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" New Year's Weekend - Here and there - "

Date & start time:       New Year's weekend,  2023.

Location of Start :      Loes's house in Harewood, Yorkshire, Uk.

Places visited :           Sheffield,The Kirkstile Inn, Loweswater (round the lake) and Low Fell.

Walk details :              Local walks each day to exercise ourselves and the dogs.

Highest point :           A fine end to the year.

Walked with :              Loes, my family plus the dogs, Dylan and Dougal, Daisey, Boris and Bilbo.

Weather :                     Continuing unsettled and damp, especially under-foot.

                     

                     

 

After Christmas at Harewood with Loes's family and friends, we're off on a flying visit to Sheffield to meet my family before we return home.

As a result we managed to see both Loes's and my families at or around Christmas this year, which was brilliant.

The year ended in fine fashion with an evening at The Kirkstile Inn back here in Loweswater.

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On December 30th there was a general invite to Jenna's new house.
Mine host . . . plus Matt  over there at the sink of course !
   
They have really settled into their new home.
Big sister Paula came over from Tickhill with Abi.

Gareth and Rhian, with Luke and Owen, came up from Swansea to be here for the family get together.
Abi and Luke (with his new Nintendo Switch).
Rhian with young Owen, he's three next February.

We were also please to see Hilton, a great friend of the family, who had come up from Leicestershire to be with us all.

Hilton was in college with Ann many years back and we've all kept in touch over that time.

Hilton and Loes mid gathering . . .
and here chatting with Paula.
   
Dougal wants to join in with the ball game.
Emily, who was one last October, selects a book for Loes to read.
   
Time for presents . . .
. . . Disney clothing for Owen.

A busy household as lunch was being prepared.
Emily reading . . . well looking at the pictures.
She was attracted by the coloured lights set into book.

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Today we were able to meet up with three of my four children . . . what of number four ?

Cathy was already in Lakes, having taken the chance of a short break in our cottage during our absence.

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She and Mark arrived a few days before New Year

and took advantage of the reasonable weather

to complete a few local walks.

 

 

Here Mark has just negotiated the stile and dog gate

on the climb to the top of a very windy Low Fell.

 

 

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While they were here they also walked to Rannerdale Knotts from the Cottage.

Here Cathy stands on Ann's viewpoint rock at the far end of the summit outcrop.

This was their descent route down Rannerdale Valley

as afternoon was progressing.

They also managed to experience a hail storm

as they walked through High Wood on the way back from Cinderdale.

 

Apart from setting off a bit late and getting home in the dark,

they said they had a great time.

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Their presence meant that they had the kettle on when we arrived back on New Years Eve afternoon.

We had booked four places at The Kirkstile's New Year's Eve Dinner.

The other couples on the table were staying at the Inn for the weekend and together we had a very sociable evening.

Robert and Kate from Fleetwood were sitting opposite and Stuart and Liz next to us were over here from the Harrogate area.

We all enjoyed five courses of beautiful food served nicely across the extended evening.

It seemed like a different wine was enjoyed with each course, recollections are a bit hazy now for some reason !

We even received an extra bottle for winning the second prize in their New Year's Eve pub quiz . . . quite a night.

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Not so boozy that we couldn't all go for a walk around Loweswater the next day.
A rather damp sheep at Maggie's Bridge car park.
Myself and Loes in Holme Woods.

Mark, Cathy, Loes and the boys at the Bothy.

At the far end of the lake, Hudson Place Farmhouse is being re-rendered

as part of the general improvements to the building.

Shaun the Sheep was enjoying better weather too.

He's moved fields recently as he was getting rough treatment from the Belted Galloway cattle of Hudson Place Farm !

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Cathy and Mark would call on Jenna on their way home the following day.

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The rest of the week was changeable, weather wise,

but I did manage local walks like this one up to the Lonesome Pine.

A rather colourful, damp-looking and fiery sunset at about 4pm on this day.

A cold but dry spell of weather is forecasted for the next few weeks . . . lets hope the change brings some nice, dry weather at last.

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