Woolfest, England and counting down

A mixed post today and in no particular order... link heavy as the camera is in Cape Town!

Woolfest  was really lovely on Saturday. Annie and Ann and Sue and Dorothy and Marget and Ruth and Lyn and Ann and Janet and Mary (I think that's everyone) all had a wonderful time too. I got some fabulous Rooster yarn in green and a sort of orangy colour, half alpaca and half merino, very soft and delicious. And some sock yarn made of 45% bamboo! (which I can't find a link for). I want to make some more felt balls too - like the ones at the top of my page, so I got fleece from Wingham Wool in all sorts of fabulous colours.

We had breakfast at The Village Bakery in Melmerby and after the wool buying and a great pic-nic lunch, Sue and I went to find a venue to watch the England v Portugal game. We found a pub in Cockermouth serving tea, set up our stools near the huge TV and got out our knitting! It should have been a wonderful end to a beautiful day, but for those of you who follow these things you'll know that it wasn't.

I have had a couple of emails from the kids in South Africa, none of them telling me anything I want to know. like what they are doing or how John is or where they are staying - nothing very informative. I got very excited when I saw one of the two mails had a photo attachment.... great - a picture of my three lovely children with maybe Table Mountain in the background??? I got more and more excited as the photo loaded..... then there is was......

Thanks Owen.

I have one more day at work......

and I will leave you with a photo of my neighbour's Garden Station

Comments

[wendy]

I used to go to Cockermouth with my Dad. I was christened in that neck of the woods. Don't forget ........ have a great time.

[Zoe]

Love the photo of the Garden Station. Have a fab time, we will be expecting lots of photos and news when you come back. Bon voyage!

[martha]

come along mother... we tell you all sorts of things and when owen saw that sign it was 5 in the morning and he thought it was very funny.
we have lots of pics of climbing today.
i need more books wen you come! any books, don't mind but ave finished everything i bought and brought. thanks. were going to try and ring you again later- we tried before but you were gallivanting
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