you think back to the flooding of a few years ago (see blog!).

 

 

And Grace's Mike was driving the train, just as we were walking past this morning...how weird....we are even waving at train drivers now!

 

 

It's starting to look a bit 'summery' down here finally, but no warm sunshine yet...

 

 

 

....look out for the Viking Invasion on Tuesday!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7th June, 2015...Brisk breeze but beautiful blue skies...!

So...June and I'm STILL wearing my parka (unzipped though!). No roses blooming in the garden and no camping away for the kids. Today was lovely though, if a little breezy, and plenty to see at Furness Abbey!

 

 

 

 

The Iron Shepherds have been down here all weekend, showcasing life in a medieval  monastery, and very interesting it was too!

 

 

 

Still wearing the old faithful parka though...that would have been a luxury for the poor old freezing monks!

 

 

 

Frankie is growing at an alarming rate...he's put away a huge 'Hillman' roast dinner today,a slice of lemon meringue pie and a half of shandy!!

 

 

Okay, so I took my parka off and wore Frank's hoodie later on, as it did warm up more towards June style weather as the afternoon progressed!

 

 

 

Certainly looking lovely down here at the moment...!