Above is a picture of our new bedroom prior to us decorating, with the aid of our good friends Charlie and Sandy from Kent. Charlie is the one on the left.
Its all been filled, sanded and painted, the carpet cleaned and our furniture moved down from the first floor (thanks David from the DIY store) to make our new bedroom prior to the builders arriving on the 20th.
Here is the completed room sans furniture.
This next bit from Judith.
We managed some lovely walks too, and dinner with some new Settle friends. We had a good laugh and learned that the town's hotbed of intrigue is the vets' surgery. Hilarious. Alan Bennett is a regular visitor to Settle and it is clear where he gets some of his inspiration from.
We went for a nice walk after the guests had gone, over to Clapham and the nature trail up to Ingleton cave. Clapham is a picture postcard village set by a babbling brook. It has some delightful cafes and a pub with a notice on the bar that warns 'No Dad Dancing'. I think they knew I was coming. We were doing our usual huffing and puffing on the climb up to the caves, pretending to be interested in rhododendrons etc whilst sneakily stopping get our breath back. Then , to my shame, an elderly lady in tweeds with the sweetest Labrador whispers to us ' Don't worry, its easier on the way back'. Women from Yorkshire don't mix their words and seem to have boundless supplies of energy, even in their 90's.
We have also started doing up the shed/summerhouse and got Ginge to come over and put a new window in, to replace the rotting one. We ummed and ahhed about wood vs UPVC but plummed for the UPVC as its not adjoined to the house so the aesthetics are not so important (and it was £200 cheaper)
Then it was a few days away in London. Me to see my Girls and Judith to see her parents. Thanks to Brad and Zoe for putting me up, and putting up with me. The food in Zizi's in Epping was lovely.
Equally the Tapas in Walthamstow village was something else, I particularly liked the green bean with Parma ham. It was Kirsty's 25th birthday and I think she has just about recovered from her meal the following night with her mates. Some of those facebook pictures I now wish I hadn't looked at.
On the Friday we went to look at Kirsty and Kyle's new place and had to wear Hi-viz jackets and hard hats as its still being built.
I know, too cute for words.
And then it was time to be back in Yorkshire and get on the train from Euston. Well worth booking a seat, Its so fast and convenient, and to get to London and back is really easy, Some of the people I have met here in Settle go for day trips.No kidding.
Saturday night we went to see Spiers and Boden at the Victoria Halls in Saltaire, just outside Bradford. Its about 40 minutes from here but well worth the trip to see the Mill alone. Titus Salt was one of those megalomaniac northern mill owners who named absolutely everything after himself, in cluding the local hospital (now luxury flats, naturally) and many of the roads have girls names. I fancy they were named after he had had his evil way with them. Spiers and Boden are 2 lads from Bellowhead, the bizzare folk band whom I love, but haven't seen yet. Judith thought the audience were all on drugs, there was some serious flinging about of ones self at the front of stage during the last few numbers and the encore 'new york girls' (can you dance the polka?) I was nearly up there myself, dancing like a true dad. Not quite a mosh pit, more a posh pit. Great evening had by all.
Too much "hey nonny no" for me. J
I will try and be a bit more organised in the future and keep the blog going whilst the builders are in (1 week and counting) M
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