tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69914845226663107622024-03-13T00:09:45.487-07:00Yorkshire BloggersShe Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-1458305157976933372013-10-11T00:30:00.004-07:002013-10-11T00:30:53.220-07:00Exploring an emporium : The Imaginarium<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">A truly fascinating shop opened in York about a month ago.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I’d seen snippets and odd snaps on social media, and it was my other reason (as well as the <a href="http://wp.me/p2aIdD-2hI" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">new Hobbs opening</a>) for making a trip to Yorkshire’s ancient walled city recently.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nothing can really prepare you for entering <a href="https://www.facebook.com/YscHome" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Imaginarium</a>. Incongruously placed just a couple of doors up from McDonald’s (@ 6 Blake Street, YO1 8QG) I’ve never seen anything like it in my life and I’m not sure anywhere else like it exists.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You may look at these pictures but I guarantee if you go you will see something else, something more. Every nook and cranny of this shop has a thing to surprise and delight. It’s like a wonderland, where imagination has been let run wild, a place to escape to. It feels like something Roald Dahl might have cooked up. With magical music, candlelight, scented diffusers, chandeliers, fairground horses and sculptures climbing the walls, it’s an overload of the senses and the mood changes with each metre you browse.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And it’s very clever. Because ultimately, it’s still a shop: it wants to sell things. But its wares are displayed in such an exciting and engrossing way. Scarves draped on hands poking out of the wall, necklaces hanging from books, potions sitting atop a glass cabinet in which lies a skeletal mermaid. Its items for sale juxtapose and interact.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You’re an adult, you’ve been into thousands of shops, but this is so different that you feel like a child walking into Willy Wonka’s factory, eyes wide with wonder.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Come on in.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-25.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8864" height="365" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-25.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-26.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8865" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-26.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-24.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8863" height="802" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-24.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-23.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8862" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-23.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-22.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8861" height="357" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-22.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8840" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-6.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8845" height="740" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-6.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-11.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8850" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-11.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">There’s more to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/YscHome" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Imaginarium</a> than just fantasy and frivolity, though. The shop has a strong ethos to support British and Yorkshire creatives, with the worthy exception of <a href="http://www.ibride.fr/#/introduction/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">ibride</a>‘s pretty trays (from Paris).</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It stocks sought-after textile art by <a href="http://www.mister-finch.com/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Mister Finch</a>, distinctive printed fabrics and ceramics by <a href="http://www.houseofhackney.com/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">House of Hackney</a>, <a href="http://www.brontebydesign.co.uk/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Bronte</a> throws, stamped vintage cutlery by <a href="http://www.thecutlerycommission.com/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Cutlery Commission</a>, ceramics by <a href="http://www.alimiller.co.uk/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Ali Miller</a>, <a href="http://www.truegrace.co.uk/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">True Grace</a> candles and diffusers and jewellery by <a href="http://www.andmary.com/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">And Mary</a>. I spotted a couple of familiar local names, including<a href="http://brainsfairies.co.uk/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Sam Bryan</a>‘s fairies and etchings by <a href="http://vinegarandbrownpaper.co.uk/ideas_etched_in_glass.html" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">[vinegar & brown paper]</a>, who <a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/2013/03/05/introducing-vinegar-brown-paper/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Introducing: [vinegar & brown paper]">I’ve written about before</a>.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-9.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8848" height="760" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-9.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-2.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8841" height="357" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-2.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-3.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8842" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-3.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-4.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8843" height="700" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-4.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-5.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8844" height="357" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-5.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-7.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8846" height="820" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-7.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-8.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8847" height="780" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-8.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-10.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8849" height="840" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-10.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-13.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8852" height="357" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-13.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-14.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8853" height="760" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-14.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a><br />
<br />
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-16.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8855" height="820" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-16.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-15.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8854" height="357" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-15.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-17.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8856" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-17.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-18.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8857" height="802" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-18.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-19.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8858" height="357" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-19.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-20.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8859" height="802" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-20.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-21.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8860" height="357" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-21.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There’s much more I could say, but the best thing to do is just go and explore and discover it for yourself. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. And when you do go, make sure you press the button beneath this guy, who was a special commission by world-leading animatronics experts.</span></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-12.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="The Imaginarium, York | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8851" height="800" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Imaginarium-York-12.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" width="533" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">If all shops adopted The Imaginarium’s ethos, you can’t imagine people talking about the high street being in crisis. It’s certainly an approach that gives you an experience to counter the convenience of shopping online.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What do you think?</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">PS Come back in a couple of days when I’ll be talking about The Imaginarium’s equally charming sister shop </span><a href="http://theyorkshiresoapcompany.co.uk/en/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Yorkshire Soap Compan</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">y</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Anna - <a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/">Angel In The North</a></div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-52633705477526909842013-10-02T11:09:00.003-07:002013-10-11T00:09:20.702-07:00The Alchemist <div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">This post was originally posted by Lorna in the summer. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Last night I had a late celebration of my birthday with one of my best friends, <a href="https://twitter.com/harrietfbrook1" style="text-decoration: none;">Harriet</a>. We're normally so bad at doing <i>anything</i> for my birthday because she's always holidaying over the summer - but this year, for the first time in many, many years we managed to actually get together. We went to <a href="http://www.thealchemist.uk.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">The Alchemist</a>, a reasonably new restaurant and cocktail bar in the <a href="http://trinityleeds.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Trinity Leeds</a> shopping centre - and I've been verrrry excited about going since it opened!</span><br />
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1302689963346741781" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 576px;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBcoH32mVbU4qU6GoOtyLTGLIUHyb7aAji52nmWiD46SZtjxNpxq8nKT72xGuaMMTwJjFum4tl-ZMKyIpp7Sp2IlaJoMpTE51TNxz-GkqrkI1ynohXFfGTX2RusdpeGPLCGkENHWqLHMI/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBcoH32mVbU4qU6GoOtyLTGLIUHyb7aAji52nmWiD46SZtjxNpxq8nKT72xGuaMMTwJjFum4tl-ZMKyIpp7Sp2IlaJoMpTE51TNxz-GkqrkI1ynohXFfGTX2RusdpeGPLCGkENHWqLHMI/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-1.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOENKqOzTb9inJmhpVYCZv5_RPnvv0pYO_xSOWFgqdyne-iRG01R_o0PswHjSBK_pnpOtwqvIwgcHNiWr6OJYyfw4U88rtFCXOcgtjOsNKp7Rz6s41NbEPNQeB0shp-Uns8cG5-oqX-lg/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOENKqOzTb9inJmhpVYCZv5_RPnvv0pYO_xSOWFgqdyne-iRG01R_o0PswHjSBK_pnpOtwqvIwgcHNiWr6OJYyfw4U88rtFCXOcgtjOsNKp7Rz6s41NbEPNQeB0shp-Uns8cG5-oqX-lg/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-2.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoA8DSqDekqR1LPqa9xTbVU3WXNNW2DrDKQQD8pYiuKROJyU9zUFcfvM2hjeUDp45h4l9THOW6Lkt1LUljBul3yzc4W6EZfpPWyWnFYifTKdRduSEZdL_LeGbKL5couD2dqirFv_gCBn8/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoA8DSqDekqR1LPqa9xTbVU3WXNNW2DrDKQQD8pYiuKROJyU9zUFcfvM2hjeUDp45h4l9THOW6Lkt1LUljBul3yzc4W6EZfpPWyWnFYifTKdRduSEZdL_LeGbKL5couD2dqirFv_gCBn8/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-3.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />We grabbed our seats and got to grips with the extensive <a href="http://www.thealchemist.uk.com/pdf/alchemist_drinks.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;">cocktail menu</a>, I'm not usually one for cocktails (pint, anyone?) so I didn't know what to go for - we settled for a strawberry daiquiri and a strawberry mojito. Nommm...</span><span style="background-color: white;">We grabbed our seats and got to grips with the extensive <a href="http://www.thealchemist.uk.com/pdf/alchemist_drinks.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;">cocktail menu</a>, I'm not usually one for cocktails (pint, anyone?) so I didn't know what to go for - we settled for a strawberry daiquiri and a strawberry mojito. Nommm...</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmcuL8cHB_WBFt7iSItEHqefrpvGoSyzt-rBP_3kxbSBsv5MX_7xvde5dIgcD9B8T3y8RY00boQx4ne4sPBwj2vxx6ccebvgXEe7gHR72p5UHkkNQ8piJDxMcXWW1cqG2XyXTy8hL8Pw/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmcuL8cHB_WBFt7iSItEHqefrpvGoSyzt-rBP_3kxbSBsv5MX_7xvde5dIgcD9B8T3y8RY00boQx4ne4sPBwj2vxx6ccebvgXEe7gHR72p5UHkkNQ8piJDxMcXWW1cqG2XyXTy8hL8Pw/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-5.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsjD_DJbHS-lKP63CYmv408ssbJ8HP54FcJNWHTBPuRDXnQSLnmUOhXUdtsNlt_0mvdt2ZCML4CfPNA1Pg1BGS3mBopPB0rmU6Duef7CoBRwwxFqeS0BbYnaZPPIQgM0J_nXomybo7fyM/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsjD_DJbHS-lKP63CYmv408ssbJ8HP54FcJNWHTBPuRDXnQSLnmUOhXUdtsNlt_0mvdt2ZCML4CfPNA1Pg1BGS3mBopPB0rmU6Duef7CoBRwwxFqeS0BbYnaZPPIQgM0J_nXomybo7fyM/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-4.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYebpQr6fFgsdo_0p0wTFh_aDRolwpn_KoDUQodFuFpeT5Qgk7bkrWZEwIm1ANJnKqN5AI76QL55SURTaoCsOKwjmgt3Z84BBOTr1Cxmno2lTJVrbvd-BgZtByY7lSaxwXoDQ0_A_x64/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYebpQr6fFgsdo_0p0wTFh_aDRolwpn_KoDUQodFuFpeT5Qgk7bkrWZEwIm1ANJnKqN5AI76QL55SURTaoCsOKwjmgt3Z84BBOTr1Cxmno2lTJVrbvd-BgZtByY7lSaxwXoDQ0_A_x64/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-6.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudvqiudJK4i_9vvjgwlRm5AOYcaYTppkMACOuizZjHhtqUUj29olLQT9Ui_JunQ2-Wus19v6M_dccREHOlpjnZPtIfearWyjtTxpvXEAdjGs8kQff0jTy91JP1acsxXStZf5qQH-9Kac/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudvqiudJK4i_9vvjgwlRm5AOYcaYTppkMACOuizZjHhtqUUj29olLQT9Ui_JunQ2-Wus19v6M_dccREHOlpjnZPtIfearWyjtTxpvXEAdjGs8kQff0jTy91JP1acsxXStZf5qQH-9Kac/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-7.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />I had The Colour Changing One. This looked more like a science experiment than a cocktail - it came with two glass vials to pour over ice and then just to sit back and enjoy!</span><span style="background-color: white;">I had The Colour Changing One. This looked more like a science experiment than a cocktail - it came with two glass vials to pour over ice and then just to sit back and enjoy!</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk9q73SyQiy-y0adDyIirD6enXoEVcLgElrsRL3fG1Y6UGEu669vSqJc5ZjTFoQ0u26B8On1wLw67Eh20LOw3ig7mAw5d1HvkKdEkXqUpGTyAFeq7DkjJzkiyhXSixzADFj0Q3jKmAQw/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk9q73SyQiy-y0adDyIirD6enXoEVcLgElrsRL3fG1Y6UGEu669vSqJc5ZjTFoQ0u26B8On1wLw67Eh20LOw3ig7mAw5d1HvkKdEkXqUpGTyAFeq7DkjJzkiyhXSixzADFj0Q3jKmAQw/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-8.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHiZbFxcpo3_QWuouWoKGEUJphRe9vBL9npHoy6r_dJ1sOIYjcDg2lDK-6IUEXAS-f5uzWkBdf3mqfYaoyPjM184XI0L2grEdDW5NvU6eBuRBn4AkLTBZdvSPZIphXYO4CNQfktuXds1U/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHiZbFxcpo3_QWuouWoKGEUJphRe9vBL9npHoy6r_dJ1sOIYjcDg2lDK-6IUEXAS-f5uzWkBdf3mqfYaoyPjM184XI0L2grEdDW5NvU6eBuRBn4AkLTBZdvSPZIphXYO4CNQfktuXds1U/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-9.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBKE96NuVRRSaahhUra4cJrLMbT2S0NAo586GCBEdFDj4D-a760EHshJ3IzhjOdoH6Sf6QAoQdK2kB53HaDjxitDy4LFCN00xofoCoNbWmtusObj3UwMdeUPI_0HKsA3R6nYy6gWeRhdw/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBKE96NuVRRSaahhUra4cJrLMbT2S0NAo586GCBEdFDj4D-a760EHshJ3IzhjOdoH6Sf6QAoQdK2kB53HaDjxitDy4LFCN00xofoCoNbWmtusObj3UwMdeUPI_0HKsA3R6nYy6gWeRhdw/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-10.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPJzUToGLAJ6ED-XvgFlwy-Eulkj5BTXeVpqnnjiV4I-BrrLtymxgZJacCSKq_EW_9Vb-n91yUC-4sbVBV1NCF6m5wnTIziWKTrdjgOLdGoIjUIfFvIhoEyMLzOQQls0OWOOYYsPzHjg/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPJzUToGLAJ6ED-XvgFlwy-Eulkj5BTXeVpqnnjiV4I-BrrLtymxgZJacCSKq_EW_9Vb-n91yUC-4sbVBV1NCF6m5wnTIziWKTrdjgOLdGoIjUIfFvIhoEyMLzOQQls0OWOOYYsPzHjg/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-11.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />After that, we were trying to decide which cocktails to go for next, when as if by magic some freebies arrived at our table! We can't remember <i>what</i> they were (which sounds a bit ominous..) but the mysterious freebies were a massive thumbs up in our opinion.</span><span style="background-color: white;">After that, we were trying to decide which cocktails to go for next, when as if by magic some freebies arrived at our table! We can't remember <i>what</i> they were (which sounds a bit ominous..) but the mysterious freebies were a massive thumbs up in our opinion.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNClKNuRPRiMGf9tNX3V6RDKsSLRT6z20N77Yy6FDwGqc0lnoScEVxKW-p1NzYYribsLo64LDDiMCYIoOKo8gLckr3CYvlbzb34Y8RLMDJSjQ3cYOPtHkt1h3JDtqMUIhGJNWhxIfidk/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNClKNuRPRiMGf9tNX3V6RDKsSLRT6z20N77Yy6FDwGqc0lnoScEVxKW-p1NzYYribsLo64LDDiMCYIoOKo8gLckr3CYvlbzb34Y8RLMDJSjQ3cYOPtHkt1h3JDtqMUIhGJNWhxIfidk/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-12.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yKe49TThm-tylzTq3OAnZwfgtcvh3zJ1Q8Wp0ZQcOxVtl8bhYTnEW7sVouA57YI5A9KIO41ZA2Yc7sJ_wDVnWm9r7bOhGYYJyB-eSEOYdU7qOh9eGb6uoFpegv6Ex9Ijk8msd5D-AH8/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yKe49TThm-tylzTq3OAnZwfgtcvh3zJ1Q8Wp0ZQcOxVtl8bhYTnEW7sVouA57YI5A9KIO41ZA2Yc7sJ_wDVnWm9r7bOhGYYJyB-eSEOYdU7qOh9eGb6uoFpegv6Ex9Ijk8msd5D-AH8/s1600/the-alchemist-leeds-13.jpg" style="border: none; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></span></a><br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">It's such a fab looking venue - I wanted to sneak some photos of inside but it was so packed I couldn't really get any, so I pinched these from their own <a href="http://www.thealchemist.uk.com/gallery" style="text-decoration: none;">gallery</a>.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">We'd reserved a table, and I'm so glad we did because otherwise we'd have been queuing for ages to get in, if you fancy going then I'd definitely recommend booking. I hate queueing!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Then it was time for a proper catch up! We looked over the menu and supped our cocktails and felt very fancy indeed. For starters I had Duck Spring Rolls with hoisin sauce, whilst Harriet went for the Potato Skins with dips. We'd already decided we were going aallll out and eating as much as we possibly could manage... It was a treat after all!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Then came the matching mains - we went for the Fajitas. I had fillet steak, Harriet had chicken. They came with sauteed peppers and onions on a hot skillet, with warm tortillas, guacamole, salsa, sour cream and salad. They were very good, but very messy!!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Smokin'!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">After we'd made a massive mess of our table, faces and clothes.. We opted for some more cocktails before digging through the dessert menu.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">The photos don't necessarily give the drink any justice - it looked amazing, and it bubbled up and smoked for ages, I almost didn't want to drink it because it looked hot, but eventually gave it a go. It was <i>interesting</i> to say the least and very sugary. Not sure I'd order another in a hurry but it was worth it for the special effects.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We finished off our meal in the best possib</span><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: x-small;">le way, with Belgian waffles served hot with cinnamon, sugar and vanilla ice cream. These are mine and Harriet's all-time faaaavourite desserts so they were a must-have!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: x-small;">And boyyyyy were they good?! They were amazing, even looking at the unfortunate blurry photo now is making me want more right now. We savoured our desserts, tipped back the last of our freebie cocktails, then headed past the crowds forming in the bar for home. We were home before midnight, much like Cinderella, and we stayed up chatting late into the night - which meant we had shameful lie ins this morning, but after our feast we felt we deserved it!</span></div>
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1302689963346741781" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 576px;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1302689963346741781" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 576px;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: x-small;">Lorna - <a href="http://www.life-by-lde.co.uk/">Life by LDE</a></span></div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-58666466773109153722013-09-03T04:32:00.003-07:002013-09-03T04:32:56.366-07:00Local artist love...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zvspKQrl0sMJWSOCz8ShHzK3pN3jm3D9pa4dnX7sX4S5WwS_GiqQ06y_cCOvaJ7FbgV695Aj9DUV7Z5U5aI5MvkFWOnLHqkwV6HHlZYu-xh3nKkFO9taoj7prLTl4qN3A3voapgcfdA/s1600/terry.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zvspKQrl0sMJWSOCz8ShHzK3pN3jm3D9pa4dnX7sX4S5WwS_GiqQ06y_cCOvaJ7FbgV695Aj9DUV7Z5U5aI5MvkFWOnLHqkwV6HHlZYu-xh3nKkFO9taoj7prLTl4qN3A3voapgcfdA/s640/terry.jpeg" width="630" /></a></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
I had to share with you the exciting talent of local artist Terry Brookes. As a huge fan of The Beatles, I fell in love with his piece 'When The Beatles came to Barnsley' His take on pop art with a local twist has become an instant hit. The playful nature of his work and bright colours, bring a beaming smile to my face every time. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Terry explains his motivations to paint...</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">'<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have always painted, self taught, and driven on by my dad who was, amongst other things, a semi-professional wrestler, painter, and signwriter. Some of the stuff I'm doing now, I was doing when I was in my teens - pop art, music, comics related stuff; Andy Warhol, Lichtenstein, Peanuts, DC Comics, Tin Tin, ...</span></i></span><br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><i>To say that I am a music fan is an understatement. I have always loved and collected music; vinyl especially – The Beatles, Motown, Stax, Bowie, punk, Weller, Morrissey & The Smiths, etc, etc,</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">About 3 or 4 years ago I started painting prolifically mainly for my own interest – just for fun. I decided to setup my own website that I could easily maintain and load up images of my artwork – nothing fancy, just for my own fun</span></i><span style="color: #444444;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><i>I decided to paint some quirky scenes of Barnsley and the area, starting off with a painting of the now defunct Casa Disco record shop. The first one I did was Casa Disco 1977, with a punk (Sid Vicious?) looking in the window at the records that were issued that year; Bowie's Heroes, Blondie, The Police, Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop. I am going to follow this series with, amongst others; Heavy Metal, Mods, Soul, etc – there's plenty of scope</i>.</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">'</span><br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
It was his 'When The Beatles came to Barnsley' that first captured my imagination and here's a little bit more about the painting, by the man himself.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #444444;"><i>'I </i><span style="background-color: white;"><i>was looking through some old photos one day when one caught my eye of Barnsley's Market Hill, which, at one time, had a zebra crossing at the bottom of the hill, and the wonderful Town Hall building at the top. This reminded me of the cover of the Beatles Abbey Road album – and hey presto the painting "when the Beatles came to Barnsley" was born.' </i> </span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
Terry's work has already hung in a few local cafe's and restaurants. I am thrilled to announce he will be exhibiting his work in Experience Barnsley in January 2014, and hope you will all join me down there to support him. He is currently busy working on paintings for his new exhibition and promises for some quirky surprises, including a chance to "get inside a BROOKES painting".</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
For more of his artwork and further information, please visit his website <a href="http://www.brookesart.com/">here</a>. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEOgm9h7awqdBsPRDEuhWiHfF0qMxXXLNpZL4IFKX0NlihoG2KJ3hu68kWugDHU-1H-fP6s7bDuzYxLfKXUt26ULVB2uXarCUt70q4DzIsLjO_WLXW8AYT0jjpFboc0pVC8OzV9ZIo2I/s1600/terry2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEOgm9h7awqdBsPRDEuhWiHfF0qMxXXLNpZL4IFKX0NlihoG2KJ3hu68kWugDHU-1H-fP6s7bDuzYxLfKXUt26ULVB2uXarCUt70q4DzIsLjO_WLXW8AYT0jjpFboc0pVC8OzV9ZIo2I/s640/terry2.jpeg" width="626" /></a><br />
<br />
Rebecca - <a href="http://myprettyyorkshirelife.blogspot.co.uk/">My Pretty Yorkshire Life</a></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
</div>
</div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-57967441061436747042013-08-20T14:05:00.001-07:002013-08-20T14:05:09.865-07:00Aysgarth Falls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CLg-SPnvnx2jr9_G1PhluN96Jhf6BRSnmomV_sfJnhNLV5GHZ9J1Y5rUvWbTmIU7FVll5dAQmNlVilCJWWATi_AseugO1uQtkFxQ7TriBksiaNeklWcWpoCbXG7xPO1D2gzpAJa6PqU/s1600/IMG_5039.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire" border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CLg-SPnvnx2jr9_G1PhluN96Jhf6BRSnmomV_sfJnhNLV5GHZ9J1Y5rUvWbTmIU7FVll5dAQmNlVilCJWWATi_AseugO1uQtkFxQ7TriBksiaNeklWcWpoCbXG7xPO1D2gzpAJa6PqU/s640/IMG_5039.JPG" title="Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
When we decided to go on our holidays to Bainbridge, I was really excited to visit Aysgarth Falls. As a child, I loved the film Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, and when my brother discovered that one of my favourite scenes was filmed there, I knew we had to go.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNvl5yYc2iUXEstuORvy4COTEij1ellWaXgg84SNWLa87PtUuIO5kz-tixoq9jUtGCGwmQjn2Hj_ONp3BkAQ3sW0EZs6-qwoKTWSvh6a8uDFR0nixmhCf7oA_yt78bXdFEpNdM94DKJM/s1600/IMG_5030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire" border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNvl5yYc2iUXEstuORvy4COTEij1ellWaXgg84SNWLa87PtUuIO5kz-tixoq9jUtGCGwmQjn2Hj_ONp3BkAQ3sW0EZs6-qwoKTWSvh6a8uDFR0nixmhCf7oA_yt78bXdFEpNdM94DKJM/s640/IMG_5030.JPG" title="Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
On arriving at the falls, you can hear the distant noise of the river and I found it increased the excitement hearing the water gushing as you walk along the path towards the falls. We visited after a spell of rain, so the water was travelling at a great velocity. There are three areas of the falls to visit from the car park - the upper, middle and lower falls. The falls are 5 minutes from the car park and then perhaps an additional 5 minutes between each of them.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6Z489atGx1KRXY86aidJ2SQYqU9Mnm4fHt3ZXu3YH7IsF5MMh-gujHoeCh5PfgTQNbLrtlUdZ_06E6gDxvE8EcNGU-o8JixcJeduKbWcLF6uaN_m8_Rm5s9-Sry2BlGNpuEnQyo2_q8/s1600/IMG_5026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire" border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6Z489atGx1KRXY86aidJ2SQYqU9Mnm4fHt3ZXu3YH7IsF5MMh-gujHoeCh5PfgTQNbLrtlUdZ_06E6gDxvE8EcNGU-o8JixcJeduKbWcLF6uaN_m8_Rm5s9-Sry2BlGNpuEnQyo2_q8/s640/IMG_5026.JPG" title="Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
There is plenty of space to enjoy a picnic at the Upper Falls, and what a scenic spot to do so. I imagine that children would love clambering about the area. You would need to be careful with them getting too close to the river when there has been heavy rain. I have seen pictures of people playing in the river, when it is shallower, however. It would be nice to revisit when there is less water, as it looked a lot different from photos I had seen.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYI6e5YHy2MggR3TYP_gNIuSePCFycD-Bz98HEWRB4WKXuWk1G1A43ObZT1qz9nQBuX2KzRIdyZyR__5YV4KQ93WGp_mI6NcY1o4Og17mppIDhsp1SfrHrmz2hgi3_YnCk8jLakWXSOek/s1600/IMG_5046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYI6e5YHy2MggR3TYP_gNIuSePCFycD-Bz98HEWRB4WKXuWk1G1A43ObZT1qz9nQBuX2KzRIdyZyR__5YV4KQ93WGp_mI6NcY1o4Og17mppIDhsp1SfrHrmz2hgi3_YnCk8jLakWXSOek/s640/IMG_5046.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">My little boy was not overly impressed!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Visiting the falls is free, but there is a charge for parking of £2.50 for 2 hours. The falls are sort of wheelchair and pushchair accessible. We took our son in the pushchair, but to be honest we do have a sturdy pushchair. There is a path linking the falls, but to actually get right by the river in most areas you have to descend stairs or clamber over rocks, so we wished we had carried our son in his sling instead.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KegBvM1l-I_nxrt9z0TbKvCIechPS1vd3UUAErOnsLlcnPJZRswAotMwrq5GuarwxYsjzaUwvenX41PaHrO7gjMvjxNoqKFT8Dk4zMKps-nQyhp9ibgsZnr_FkUhqXt8czPLJjb1a9Y/s1600/IMG_5043.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire" border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KegBvM1l-I_nxrt9z0TbKvCIechPS1vd3UUAErOnsLlcnPJZRswAotMwrq5GuarwxYsjzaUwvenX41PaHrO7gjMvjxNoqKFT8Dk4zMKps-nQyhp9ibgsZnr_FkUhqXt8czPLJjb1a9Y/s640/IMG_5043.JPG" title="Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
There is a visitor centre with refreshments and toilets adjacent to the car park. However, we visited the quaint little tea rooms by the bridge, in between the Upper and Middle Falls. The ice-cream was delicious.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLw8azE_9ySKBF_A_-NYISVvqpPXctyso0I0sLHkFt2nSJwhDZzTUHIrznb9xL-Nq6oIkw2ioi-5ZFTIZnJGSoh5esGfgwOoF1pg7upv9s-ii86zMMn78OkYulItV2cpM8PdRqqWaPyUs/s1600/IMG_5047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire" border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLw8azE_9ySKBF_A_-NYISVvqpPXctyso0I0sLHkFt2nSJwhDZzTUHIrznb9xL-Nq6oIkw2ioi-5ZFTIZnJGSoh5esGfgwOoF1pg7upv9s-ii86zMMn78OkYulItV2cpM8PdRqqWaPyUs/s640/IMG_5047.JPG" title="Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
One thing I have learned from my trip, is that although it is nice to wear billowy floaty dresses, when you are bending over trying to get that perfect shot, you wish you had worn jeans. I had a constant battle against the gusts of wind, and frequently I was defeated, much to the dismay of my embarrassed husband.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQxiW4n8P0bU3FfqEe5hA4WhiBiEo9M2UmmmjYAIhRqTkW9K-27AZryYHN4RZkqlJaeDOlujuHf7GpqqvFHQyZ-fjxTTX5zMot3C44qIaQ654nFp9crF7S-I6cNUfhBL5DzHS4Ca-2Y4/s1600/IMG_5245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire" border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQxiW4n8P0bU3FfqEe5hA4WhiBiEo9M2UmmmjYAIhRqTkW9K-27AZryYHN4RZkqlJaeDOlujuHf7GpqqvFHQyZ-fjxTTX5zMot3C44qIaQ654nFp9crF7S-I6cNUfhBL5DzHS4Ca-2Y4/s640/IMG_5245.JPG" title="Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">There was a rich man from Nottingham who tried to cross a river. What a dope he tripped on a rope! Now look at him shiver!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkORZKy2KNdHE5TdKYAgw6lpNAL6Ypi4i5OG7A82jXK0s4-59seNr5Aa2-gtXMA6yWTfMO9bxPrLAu79Si-hbCJDFDbm7Vv7MI5rLFEuBszyr8j4dQ9XrgfXpF-gLn1Uo2gMdT0C6FZk/s1600/IMG_5231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire" border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkORZKy2KNdHE5TdKYAgw6lpNAL6Ypi4i5OG7A82jXK0s4-59seNr5Aa2-gtXMA6yWTfMO9bxPrLAu79Si-hbCJDFDbm7Vv7MI5rLFEuBszyr8j4dQ9XrgfXpF-gLn1Uo2gMdT0C6FZk/s640/IMG_5231.JPG" title="Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Rebecca - <a href="http://myprettyyorkshirelife.blogspot.co.uk/">My Pretty Yorkshire Life</a></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-87389887644552275182013-08-11T11:38:00.003-07:002013-08-11T11:38:40.016-07:00Brimham Rocks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3eFgk-qDWfh28KbE7FF3-prRw6yEVBEM9iK5p-J35k0tej_lOn-U54RFcksBBbBL2QyUV1h0EELRa2FVe9pyt8O_alWCc1fvP_N3AO4VQ2CDvNG-Xc53fDGaHVfPTQF7EMnDDFy1aaw/s1600/brimham.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3eFgk-qDWfh28KbE7FF3-prRw6yEVBEM9iK5p-J35k0tej_lOn-U54RFcksBBbBL2QyUV1h0EELRa2FVe9pyt8O_alWCc1fvP_N3AO4VQ2CDvNG-Xc53fDGaHVfPTQF7EMnDDFy1aaw/s640/brimham.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
On our Yorkshire holidays, we enjoyed a little jaunt to Brimham Rocks. I was incredibly excited to go, having visited as a child. There is always a danger in revisiting places from your youth. Would it live up to expectations? My imagination has been known to exaggerate the beauty of what is infront of me. My memories of Brimham Rocks are synonymous with a land where you could envision a Velociraptor creeping through the ferns. I hoped that they would still envoke such childlike wonder, and that my husband would share my enthusiasm for a bunch of rocks.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tJNxFuYQ4rm7aQheo8zQ_IHpow99uV6mXmY2Z6ZI2-2m0djbh0IzUjnsF5VoDY69dbI_6tgqabDK67esLE4irwS9155c0b2dtjEWVfJF9bJlTkEYkVxyzkL3Md3vUfTfJw1AcRPd1wQ/s1600/IMG_5514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tJNxFuYQ4rm7aQheo8zQ_IHpow99uV6mXmY2Z6ZI2-2m0djbh0IzUjnsF5VoDY69dbI_6tgqabDK67esLE4irwS9155c0b2dtjEWVfJF9bJlTkEYkVxyzkL3Md3vUfTfJw1AcRPd1wQ/s640/IMG_5514.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
We didn't get off to a great start. We had headed out to Ingleton bright and early, and as we left, with our son fast asleep, we decided to continue driving, so we wouldn't disturb his nap. My husband passed me the map (he would sorely regret this decision) to find somewhere to explore that afternoon. After two hours of what I am going to refer to as a breakdown in communication and navigational difficulties, we arrived. My husband was understandably grumpy, so I tried to use my son's smiles to break the tension. But alas to no avail, as my son was a little groggy having just woke up to a balmy 28 C and there were no smiles to be had. We strapped a wriggly little boy into his baby carrier and headed off into the wilderness.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjE1iJDSl3h7g5ZvODWfSZLNQ5X60EGqMQNSZTd6kzpU60Cf3kD6_YGK2nuSFmDw-D-mJA0E5ibPsebGHL0BRyEAfOmYABelmGZz8iY_DGBbYp4iXDIb1orlQyszIkAVB14BZ1xzjp44I/s1600/IMG_5538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="637" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjE1iJDSl3h7g5ZvODWfSZLNQ5X60EGqMQNSZTd6kzpU60Cf3kD6_YGK2nuSFmDw-D-mJA0E5ibPsebGHL0BRyEAfOmYABelmGZz8iY_DGBbYp4iXDIb1orlQyszIkAVB14BZ1xzjp44I/s640/IMG_5538.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
The first set of rocks, we arrived at were interesting to look at with their natural caves and hidden nooks and crannies, but as my husband had our precious little bundle of joy attached to his chest, it was difficult to explore. I feared that he would not enjoy our trip.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTK7C9sTQp1WFUNxdvkNTxv9GDPmFBNwH2uhXDvH3sCjoLpbYxIY5nxAdaOBW-Ty41cijHYev_xMtbU_-IL4rFOoyc71A2ki00A7LBlsFrBLLqoXQoxNJjSGr4UIEq7UZQiwKA1XWogII/s1600/IMG_5537.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTK7C9sTQp1WFUNxdvkNTxv9GDPmFBNwH2uhXDvH3sCjoLpbYxIY5nxAdaOBW-Ty41cijHYev_xMtbU_-IL4rFOoyc71A2ki00A7LBlsFrBLLqoXQoxNJjSGr4UIEq7UZQiwKA1XWogII/s640/IMG_5537.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
We walked a little further and was met by the most majestic sweeping panorama. I must admit as I stood up on the rocks surveying the beauty before us there was an deep intake of breath and a little giggle of glee. There was no doubt that this was worth the two hours sat in a stuffy car.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6PN5LboVvXE6yIgGP3sL6B1TAPIH4ZvoVa2ri8MR4HmHc6ZlLJ8XVgcvUOGNzbgYV2WOqmYYDsNfH-wzMetNOMTrqfCjFSi1EnkAvak_kr_NrDn5zlIaOHrQa8X4mwSBP4ki1_uW3zc/s1600/IMG_5534.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6PN5LboVvXE6yIgGP3sL6B1TAPIH4ZvoVa2ri8MR4HmHc6ZlLJ8XVgcvUOGNzbgYV2WOqmYYDsNfH-wzMetNOMTrqfCjFSi1EnkAvak_kr_NrDn5zlIaOHrQa8X4mwSBP4ki1_uW3zc/s640/IMG_5534.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5w-lFIw0WO9EI83RPiVxdIEFI6cDPJYJRoS-soyo-o6C2CeI6eCySVODQqZQKKA4xv4LMAyyP8fotUzjMyYowIPKpoqGBBv_fsvjyrs6VadSn84-yf1NXk0ftiV98Z_EZI7UL1Cv8mQ/s1600/IMG_5552.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5w-lFIw0WO9EI83RPiVxdIEFI6cDPJYJRoS-soyo-o6C2CeI6eCySVODQqZQKKA4xv4LMAyyP8fotUzjMyYowIPKpoqGBBv_fsvjyrs6VadSn84-yf1NXk0ftiV98Z_EZI7UL1Cv8mQ/s640/IMG_5552.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMtbbqOHCbPAT6PgRojG8K1ZsmTNwjGKGellV2OOAPjftfGLHCiuw5hJBxQk-abASbn38V7JXepbiWwonp5mYh8u1fFrltV25bv0coOefcIPq2-tI2lGiF8R1_wqT-zguX0t3HQBV0eUE/s1600/IMG_5508.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMtbbqOHCbPAT6PgRojG8K1ZsmTNwjGKGellV2OOAPjftfGLHCiuw5hJBxQk-abASbn38V7JXepbiWwonp5mYh8u1fFrltV25bv0coOefcIPq2-tI2lGiF8R1_wqT-zguX0t3HQBV0eUE/s640/IMG_5508.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
We meandered amongst the undergrowth, and clambered up on the rocks for over an hour before heading for refreshments. There did appear to normally be a large selection on offer, but arriving on a busy summer's day after the lunch rush, we had to settle for a cheese toastie, bag of crisps and a sausage roll. They proved to be quite delicious!</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD966cJMkcmRA89ViLO33df7ZODmZcGbP5StzfXcVfYIgLEaLer6g_TANjQMBfquKkJxq33aMn1P292-vza_4_LDu_1dUNrqHGVkG32Gu5-AKWF5deiAMDeKAyY4g0hpofcdCasKhKt6Y/s1600/IMG_5548.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD966cJMkcmRA89ViLO33df7ZODmZcGbP5StzfXcVfYIgLEaLer6g_TANjQMBfquKkJxq33aMn1P292-vza_4_LDu_1dUNrqHGVkG32Gu5-AKWF5deiAMDeKAyY4g0hpofcdCasKhKt6Y/s640/IMG_5548.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
We loved our trip to Brimham Rocks. It really is a fantastic idea for a family trip. We spotted children of all ages having a wonderful time climbing like monkeys. There are plenty of picnic tables, but most were enjoying their picnics on the rocks. It is wheelchair and pushchair accessible around the rocks. Entry to Brimham Rocks is free, and parking costs £4 for 3 hours (remember coins for pay and display). Opening hours to the rocks are 08:00 until dusk each day. The shop and visitor centre opening hours vary, so please check <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/brimham-rocks/opening-times/">here</a> before you visit, if you require these.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUDoIXMhLrDxm7syTTckhcKmWCzitPe4T70PvCyIGXNOjnJlfYryNmDYy52Z-lvJR31fe5TquQJYI1UD3cQE9a_d9VmlMkRXVang7h_rc3M6Qf-5uhmWAscf1kuSjTtVMF5lyPy9sECA/s1600/IMG_5556.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUDoIXMhLrDxm7syTTckhcKmWCzitPe4T70PvCyIGXNOjnJlfYryNmDYy52Z-lvJR31fe5TquQJYI1UD3cQE9a_d9VmlMkRXVang7h_rc3M6Qf-5uhmWAscf1kuSjTtVMF5lyPy9sECA/s640/IMG_5556.JPG" width="501" /></a></div>
<br />
Our journey home may have involved some smug remarks of how Yorkshire truly is God's Own County to my Scouse husband's dismay.<br />
<br />
Rebecca - <a href="http://myprettyyorkshirelife.blogspot.co.uk/">My Pretty Yorkshire Life.</a>She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-39382973880107552812013-08-08T03:22:00.000-07:002013-08-08T03:22:01.879-07:00Wood Street Market, Wakefield<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">On a recent Sunday, a small corner of my home town came alive with independent pop-up stalls and entertainment.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was the first <a href="https://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/Wood-Street-Market/135445759989155" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Wood Street Market</a> in Wakefield. Walking there, I noticed yet more shops closing down or boarded up and to let. The recession and new shopping malls taking their toll.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">As a kid, Wood Street had an impressive independent music shop; it’s where I went regularly for clarinet reeds and sheet music. It’s home to the town hall but now, frankly, there’s not much reason to go, except for probably <a href="http://www.imagejewellery.co.uk/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">the city’s best jewellery shop</a>.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">So it was heart-warming to turn a corner and see the street filled with colour and life. Organisers intended to help revitalise the street and in the run up to the event managed to create quite a buzz on social media. I was hopeful it would really work, and the vibrant mix of sellers, shoppers and entertainers brought a fat helping of fun and saw to it that it did.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-2.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8015" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-2.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The road was closed off and the street and pavements filled with art, vintage, craft and food stalls, cookery demonstrations, beer tasting, a craft swap and entertainment from The Magicians, Ossett Ukulele Group – who were great, by the way – and buskers.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-18.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Ossett Ukulele Group at Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8031" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-18.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-25.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8038" height="800" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-25.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-4.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8017" height="800" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-4.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-6.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8019" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-6.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-10.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8023" height="800" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-10.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-27.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8040" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-27.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-24.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8037" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-24.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-28.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8041" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-28.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-22.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8035" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-22.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-19.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8032" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-19.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-12.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8025" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-12.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-7.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8020" height="840" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-7.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-5.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8018" height="830" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-5.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/EmmelinesAttic" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Emmeline’s Attic</a>, with her gorgeous mix of handmade homewares and love of vintage <a href="http://www.liberty.co.uk/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Liberty</a>, was probably my favourite stall.<br />> <a href="http://www.thetwotarts.co.uk/" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Two Tarts</a> bakery brought a huge dollop of fun and I stared longingly at their beautifully decked-out vintage VW camper.<br />> The jewellery and lampshades below and much more can be found at the ever-growing craft co-operative <a href="https://en-gb.facebook.com/CreatedInYorkshire" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Created in Yorkshire</a>.<br />> These lampshades and bags from vintage fabrics are made by the wonderfully-monikered <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SplankyDesigns" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Splanky Designs</a>.<br />Apparently most of the stalls sold out, so here’s hoping it becomes a regular fixture and draws more people to the town centre.</span><br />
<br />
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield" class="aligncenter wp-image-8014" height="800" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-3.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Vintage Liberty at Emmeline's Attic at Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8016" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-3.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-9.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Emmeline's Attic at Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8022" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-9.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-14.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Vintage Liberty at Emmeline's Attic at Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8027" height="800" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-14.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-15.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Emmeline's Attic at Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8028" height="800" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-15.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-26.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield (26)" class="aligncenter wp-image-8039" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-26.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-21.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8034" height="820" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-21.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-16.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8029" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-16.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-13.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8026" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-13.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-11.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8024" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-11.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-17.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8030" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-17.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-23.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8036" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-23.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-8.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wood Street Market, Wakefield | www.angelinthenorth.com" class="aligncenter wp-image-8021" height="780" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wood-Street-Market-Wakefield-8.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Need to know: </strong>there are two more markets planned, on August 18 (when the theme will be seaside in the city) and September 15, both 10am-2pm. If you want know more, Wood Street Market is on <a href="https://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/Wood-Street-Market/135445759989155" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and </span><a href="https://twitter.com/Wood_st_market" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Twi</span><span style="color: #4083a9; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">tter</span></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 31.531530380249023px;">Anna - <a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/">Angel In The North</a></span></span></div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-23260293979003532182013-08-05T09:41:00.000-07:002013-08-05T09:43:40.129-07:00Muston Scarecrow Festival 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
\<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdiRfS7aZTutTUp4sAM2FbBLKN0Av1vX2hGO1sJAamv-XJY6x7Av5U5_JdmQIZrlicJ3-Z3N_ZgHvkM3JBVY-V05-0C6nJaxmIgmXEja8XwEBs9ywpepoMHXcWFPHgjwQTXXEknSfZuQ/s1600/Muston.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; color: #c469db; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdiRfS7aZTutTUp4sAM2FbBLKN0Av1vX2hGO1sJAamv-XJY6x7Av5U5_JdmQIZrlicJ3-Z3N_ZgHvkM3JBVY-V05-0C6nJaxmIgmXEja8XwEBs9ywpepoMHXcWFPHgjwQTXXEknSfZuQ/s400/Muston.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4224485518926569032" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 25px; border-bottom-right-radius: 25px; border-top-left-radius: 25px; border-top-right-radius: 25px; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; position: relative; width: 586px;">
<br />
In a normally quiet Village called Muston, close to Filey and Hunmanby, North Yorkshire, Muston and its residents welcome visitors to the village to see the entries of their annual Scarecrow festival.<br />
<br />
This is a popular attraction for both young and old, with some amazing entries and sights to see,<br />
Me and the Minis as every year headed to Muston to see what creative things they had in store for 2013.<br />
We walked round the village looking for the Scarecrows and here are some pics of our favorites. There are so many and everywhere we looked we spotted some more.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8p0l4D89DHDruoqwmuZtemJBVzY0sF0aO0VQZ6MpI7tQCIvTG4D1ZPOhm2wrvchPxqYiBMR_B5Gg4wqkroU1J8qkHAYtbOCKc9-zFr4DGJ8YTKXB5saotTkmS8iizM45RII9rWro36Q/s1600/SHEEP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8p0l4D89DHDruoqwmuZtemJBVzY0sF0aO0VQZ6MpI7tQCIvTG4D1ZPOhm2wrvchPxqYiBMR_B5Gg4wqkroU1J8qkHAYtbOCKc9-zFr4DGJ8YTKXB5saotTkmS8iizM45RII9rWro36Q/s400/SHEEP.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Sheep Shearing </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrC7QDPwIhgWpX1aIpfMvAK4jU4umW6L168KFUP1iD3MBr-b13imKZ96wYXQFaKbdMIaZOk7GN1GBMQO-Eg7_R_axQsTbV6dFxwYZLpkMGYIaiIJwmPubMmVFIDBUV8n_dTgZqpVTKg/s1600/DSC_0050_edited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrC7QDPwIhgWpX1aIpfMvAK4jU4umW6L168KFUP1iD3MBr-b13imKZ96wYXQFaKbdMIaZOk7GN1GBMQO-Eg7_R_axQsTbV6dFxwYZLpkMGYIaiIJwmPubMmVFIDBUV8n_dTgZqpVTKg/s400/DSC_0050_edited.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Circus clowns</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAdpyFOax5z6eDW-6UpehbBidvIR4WSf1BEuo2gZPNPYz7i9kXNFoAXt_DmHzX9pQssKXP_aOvHJMwGmM3tLIm4Lc3Gfe4Q1sGPDz_wPEKxsFKcudsNUy5Gs2FzeBGg7vlJN8bWSQFg/s1600/DSC_0047_edited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAdpyFOax5z6eDW-6UpehbBidvIR4WSf1BEuo2gZPNPYz7i9kXNFoAXt_DmHzX9pQssKXP_aOvHJMwGmM3tLIm4Lc3Gfe4Q1sGPDz_wPEKxsFKcudsNUy5Gs2FzeBGg7vlJN8bWSQFg/s400/DSC_0047_edited.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">The wrong trousers</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheArAzZs3aa_yKGEZ6dRJAssn9CBx7DAezsA59isevYwef6mWDQPuzVmCcevySuDA4MQiGrYrpEILI8yDkMegWa46pf6HhBu4pNFcsel3bc8wEO5CAqOjPskrn-rXSaPd-KVXzrpxMBw/s1600/DSC_0058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheArAzZs3aa_yKGEZ6dRJAssn9CBx7DAezsA59isevYwef6mWDQPuzVmCcevySuDA4MQiGrYrpEILI8yDkMegWa46pf6HhBu4pNFcsel3bc8wEO5CAqOjPskrn-rXSaPd-KVXzrpxMBw/s640/DSC_0058.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="425" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Poacher</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3rNT4LdOEwK7duIVSAfJq5fpiQ0tz3VxKchJDUlOnayuhGOlREvlwV6UlQtC9p5y5V_oUidLlT-DsB2EtWy0RmXbg1Z8Q8ZmTBlnjqBO3DG8hL3xWayWkv0YtwyMSC-eF1VhRHSH-kw/s1600/DSC_0066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3rNT4LdOEwK7duIVSAfJq5fpiQ0tz3VxKchJDUlOnayuhGOlREvlwV6UlQtC9p5y5V_oUidLlT-DsB2EtWy0RmXbg1Z8Q8ZmTBlnjqBO3DG8hL3xWayWkv0YtwyMSC-eF1VhRHSH-kw/s400/DSC_0066.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">The Snowman</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPRohvCrI2Vblo8VyHj95LkTJtb0vi83AgHA5RcR4NOV3UVHzDFcb6zqR8rmQX3IhVxpNzT-b91_s_Q4Sz-zblc3flX5ibQWVoFVDjUJ5qABynO5rPCXRkryV27ViXRyrVUPc0qCe_Q/s1600/DSC_0184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPRohvCrI2Vblo8VyHj95LkTJtb0vi83AgHA5RcR4NOV3UVHzDFcb6zqR8rmQX3IhVxpNzT-b91_s_Q4Sz-zblc3flX5ibQWVoFVDjUJ5qABynO5rPCXRkryV27ViXRyrVUPc0qCe_Q/s400/DSC_0184.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Moonshine for sale</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2rvK_TJyjzUrF7L26bHqG3ymNUBwBGl4ZuQNKSQIGaYxLNTX6vn8v2NwORZMhsXgoPkAer1FrIbWPvMXteM59qVIrgOqna11hqPGyvo5_6UYgJXKaBlYR9z1berPkIsUZrQbowimMg/s1600/DSC_0168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2rvK_TJyjzUrF7L26bHqG3ymNUBwBGl4ZuQNKSQIGaYxLNTX6vn8v2NwORZMhsXgoPkAer1FrIbWPvMXteM59qVIrgOqna11hqPGyvo5_6UYgJXKaBlYR9z1berPkIsUZrQbowimMg/s400/DSC_0168.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Surfer</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-Bfa1VnfSwK4xEngEhI3doiqVCyGr5xKpJGQP2jUCqjr1cVA9BU1AJtwdew-PzlHIdR6MG39U1N5gwie15chSvQkXXosrrMkOwfwtgw5ePQaAuMtb2V-QPsKlHL7pZkv697zBhv9vQ/s1600/DSC_0157.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-Bfa1VnfSwK4xEngEhI3doiqVCyGr5xKpJGQP2jUCqjr1cVA9BU1AJtwdew-PzlHIdR6MG39U1N5gwie15chSvQkXXosrrMkOwfwtgw5ePQaAuMtb2V-QPsKlHL7pZkv697zBhv9vQ/s400/DSC_0157.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">The Crow Father</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdiRpqhQHKv38crnsBS1qfQcYZdVpkIHmWL_lAlNYaM_nmSg8_Oi2Bfrv-MBRaceBaKGF8fu1lwYvnLTCV31Cr2lbKpF9GYCspU4ZqepJ2dWZK_j98ozNYCgWyrf17IPKSrghTxt9Gw/s1600/DSC_0156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdiRpqhQHKv38crnsBS1qfQcYZdVpkIHmWL_lAlNYaM_nmSg8_Oi2Bfrv-MBRaceBaKGF8fu1lwYvnLTCV31Cr2lbKpF9GYCspU4ZqepJ2dWZK_j98ozNYCgWyrf17IPKSrghTxt9Gw/s640/DSC_0156.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="424" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Postman Pat</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrb0LAcLrt71roOiCE68gDodvXoD396VCxtVgeH8LGurcpCpZe_HXkgc5IulGboycUzGFUbfq12n9-z0TAZfqcdJq5SgUuhqfigflAqKTy_QnU4bEa68vOC3Y9JhyphenhyphenD3-_urY5mdUR4AA/s1600/DSC_0153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrb0LAcLrt71roOiCE68gDodvXoD396VCxtVgeH8LGurcpCpZe_HXkgc5IulGboycUzGFUbfq12n9-z0TAZfqcdJq5SgUuhqfigflAqKTy_QnU4bEa68vOC3Y9JhyphenhyphenD3-_urY5mdUR4AA/s400/DSC_0153.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Synchronized Swimming</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcsfhyphenhyphenzE5QAuFdhNFYrH5YbMW8xn89kBfYt-sC0A_-TEZsQc5he2zXMNkq349C1-ZoHSGgjW44JO3CQodOnURCxsc2bO1Zws3iPPVCS3E0nkXV7b_GoTaaFOX5UNXUSmPWTnaYzmFxnw/s1600/DSC_0121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcsfhyphenhyphenzE5QAuFdhNFYrH5YbMW8xn89kBfYt-sC0A_-TEZsQc5he2zXMNkq349C1-ZoHSGgjW44JO3CQodOnURCxsc2bO1Zws3iPPVCS3E0nkXV7b_GoTaaFOX5UNXUSmPWTnaYzmFxnw/s400/DSC_0121.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">In the night garden</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPShzvr0jRXPPGztIZRVJEpINXZHe2EMnmmG11YlAly0NVDZZb-2cndmaoLj5S62utB8TVQj13Jt_hnJ2on5XzmsfqV9SYXYq9vPWymn0oRGTcMejrXd3z8GN856xLabUbn92t2MOjg/s1600/DSC_0068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPShzvr0jRXPPGztIZRVJEpINXZHe2EMnmmG11YlAly0NVDZZb-2cndmaoLj5S62utB8TVQj13Jt_hnJ2on5XzmsfqV9SYXYq9vPWymn0oRGTcMejrXd3z8GN856xLabUbn92t2MOjg/s400/DSC_0068.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Circus</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2E1nYKuY2ykBW40W4opozsQjfcAxtAxLQ901zmungZoKSpUCJEdMAobj2YNp74asC-QJZ-FcbywNdMkjH-ps_0e1mRUXzoaHbHT0SEw9rxIEnadr-6W09V45RdJkzP0MxKvSJqGuyNA/s1600/DSC_0069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2E1nYKuY2ykBW40W4opozsQjfcAxtAxLQ901zmungZoKSpUCJEdMAobj2YNp74asC-QJZ-FcbywNdMkjH-ps_0e1mRUXzoaHbHT0SEw9rxIEnadr-6W09V45RdJkzP0MxKvSJqGuyNA/s400/DSC_0069.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Circus</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTysFbWh3cQ3qRWTFSKHBPAW-MOQscGVvlpeelIGCSAR0MWwx8xjnrD6VqTlcXeYdq6EnCHYPNQqiZ-LYE9cpn-Nf635l4LH3YlnAZDNmH0eJKl5oAB4TowJxiEshfCODEe0-naON4g/s1600/DSC_0148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTysFbWh3cQ3qRWTFSKHBPAW-MOQscGVvlpeelIGCSAR0MWwx8xjnrD6VqTlcXeYdq6EnCHYPNQqiZ-LYE9cpn-Nf635l4LH3YlnAZDNmH0eJKl5oAB4TowJxiEshfCODEe0-naON4g/s400/DSC_0148.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Gulliver's travels</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpFYIp9YcAaTXTLlm4x4dm37DXQWLLfZyWgqtgsmcjCM-MXcrv3W3rTk3VC8WUgEPulBd2CSiHcez8E14pohJYe__6ZaE9NtLpVBD3Qk9ve4KiOR020T95_IlDthNX_HVbGc3nch5hA/s1600/DSC_0114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpFYIp9YcAaTXTLlm4x4dm37DXQWLLfZyWgqtgsmcjCM-MXcrv3W3rTk3VC8WUgEPulBd2CSiHcez8E14pohJYe__6ZaE9NtLpVBD3Qk9ve4KiOR020T95_IlDthNX_HVbGc3nch5hA/s400/DSC_0114.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Mr Bloom & Veggies </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3XaSGWWs4ZH8iWYlzlzhOInqkfmrF9jmTWDIQdiTzhd-n4dAzVVoo7ppuS0I962pQyQNGtN_KyVYLWHE0QFC0mIKPcu8GZU8ykBfg0JfpJnwtHAd0VRz7WpW88PijZV9H5CUqMa6cg/s1600/DSC_0101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3XaSGWWs4ZH8iWYlzlzhOInqkfmrF9jmTWDIQdiTzhd-n4dAzVVoo7ppuS0I962pQyQNGtN_KyVYLWHE0QFC0mIKPcu8GZU8ykBfg0JfpJnwtHAd0VRz7WpW88PijZV9H5CUqMa6cg/s640/DSC_0101.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="425" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Cybermen</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPRc0D3rk-N8f5a1J9B7Rvbdsu4llvr5KfcB9lMYXTL-0cKAFzQ3pdcBbXIkA8x1iSDtKFtPlquREtqCbM3iPHFvey7tWZwYdn19XVuikJ3KP4jrOPNxTWRPUukL56hdq3vFaLeM8Ig/s1600/DSC_0103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPRc0D3rk-N8f5a1J9B7Rvbdsu4llvr5KfcB9lMYXTL-0cKAFzQ3pdcBbXIkA8x1iSDtKFtPlquREtqCbM3iPHFvey7tWZwYdn19XVuikJ3KP4jrOPNxTWRPUukL56hdq3vFaLeM8Ig/s640/DSC_0103.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="424" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Dalek</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSvHIW5XbBoWR875oMxub0ScP3D0zBhTo_1PX7NJZoZcZyx7uYWyilWc-bFMxhY4RkTR3sIX4aMyvQsqUs3xruS6RdqNuywqVKx6LSPI_SD1X9yWv_1jg9zVzYTAOKM0kbwn3gsRAJw/s1600/DSC_0091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSvHIW5XbBoWR875oMxub0ScP3D0zBhTo_1PX7NJZoZcZyx7uYWyilWc-bFMxhY4RkTR3sIX4aMyvQsqUs3xruS6RdqNuywqVKx6LSPI_SD1X9yWv_1jg9zVzYTAOKM0kbwn3gsRAJw/s640/DSC_0091.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="424" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Mad Hatter and Lisa Simpson</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxEEWFgwYc92lp9DhV36ag6X3C6NpGHkrX-sRkpS1-GKhbfWvqCFsfXdvxjwynQVSVQ_U_JEgW_9b-MPf4W_q_nTfo8NjYzO5y6hyhbJOzEJ8X9WUO8Hrnac5b4QAD9WFgzja1GTKsg/s1600/DSC_0088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxEEWFgwYc92lp9DhV36ag6X3C6NpGHkrX-sRkpS1-GKhbfWvqCFsfXdvxjwynQVSVQ_U_JEgW_9b-MPf4W_q_nTfo8NjYzO5y6hyhbJOzEJ8X9WUO8Hrnac5b4QAD9WFgzja1GTKsg/s400/DSC_0088.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Pepper Pig</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9nbO_8D9nfavVB650GkRU_bN0BBU2H8nJWq8oNjPBTWLi7s-ZrQ60LE9mHbOCOWgP6znPVSc4iSYDuBHAZ91LLLVR2RVWIBHiYltUUeZSEyvwsMGDtExLX0xmxKflL3GgCJ0IRCH5Q/s1600/DSC_0081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9nbO_8D9nfavVB650GkRU_bN0BBU2H8nJWq8oNjPBTWLi7s-ZrQ60LE9mHbOCOWgP6znPVSc4iSYDuBHAZ91LLLVR2RVWIBHiYltUUeZSEyvwsMGDtExLX0xmxKflL3GgCJ0IRCH5Q/s640/DSC_0081.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="424" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Braveheart</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
A fantastic afternoon was spent Scarecrow spotting and we will be back next year for sure.<br />
<br />
Mel - <a href="http://melissabreckon.blogspot.co.uk/">Mumma Melio</a></div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-38627299176106944362013-07-27T01:03:00.000-07:002013-07-27T01:03:02.061-07:00How to celebrate Yorkshire Day - 1st AugustThis year I will be celebrating Yorkshire Day in Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales. I love Yorkshire so much, I even holiday there! Now everyone makes a huge fuss about St. Patrick's Day when they are not Irish, so why not give celebrating Yorkshire Day a try. I'm sure we can drink just as much as the Irish! Here's some of the key ingredients to a fabulous Yorkshire Day. Ee by gum its going t' be a reyt good un'!<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIHp_ohXX-IPGrUoFgidd7JCwgAghFhoIvjPlcEqj3qI2UZ8JtM4wsMjXNdO5UD_Zd-JbCynV8UAW9uSYmdBIgyW9ETR0RdDg2gnVVg5QFnBZd1rhzyFkXbTrGaAy2ykMqKkXEK4KdcZc/s1600/Yorkshire+day.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="How to celebrate Yorkshire Day" border="0" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIHp_ohXX-IPGrUoFgidd7JCwgAghFhoIvjPlcEqj3qI2UZ8JtM4wsMjXNdO5UD_Zd-JbCynV8UAW9uSYmdBIgyW9ETR0RdDg2gnVVg5QFnBZd1rhzyFkXbTrGaAy2ykMqKkXEK4KdcZc/s640/Yorkshire+day.png" title="How to celebrate Yorkshire Day" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">1. <a href="http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=251291379">Tesco</a>, 2. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bronte-Sisters-Wuthering-Leatherbound-Collection/dp/1435137205/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374874090&sr=8-1&keywords=bronte+leather">Amazon</a>, 3. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kes-DVD-David-Bradley/dp/B00007DWR1/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374867000&sr=8-1&keywords=kes">Amazon</a>, 4. <a href="http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=257375847">Tesco</a>, 5. <a href="http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=263986756">Tesco</a>, 6. <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mens-Ladies-Tweed-Wool-Herringbone-Flat-Cap-Peak-Hat-with-Quilted-Lining-/380635893862?pt=UK_Hats&var=&hash=item589faad066">Ebay</a>, 7. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Employment-Kaiser-Chiefs/dp/B0007MVY2O/ref=sr_1_sc_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1374867091&sr=8-2-spell&keywords=kaiserchiefs">Amazon</a>, 8. <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOBODY-IS-PERFECT-BUT-IF-YOUR-FROM-YORKSHIRE-YOURE-PRETTY-CLOSE-GIFT-CUSHION-/181086053504?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Cushions_Throws_LE&hash=item2a2991e480">Ebay</a>.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<h3>
Food</h3>
Parkin<br />
Rhubarb<br />
Pontefract Cakes (Liquorice)<br />
Yorkshire Puddings (How about for breakfast?! - love <a href="http://www.bilberrytart.co.uk/2013/02/crepes-suzette-yorkshire-breakfast.html">this recipe</a> from my sister on Bilberry Tart - One of my faves)<br />
Barnsley Chop<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQseWWH4G8PsFq0crl748QW0alOX6DGBr6YsKK_EucTx-8ZcFHm4X7nYlZzXE-Z-albZphe39wEPSIq4XdlOvB0wcM07qErLmQQDYvSTiqkcsrWjuafPQg53PTgXCTv5O0OHjPvhlcQo4/s1600/real-yorkshire-wensleydale-cheese-truckle-900g.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="How to celebrate Yorkshire Day" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQseWWH4G8PsFq0crl748QW0alOX6DGBr6YsKK_EucTx-8ZcFHm4X7nYlZzXE-Z-albZphe39wEPSIq4XdlOvB0wcM07qErLmQQDYvSTiqkcsrWjuafPQg53PTgXCTv5O0OHjPvhlcQo4/s320/real-yorkshire-wensleydale-cheese-truckle-900g.jpg" title="Wensleydale cheese" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Wensleydale cheese - available <a href="http://wensleydale.co.uk/21-real-yorkshire-wensleydale-cheese-truckle-900g.html">here</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<h3>
Drink</h3>
Yorkshire Tea<br />
One of the many local ales and beers such as Barnsley Gold, Jorvik Blonde<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDZjqPFdYqdInWb-PBeFKn4rxtwRrRuXYpLjTbF3pJgfztmGC9xE-canVc-SW8CQUWgqTiVvx6tjx_tcctxbTl3hZBg2EUosIcOtdfs1OxSj6it7euZ5GeVfTnBetARk-ZxEiCb7Cq-U/s1600/yorkshire+tea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="How to celebrate Yorkshire Day" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDZjqPFdYqdInWb-PBeFKn4rxtwRrRuXYpLjTbF3pJgfztmGC9xE-canVc-SW8CQUWgqTiVvx6tjx_tcctxbTl3hZBg2EUosIcOtdfs1OxSj6it7euZ5GeVfTnBetARk-ZxEiCb7Cq-U/s320/yorkshire+tea.jpg" title="Yorkshire tea" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Yorkshire Tea - available <a href="http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=257375847">here</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<h3>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Decor</span></h3>
White Rose bunting.<br />
Sheffield steel cutlery.<br />
Pit lamps.<br />
Yorkshire pudding pillow.<br />
Nobody's perfect pillow above.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4DXkbAjNNVdmvwDoxl8sm1lVssI3d5jcsqivrOJlzT7GaMX8e-nHZibHSwHUdJrbuSZTefex_4iR-YWx_R8vRvzTBFaKo_I2BkFD6PCWGwDydbsoGSIEjvIN85UoPYsZFjMVcfkTyzA/s1600/pillow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="How to celebrate Yorkshire Day" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4DXkbAjNNVdmvwDoxl8sm1lVssI3d5jcsqivrOJlzT7GaMX8e-nHZibHSwHUdJrbuSZTefex_4iR-YWx_R8vRvzTBFaKo_I2BkFD6PCWGwDydbsoGSIEjvIN85UoPYsZFjMVcfkTyzA/s320/pillow.jpg" title="Yorkshire pudding pillow" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Yorkshire Pudding pillow - available <a href="http://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/152663766/yorkshire-pudding-silk-or-linen-applique?ref=sr_gallery_16&ga_search_query=yorkshire+&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=GB&ga_page=4&ga_search_type=all&ga_facet=yorkshire">here</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<h3>
Music</h3>
Arctic Monkeys<br />
Kaiserchiefs<br />
Pulp<br />
Chumbawumba<br />
<br />
<h3>
Dress</h3>
Flat cap and whippet are essential<br />
<br />
<h3>
Games </h3>
Traditional games include Rhubarb thrashing (where you literally stand in dustbins and hit each other with rhubarb!), nipsy, knur and spell. For further info visit this <a href="http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/knur-spell.htm">site</a> full of traditional games.<br />
<br />
<h3>
Some slang to try out at your party</h3>
laikin' - playing<br />
spice- sweets<br />
wang - throw<br />
bairn - child<br />
bray - beat up<br />
chelpin - talking<br />
gi' or - give over<br />
fuddle - a bring and share type party<br />
mardy - sulky<br />
nesh - cold<br />
a Scarborough warning - final warning of bad behaviour.<br />
<br />
<h3>
Finish up your evening relaxing with a nice film..</h3>
Four lions<br />
The Damned United (One of my favourite films ever featuring one of my favourite actors Michael Sheen. Good lad!)<br />
Kes<br />
Brassed Off<br />
The Full Monty<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCCsy5YAnWofPEZscoaUf18CGB7HrPe_VbvTWssC29WiSYUW8U8F7LkR0YFTQ8k3r-WZH-pw9P3LoYcLu9UH4mQUbw11_WkzvjoUPZMAvwvuLCIE2MggW9b9JsyUa09SQPPgD2ZorEbI/s1600/brassed+off.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="How to celebrate Yorkshire Day" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCCsy5YAnWofPEZscoaUf18CGB7HrPe_VbvTWssC29WiSYUW8U8F7LkR0YFTQ8k3r-WZH-pw9P3LoYcLu9UH4mQUbw11_WkzvjoUPZMAvwvuLCIE2MggW9b9JsyUa09SQPPgD2ZorEbI/s320/brassed+off.jpg" title="Brassed Off" width="225" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Brassed Off - available <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brassed-Off-DVD-Pete-Postlethwaite/dp/B000S399CO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374867013&sr=8-1&keywords=brassed+off">here</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<h3>
Or a book.</h3>
Any of the Bront<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">ë</span></b></span>'s amazing works.<br />
Dracula by Bram Stoker<br />
<br />
<h3>
Events taking place</h3>
<div>
If you would like to visit a Yorkshire Day event, there are some suggestions <a href="http://www.yorkshire.com/features/yorkshire-day">here</a>.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
Now all you need to do is practice the Yorkshire mantra whilst sipping a brew of Yorkshire tea.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>'Ear all, see all, say nowt; Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt; And if ivver tha does owt fer nowt -Allus do it fer thissen.'</i></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<br />
For those of you who are not aficionados with the Yorkshire language, this loosely translates as '<i>Hear all, see all, say nothing; Eat all, drink all, pay nothing; And if ever you do anything for nothing - always do it for yourself</i>.'<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
Hope you have a fab Yorkshire Day whatever you are up to. Si thee later!<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
Rebecca - <a href="http://myprettyyorkshirelife.blogspot.co.uk/">My Pretty Yorkshire Life</a></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
</div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-86004083303294557212013-07-25T12:37:00.000-07:002013-07-25T12:37:17.405-07:00Rustique, York<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;">I met up with a couple of old friends in York this week and for lunch we tried out popular restaurant Rustique, located on Castlegate near the Jorvik Centre. York is a popular city with locals and tourists alike and has a number of fine dining establishments, such as Melton’s restaurant and The Blue Bicycle, but it also has its fair share of chain restaurants too. This means independents need to work increasingly harder to stay open, e.g. just a number of weeks ago, J. Baker’s Bistro Moderne, arguably one of York’s finest restaurants closed down unexpectedly.</span><a href="http://ataleoftwosittings.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/image4.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.25s ease-out; background-color: white; line-height: 26px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline;"></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://ataleoftwosittings.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/image4.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.25s ease-out; background-color: white; line-height: 26px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline;"></a></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://ataleoftwosittings.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/image4.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.25s ease-out; background-color: white; line-height: 26px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="image" class="size-medium wp-image-1957 aligncenter" height="225" src="http://ataleoftwosittings.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/image4.jpg?w=300&h=225" style="border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 1em auto; max-width: 100%;" width="300" /></a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;">As their name suggests they serve rustic French food, in a bistro setting. The restaurant has a pleasant dining room, with walls covered with French prints from artists such as Toulouse Lautrec. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://ataleoftwosittings.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_3499.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.25s ease-out; background-color: white; line-height: 26px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="IMG_3499" class="size-medium wp-image-1965 aligncenter" height="225" src="http://ataleoftwosittings.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_3499.jpg?w=300&h=225" style="border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 1em auto; max-width: 100%;" width="300" /></a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;">They offer an extensive ala carte menu, but also a very reasonably priced set menu of 2 courses for £12.95 or 3 courses for £14.95. It was good to see there was plenty of choice available for each course on the set menu too, including French classics steak frites and moules marinière.</span><a href="http://ataleoftwosittings.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_3501.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.25s ease-out; background-color: white; line-height: 26px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="IMG_3501" class="size-medium wp-image-1967 aligncenter" height="300" src="http://ataleoftwosittings.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_3501.jpg?w=225&h=300" style="border: 0px; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 1em auto; max-width: 100%;" width="225" /></a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;">We ordered a bottle of the house white and some sparkling water, which was brought over promptly. Our starters were brought out and we were all pretty pleased with what we saw: they all looked good and we tucked in immediately. I chose the Basque egg and it was a very tasty starter, even though the component parts were all put together in the same dish, they all still had their own individual flavours and were cooked very well. I really liked the mix of the different sausages with the potatoes, and the paprika with the oil from the chorizo gave it a lovely flavour. It looked like a small tapas-sized dish, but it was a sizeable portion to start off with. I was reliably informed that the crab cake was crispy on the outside, soft and nicely ‘crabby’ on the inside. Very tasty. The pâté starter seemed to go down well too, to the point that my friend, who had quickly wolfed down her crab cake was then sampling some of the pate and onion marmalade</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Abel, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 26px;">!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Abel, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 26px;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Abel, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 26px;"></span>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHKVFb2n_OIWRHDchy7cWV4MMmhJURs-G36upr6WMYrcAQebVqm8P-nf8ydcY-0D928XxHY8vnkztIJV13s5jNoE3IPccuO_MieX4szy8tC5Xn-DPNrb5P2iqkN47vrody8KRRStMUMig/s1600/image11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHKVFb2n_OIWRHDchy7cWV4MMmhJURs-G36upr6WMYrcAQebVqm8P-nf8ydcY-0D928XxHY8vnkztIJV13s5jNoE3IPccuO_MieX4szy8tC5Xn-DPNrb5P2iqkN47vrody8KRRStMUMig/s320/image11.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #efefef; line-height: 26px;">Pate de foies de volaille – chicken </span><span style="background-color: #efefef; line-height: 26px;">liver pate with french bread<br /> </span><span style="background-color: #efefef; line-height: 26px;">and red onion marmalade.</span></span><br />
<br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL1X_Ooq3MNW7QgO_ynZLOeheMlMH5l9doqNQ0iHmWjlyQEUmRNREbmsfMBVe2AQVBOgAIQQZ02JOb_BQgQezBG9X4N60Ex86xq1b4K7BYUVyuLa_J8QHJRyeT2xAGPObwusTiaQOUlZ0k/s1600/image10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL1X_Ooq3MNW7QgO_ynZLOeheMlMH5l9doqNQ0iHmWjlyQEUmRNREbmsfMBVe2AQVBOgAIQQZ02JOb_BQgQezBG9X4N60Ex86xq1b4K7BYUVyuLa_J8QHJRyeT2xAGPObwusTiaQOUlZ0k/s320/image10.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #efefef; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Pate de foies de volaille – <br />chicken liver pate with french<br /> bread and red onion marmalade.</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1gCZdjX6_A8_5r-wJV1kXZoEFQpJIxvR7UEZwqNi2J69FcpF_CE2M9Q4d6FI1qMzmyN7QcP-vWoqOEiK85HETT94rW79JjLBkxAuoWQeptq0uIS0_30OEs2bpsUuoeizIv1MlbkaZXxo/s1600/image8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1gCZdjX6_A8_5r-wJV1kXZoEFQpJIxvR7UEZwqNi2J69FcpF_CE2M9Q4d6FI1qMzmyN7QcP-vWoqOEiK85HETT94rW79JjLBkxAuoWQeptq0uIS0_30OEs2bpsUuoeizIv1MlbkaZXxo/s320/image8.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #efefef; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Basque egg – pan fried Toulouse sausage, </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #efefef; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">chorizo, new potatoes and peas cooked </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #efefef; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">with smoked paprika and finished with a baked egg</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After a good start, it didn’t take long for our main course to be brought out.</span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Abel, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 26px;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Abel, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 26px;"></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxecIlsFgBLpaZ8622XAPgsn78o7kjGsvi80oi1DpkWY6P2AMu8rYedqkVHJQ-Lc3pszttQT_tczj89YIgXcX8NGMpvaKBm2-HzDOwvwW8HJHsTYsIultl7cFV2vaLifbVFQ2WQ13I0xwh/s1600/image7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxecIlsFgBLpaZ8622XAPgsn78o7kjGsvi80oi1DpkWY6P2AMu8rYedqkVHJQ-Lc3pszttQT_tczj89YIgXcX8NGMpvaKBm2-HzDOwvwW8HJHsTYsIultl7cFV2vaLifbVFQ2WQ13I0xwh/s320/image7.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #efefef; line-height: 26px;">Steak frites – pan-fried rump<br /> </span><span style="background-color: #efefef; line-height: 26px;">steak with garlic butter and fries</span></span><br />
<br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhue_QJsP8JJmh7TawiigZ5_SAyIG5LtjrNOkHaDzeA9COC9ICtSdz4SsoP7Ab3wVu-GzgRngc1AxmObOvnwUrHHTv_C3aH_ACQF0nocv6XoouDpiJ5jmdFFO7JmaboDY_gIBBXfQcrOWDG/s1600/image6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhue_QJsP8JJmh7TawiigZ5_SAyIG5LtjrNOkHaDzeA9COC9ICtSdz4SsoP7Ab3wVu-GzgRngc1AxmObOvnwUrHHTv_C3aH_ACQF0nocv6XoouDpiJ5jmdFFO7JmaboDY_gIBBXfQcrOWDG/s320/image6.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #efefef; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Tartelette au fromage de chevre<br /> et tomates séchées – goats cheese <br />and sun blushed tomato tartlet,<br /> served with new potatoes and<br /> a mixed leaf salad<br /></span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_TsgaInHSlJtECY2EsHWB8z-QYGQQtUZlvnq574z6rl-Vk2thkwDnnAt8bef4073_p0zTuYy82YoWm6Q1qCG_b0P2J8IoXj2c0U88gTuCcELM3uQHpU6FBeSp0an_bJDLiXSOMNFY2L4/s1600/image5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_TsgaInHSlJtECY2EsHWB8z-QYGQQtUZlvnq574z6rl-Vk2thkwDnnAt8bef4073_p0zTuYy82YoWm6Q1qCG_b0P2J8IoXj2c0U88gTuCcELM3uQHpU6FBeSp0an_bJDLiXSOMNFY2L4/s320/image5.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #efefef;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 26px;">Confit de canard – slow roasted</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 26px;"> leg of duck served with </span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 26px;">dauphinoise potatoes, red wine</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 26px;"> and red currant jus</span></span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />For me <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">it was a toss up between the classics moules mariniere and the steak frites, but I was hankering for a decent steak, so steak frites was the winner this time. It had been really well cooked, medium rare as I’d requested and had a nice garlic butter sauce. The frites were thin and crisp and the portion size was not scrimped on either. The only thing I had a slight issue with, and it is a very picky thing, is I would have preferred pouring the garlic butter sauce myself, rather than having it already done. A nice little jug of the stuff would have done the trick, allowing me to control how much I wanted. Nevertheless, it was a pretty tasty dish and I was wholly satisfied and full at the end of the course. My dining companions also thought highly of their main courses, the goat’s cheese tart new potatoes and a well dressed salad was found to be yummy, its portion size was generous. The duck confit had a crispy skin, succulent meat with good dauphinois potatoes, and a lovely redcurrant sauce finishing it off nicely. When our waiter asked if we wanted any desserts, we all looked at each other and were resigned to the fact that we were all too full!</span></span><br />
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The staff were welcoming and efficient, our food was cooked well overall. The location of the restaurant is good as it’s in the city centre, but not on the more populated streets and a little out of the way. The total cost of the meal with wine was £58.20 for 3 people, so very reasonable and good value for money. Rustique has become so busy that they are opening another restaurant in Lendal next month, so if your in York it would be worth giving them a go.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: green; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Rustique</span><span style="color: green; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">28 Castlegate</span><span style="color: green; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">York</span><span style="color: green; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">YO1 9RP</span><span style="color: green; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">01904 612744</span><span style="color: green; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.rustiqueyork.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #ee4e00; font-style: inherit; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.rustiqueyork.co.uk</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Diane - <a href="http://ataleoftwosittings.wordpress.com/">A Tale of Two Sittings </a></span><br />
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-83144541808605465392013-07-21T13:21:00.000-07:002013-07-21T13:23:40.098-07:00Castle Howard<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;">Our day out at</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"> </span><a href="http://www.castlehoward.co.uk/" style="background-color: white; color: #bb5421; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none;">Castle Howard</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;">last week was brilliant - I am told I went there in the early 80s but don't remember it at all - which made the revisiting even better!</span></span><br />
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6298674906319783865" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 650px;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjII3Le2PT1mal1RQzQhZjW5X_nUCkFMXJqExniAuqAEuCqRXDWJK41jSRviQPW8doOsp7ykPfUvRlbGuZGP6qTEgLiyttd3NLWrh1QjYzl6TJnGv4HVv4FCXuFVuA6nB5VkEJPZ1XZunZd/s1600/DSC04009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bb5421; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjII3Le2PT1mal1RQzQhZjW5X_nUCkFMXJqExniAuqAEuCqRXDWJK41jSRviQPW8doOsp7ykPfUvRlbGuZGP6qTEgLiyttd3NLWrh1QjYzl6TJnGv4HVv4FCXuFVuA6nB5VkEJPZ1XZunZd/s640/DSC04009.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">so here are my images of the day in blisteringly hot sun, in preparation for the heatwave we're still experiencing (11pm as I write this and it's Oh sooooo hot!).</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrqKF1CD6YYvX7-IfaLtOuK5lx6IgrlQlCNCq1lEF7Bae5xLNtCvD02ZFtPkpKN17pffCkXeuDc0PSRKXtbT0ekcDFj9Gzgombh5BRjMexfyI27xqqi0fqOYBTZgov7p1eh7QwxPfD488/s1600/DSC04003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #bb5421; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrqKF1CD6YYvX7-IfaLtOuK5lx6IgrlQlCNCq1lEF7Bae5xLNtCvD02ZFtPkpKN17pffCkXeuDc0PSRKXtbT0ekcDFj9Gzgombh5BRjMexfyI27xqqi0fqOYBTZgov7p1eh7QwxPfD488/s200/DSC04003.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="150" /></span></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQefdGTWgLFU5ENW9juCiXs4pr-1vvWu_AopJ3gTkdGHqvX6TDj4sNn5jo5Y5wO_kuYfSw6mVEGM2HKoeZviyLu5oAceBZkaOzDzMUyhmdOUuk83vsnALFd5x4cWnGgxIi861ZeiVz-qQl/s1600/DSC03997.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #bb5421; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQefdGTWgLFU5ENW9juCiXs4pr-1vvWu_AopJ3gTkdGHqvX6TDj4sNn5jo5Y5wO_kuYfSw6mVEGM2HKoeZviyLu5oAceBZkaOzDzMUyhmdOUuk83vsnALFd5x4cWnGgxIi861ZeiVz-qQl/s320/DSC03997.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></span></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">beautiful flowers everywhere</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBaBfQh4Yolweonwz2Pu-MzSdp3MLK0UOJLEUSOQJdDqeJKXXijVWF7OE8WVuP-RwYwMAErbPmKK_SlJCFs6ytn25ttJxr12oNxcdiwzdguWsi85r_A9WoHtMOHdue7x1E_I9M1iSa89tt/s1600/DSC04008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bb5421; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBaBfQh4Yolweonwz2Pu-MzSdp3MLK0UOJLEUSOQJdDqeJKXXijVWF7OE8WVuP-RwYwMAErbPmKK_SlJCFs6ytn25ttJxr12oNxcdiwzdguWsi85r_A9WoHtMOHdue7x1E_I9M1iSa89tt/s640/DSC04008.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">secret gates and tunnels galore</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-bfaNACGUD2RgGvJM_hMqf4hrdMNrq3lvjEhTI_cF40ozmQCxVkrpoxLMaXyrGcW05aa8swNNd3HHkQvASHk8fqQ4Y4DvXSfEzyEZRpk7L5Yi4_sykaHTEws-nFs6rAOf5j0b_-XEUxhl/s1600/DSC04014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bb5421; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-bfaNACGUD2RgGvJM_hMqf4hrdMNrq3lvjEhTI_cF40ozmQCxVkrpoxLMaXyrGcW05aa8swNNd3HHkQvASHk8fqQ4Y4DvXSfEzyEZRpk7L5Yi4_sykaHTEws-nFs6rAOf5j0b_-XEUxhl/s640/DSC04014.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">and finally the great house itself - and the BBC were filming <a href="http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10519448.BBC_film_Pride_and_Prejudice_sequel_at_Castle_Howard/" style="color: #bb5421; text-decoration: none;">Death Comes to Pemberley</a></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVKJWYvuLLaPq8uOuGZ7ov2jWnHHQu-OCUV2jkbjyqkWGiQ9RFfrjbzDFVDT4RcpT2X04JCEhd9MQrKhxfO9lu4NpAUwXdmYos2mfdSxc0DJ7KlisYskTlYR7kLNw6nVzDMGW3cX2cc-S/s1600/DSC04032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bb5421; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVKJWYvuLLaPq8uOuGZ7ov2jWnHHQu-OCUV2jkbjyqkWGiQ9RFfrjbzDFVDT4RcpT2X04JCEhd9MQrKhxfO9lu4NpAUwXdmYos2mfdSxc0DJ7KlisYskTlYR7kLNw6nVzDMGW3cX2cc-S/s640/DSC04032.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">the amazing and beautiful <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Fountain" style="color: #bb5421; text-decoration: none;">Atlas Fountain</a></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFmxMiUXbztPx2yMnNPPzOFXOU0CiPpfkY6VN2hopkzKMS1PI2fZQroV29TOd7gJ4Df75BRWjgEsm81gTFbjCAfQtXxflmv8RaNhBU9Jio7K6Kf2zgjF1s0NYhCNCiVUslrNim3N68upW/s1600/DSC04036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bb5421; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFmxMiUXbztPx2yMnNPPzOFXOU0CiPpfkY6VN2hopkzKMS1PI2fZQroV29TOd7gJ4Df75BRWjgEsm81gTFbjCAfQtXxflmv8RaNhBU9Jio7K6Kf2zgjF1s0NYhCNCiVUslrNim3N68upW/s640/DSC04036.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0uOF09-oSzAEo-MG9pToslJb97unaWl2_PHcbEErlxd3_xdlnZdTKSIhGGlV8yrcenaB4wSWMuW_j-owD9lVh9akRVTLDHoxbtMzDd7tOVqNiITiB6FRHReRyfHJi-gi2MC-qLAm3dJy/s1600/DSC04039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bb5421; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0uOF09-oSzAEo-MG9pToslJb97unaWl2_PHcbEErlxd3_xdlnZdTKSIhGGlV8yrcenaB4wSWMuW_j-owD9lVh9akRVTLDHoxbtMzDd7tOVqNiITiB6FRHReRyfHJi-gi2MC-qLAm3dJy/s640/DSC04039.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzuehdQHLQRUPrJG0TIf1RbvN5w2o_QD1zoHJWFLjDJ_akv2aV93M7Uh0RMJ-sqkMVcqgyaKFWWm2YosTphTHuXfgpmEXGSWudpM5ECnmSZtYfFTd9yJ_E2RQFTNT7f4oxHKwW_E5VYOf/s1600/DSC04044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bb5421; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzuehdQHLQRUPrJG0TIf1RbvN5w2o_QD1zoHJWFLjDJ_akv2aV93M7Uh0RMJ-sqkMVcqgyaKFWWm2YosTphTHuXfgpmEXGSWudpM5ECnmSZtYfFTd9yJ_E2RQFTNT7f4oxHKwW_E5VYOf/s640/DSC04044.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">the wild boar - which it seems is a <a href="http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1172729" style="color: #bb5421; text-decoration: none;">listed statue!</a></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkzKnysGCEUvXKWM-L8nK0HbIE3MhSrOmeqSn2EbVZPVDNmgFcJzPA1H697lvFYJeuo4-Zzr38HAQmubZyrVRFAm6HnOFwtyEw7uj1YSJKmmbNnPW3_tuHN2sMhwxFf-nNIdHdZ4jopcG1/s1600/DSC04045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bb5421; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkzKnysGCEUvXKWM-L8nK0HbIE3MhSrOmeqSn2EbVZPVDNmgFcJzPA1H697lvFYJeuo4-Zzr38HAQmubZyrVRFAm6HnOFwtyEw7uj1YSJKmmbNnPW3_tuHN2sMhwxFf-nNIdHdZ4jopcG1/s640/DSC04045.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">great old gnarled trees</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04hoL1xFNkJ7tCS97oDxq6Q_fzA0MdxsskDm_JUVz5RWppi2OJrTKgN0pypkk7Oc17TP42lOCmFNEH-3I1T0G3pVR8A_iRSkhNvwa3yusVBUgVcl14WIQdfLG_IYXcWXgBy631f-ucS12/s1600/DSC04054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bb5421; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04hoL1xFNkJ7tCS97oDxq6Q_fzA0MdxsskDm_JUVz5RWppi2OJrTKgN0pypkk7Oc17TP42lOCmFNEH-3I1T0G3pVR8A_iRSkhNvwa3yusVBUgVcl14WIQdfLG_IYXcWXgBy631f-ucS12/s640/DSC04054.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">and to our surprise - a fabulously relaxing boat trip on the Great Lake</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDoPO9qTJz7D5fTXMxF6wsKeWSJv75mBas_BB3Ae91SmXTmLsSIAgTX6uOGRWQwelFGiUjVVhVQwvRq7eDG2QYLruigp-Xf_jzmcqudKXVggsB8ymsalf7hr_oS_1FHQzuYX0aHcWdCo76/s1600/DSC04057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #bb5421; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDoPO9qTJz7D5fTXMxF6wsKeWSJv75mBas_BB3Ae91SmXTmLsSIAgTX6uOGRWQwelFGiUjVVhVQwvRq7eDG2QYLruigp-Xf_jzmcqudKXVggsB8ymsalf7hr_oS_1FHQzuYX0aHcWdCo76/s200/DSC04057.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="174" /></span></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwFEZy_N14cdqz4_ilTlIYk6bV_5hx4BIXix9hgGHQp4dwGmbY1ci1AkFwKHbZ7-ScJR7YYsr2ZMR7CNvdcqux6LyweV6xQH1Gt488XUT4kjOczhm0w7-_uW8cjTjCuDA5AYEtZh0Rzmk/s1600/DSC04056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #bb5421; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwFEZy_N14cdqz4_ilTlIYk6bV_5hx4BIXix9hgGHQp4dwGmbY1ci1AkFwKHbZ7-ScJR7YYsr2ZMR7CNvdcqux6LyweV6xQH1Gt488XUT4kjOczhm0w7-_uW8cjTjCuDA5AYEtZh0Rzmk/s320/DSC04056.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></span></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbe2uR1CwbRZSvVhg72YeGcqZSMrkEUHyhDVbwIrbbHCCEcRosNuG5WSIV-Qi8X7DyRiSNVxe4cj7m5-mzm0xR-eXjVcJhIqKmAolGKaupBWdZs-DTL6Dx7ZWbZOqDiyB3HOtwHkdr9_l7/s1600/DSC04058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bb5421; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbe2uR1CwbRZSvVhg72YeGcqZSMrkEUHyhDVbwIrbbHCCEcRosNuG5WSIV-Qi8X7DyRiSNVxe4cj7m5-mzm0xR-eXjVcJhIqKmAolGKaupBWdZs-DTL6Dx7ZWbZOqDiyB3HOtwHkdr9_l7/s640/DSC04058.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqRDmlMfWpMSkpsmD-YjbkhPO9XMdY2mJgJIGXVpab0FfLtIY531pbv4OaAWaNlysqJ6hgYfd15EnZmlqFMBDg0e4GIJb5lhJnCDMzY7pAj_K5vW_v9eYdYehXDMxa_Nrc32XZxegSR4R/s1600/DSC04065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bb5421; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqRDmlMfWpMSkpsmD-YjbkhPO9XMdY2mJgJIGXVpab0FfLtIY531pbv4OaAWaNlysqJ6hgYfd15EnZmlqFMBDg0e4GIJb5lhJnCDMzY7pAj_K5vW_v9eYdYehXDMxa_Nrc32XZxegSR4R/s640/DSC04065.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPFa2ovSH0flUXZ_lnCBp3_B1LcdSEDRX36PVJi4ppt-khEWTDKF9AyYjs23wBNC6Ecp3azJX1h1hY8zIHTWaEPv7QvNsKg2ipvGMyPw1YJmUXdFu_n4IFTEPrwCQfbhsMPBDmUIM4cE1/s1600/DSC04076_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bb5421; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPFa2ovSH0flUXZ_lnCBp3_B1LcdSEDRX36PVJi4ppt-khEWTDKF9AyYjs23wBNC6Ecp3azJX1h1hY8zIHTWaEPv7QvNsKg2ipvGMyPw1YJmUXdFu_n4IFTEPrwCQfbhsMPBDmUIM4cE1/s640/DSC04076_2.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfhkhrXyE4K5kszHgZv7KTZZHd4W_z6IyGrbRsmmWUqA2N9rTpms6nFsBLSgSMsaKXB8lRtbDRAVvrZNrxjru-j9bT58QVHrKdOV5BVUJl9Ae8bKERR_FewQGQeqMOWE_kryIWdUpZIuL/s1600/DSC04082_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bb5421; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfhkhrXyE4K5kszHgZv7KTZZHd4W_z6IyGrbRsmmWUqA2N9rTpms6nFsBLSgSMsaKXB8lRtbDRAVvrZNrxjru-j9bT58QVHrKdOV5BVUJl9Ae8bKERR_FewQGQeqMOWE_kryIWdUpZIuL/s640/DSC04082_2.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> followed by a walk to the rather wonderful 'Temple of the Four Winds'</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNP2ShzUQilxEpWMDPmbHwnWLC2t_MBLMEEayFJNuhbPujkAKt3KiFpVsJTy5Z70fTGh31nb_-e1tOiWoleKZosZMdfFvqABs8u01rlPBIS9eyfj2wEiAZ0IyPKI_BnbGTZSHxi285m4LS/s1600/DSC04100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bb5421; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNP2ShzUQilxEpWMDPmbHwnWLC2t_MBLMEEayFJNuhbPujkAKt3KiFpVsJTy5Z70fTGh31nb_-e1tOiWoleKZosZMdfFvqABs8u01rlPBIS9eyfj2wEiAZ0IyPKI_BnbGTZSHxi285m4LS/s640/DSC04100.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and then back to Pam and Graham's in time for a fabulous afternoon tea</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIR6Sf58mG2TefNGi7kn-9msktwgAgmgu79snGP1O8GQ2uwQQfVMrSBbsy3pgC9HAwA-P4UyUckqC3L8swqE1xKYltjGnGm2fqQh0uNCSAJNkMoAuheVQEqNHw2SPtTN6WJU4eV2KArD4g/s1600/DSC04105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bb5421; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIR6Sf58mG2TefNGi7kn-9msktwgAgmgu79snGP1O8GQ2uwQQfVMrSBbsy3pgC9HAwA-P4UyUckqC3L8swqE1xKYltjGnGm2fqQh0uNCSAJNkMoAuheVQEqNHw2SPtTN6WJU4eV2KArD4g/s640/DSC04105.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Coming home we travelled down wonderful 'Hockney-esque' lanes - blossom just finished and the trees in their full greenery - just like those fabulous paintings at the <a href="http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/hockney/" style="color: #bb5421; text-decoration: none;">Royal Academy</a> last year</span></div>
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6298674906319783865" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 650px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6298674906319783865" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 650px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Gill - <a href="http://bright-fields.blogspot.co.uk/">Bright Fields</a></span></div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-36224501130709887392013-07-19T06:46:00.000-07:002013-07-19T06:46:04.364-07:00Get involved with Yorkshire bloggers - Weekend Walkabout.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmu7juj7Geau6o8z-1wbhaNW4LCuZ3nE3Cnz8mtzRrXjg61cm1tTm9N8GopgtCXPiNY3hu10Lju8-ET2mh3K4LsxvOv5kI4FpRkTgtF3z6JQH5EDBDKc-3xJDX7MFoqlNdPVss_0P7fNkw/s1600/IMG_4575.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmu7juj7Geau6o8z-1wbhaNW4LCuZ3nE3Cnz8mtzRrXjg61cm1tTm9N8GopgtCXPiNY3hu10Lju8-ET2mh3K4LsxvOv5kI4FpRkTgtF3z6JQH5EDBDKc-3xJDX7MFoqlNdPVss_0P7fNkw/s400/IMG_4575.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
As a great way of supporting each other's blogs, I thought we could all have a weekend walkabout. Basically what I would like you to do is pick another person's blog on the blog list and go and have a little walkabout on their site. It would be great if you could leave them a comment, tweet them some love and just generally show them support. We all enjoy getting feedback, so go on let's try and become a little community and get to know each other better.<br />
<br />
A quick reminder that we are currently running a Yorkshire Photography competition (finishing at the end of August), so please email through your submissions.<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
I'd like to think that you all feel involved in the blog and you think of it as your place to showcase your best posts and bring attention to what is happening where you are. We would love to feature your blogs and blog posts, so if you have featured any Yorkshire restaurants, day trips, recipes, etc please drop me an email or tweet.<br />
<br />
I also thought it would be a great idea if any of the more experienced bloggers wanted to share some of their hints and tips for some of the newer bloggers - if you would be interested in doing this </div>
<div>
Anyone who would like to do a post about blogging and some tips for newer bloggers.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
Hope you all have a fab weekend. </div>
</div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-37385033885975106262013-07-16T01:53:00.000-07:002013-07-16T01:53:59.643-07:00York Maze<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 25px; border-bottom-right-radius: 25px; border-top-left-radius: 25px; border-top-right-radius: 25px; clear: both; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPu9tYFKKReVT-hjeNwfJOIxNgrZlzL6h9D14sTgAcg8DFONC8nRReNq0_QbvOhlpmmVc_zeMyIHeXiKwfY5PM6pF7K88wSyQziNbYjMOqFrVHnaobLJmQwI1I0kA342cdhi_kimVVA/s1600/banner_push.gif" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="68" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPu9tYFKKReVT-hjeNwfJOIxNgrZlzL6h9D14sTgAcg8DFONC8nRReNq0_QbvOhlpmmVc_zeMyIHeXiKwfY5PM6pF7K88wSyQziNbYjMOqFrVHnaobLJmQwI1I0kA342cdhi_kimVVA/s400/banner_push.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">This weekend Me, Him and the Minis jumped straight in the car to visit York Maze for a fun family day out. The Maze is situated on</span><a href="http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&pc=FACEBK&mid=8100&where1=Elvington+lane%2C+YO19+5LT+York%2C+United+Kingdom&FORM=FBKPL0&name=York+Maze&mkt=en-GB#Y3A9NTEuNDM1Mjc2fi0wLjM3NDE2NyZsdmw9NiZzdHk9ciZlbz0wJnE9RWx2aW5ndG9uJTI1MjBsYW5lJTI1MkMlMjUyMFlPMTklMjUyMDVMVCUyNTIwWW9yayUyNTJDJTI1MjBVbml0ZWQlMjUyMEtpbmdkb20=" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #c469db; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Elvington lane, YO19 5LT York</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The weather up here in Yorkshire has been glorious and with the maze opening on Saturday we couldn't wait to pay it a visit this year and see the all new attraction the "House of confusion"</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 25px; border-bottom-right-radius: 25px; border-top-left-radius: 25px; border-top-right-radius: 25px; clear: both; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0TKXSd0m5XmnCUNpcvvwQH1NRjO1-xIMI1nSm-5ZEUT6bt2tWcUplNlOftGmeOt6phfdaqjxgSPXj01yCa7cjgtr_pUN0IT1F6jutfweiTMnZm3HmnAHorEfJuiELoOMbDYgyMgYtNg/s1600/DSC_0060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0TKXSd0m5XmnCUNpcvvwQH1NRjO1-xIMI1nSm-5ZEUT6bt2tWcUplNlOftGmeOt6phfdaqjxgSPXj01yCa7cjgtr_pUN0IT1F6jutfweiTMnZm3HmnAHorEfJuiELoOMbDYgyMgYtNg/s400/DSC_0060.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The theme for the Maze changes annually and this years maze is a tribute to Dr Who, celebrating its 50 year anniversary since it was first aired in November 1963.</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAtvlLCRQZwxbeMRkYU_5J8xB-_4s8Te2PxUoCvoCeqmnPtjFoUtG66u-varpabJcH42azJeaxGEIeoiKnRmrs-3ugKfzPfkhY5OO8wMjGxIqLUXczm9ilerDJ4WYKTg1Ma2kKWoLVw/s1600/10647_512138568840579_1616507517_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAtvlLCRQZwxbeMRkYU_5J8xB-_4s8Te2PxUoCvoCeqmnPtjFoUtG66u-varpabJcH42azJeaxGEIeoiKnRmrs-3ugKfzPfkhY5OO8wMjGxIqLUXczm9ilerDJ4WYKTg1Ma2kKWoLVw/s640/10647_512138568840579_1616507517_n.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="427" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Ariel view of the maze 2013</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">My Sons and Hubby love Dr Who, so they were all very excited to see what was in store for this year.</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMJ0_M8xOKqNi7Ftv3mjNXS91lqIKgLFRq2uLvGmR6PMcYubRJEp1akBfxFOirKq_eD9K0BV_uEpLLLO6S9WaVDgUT1MhBcqwH9ssw4n9FLoSB9AKx0SQfEwuqUx3Ob03YLf2JZKctg/s1600/DSC_0057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMJ0_M8xOKqNi7Ftv3mjNXS91lqIKgLFRq2uLvGmR6PMcYubRJEp1akBfxFOirKq_eD9K0BV_uEpLLLO6S9WaVDgUT1MhBcqwH9ssw4n9FLoSB9AKx0SQfEwuqUx3Ob03YLf2JZKctg/s400/DSC_0057.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="265" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Valentino & Lorenzo with a Dalek</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">There is so much to do at the Maze its certainly is a fun filled day out that's for sure, we took a picnic and plenty of sun tan lotion as it was extremely hot!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Of course there is the maze it self to walk round, with a quiz that you can do and collect answers from the various points on the map.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">But their is much to do and the list is very long, things include, The new House of confusion, Crowmania, Cobstical course, Water wars, Sand and water play area, Bale mountain, Maze of illusions, crazy mazy golf, jumping pillow, colour maze, quad bikes, climbing zone, maze field farm, Pig racing and the list goes on!!</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Here are some pictures of us all in the new house of confusion.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 25px; border-bottom-right-radius: 25px; border-top-left-radius: 25px; border-top-right-radius: 25px; clear: both; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVrukJzboRlgaDtWpOlRZpubOkRgFHYjMKxwQ9KvDc8CED6gftTImj4mSyOzwdTC4cz0lYdIMb5NqURm-RIflbQBaaNijwlNRPcFJG4e-BCUVgJDrNJD5Abt6mxCJD6FpWP_CuWYtcA/s1600/Fotor0715202424.png" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVrukJzboRlgaDtWpOlRZpubOkRgFHYjMKxwQ9KvDc8CED6gftTImj4mSyOzwdTC4cz0lYdIMb5NqURm-RIflbQBaaNijwlNRPcFJG4e-BCUVgJDrNJD5Abt6mxCJD6FpWP_CuWYtcA/s400/Fotor0715202424.png" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Some snaps from inside the maze...</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 25px; border-bottom-right-radius: 25px; border-top-left-radius: 25px; border-top-right-radius: 25px; clear: both; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UTW-dFQNz-msxYYzw7LJ-pK8MgkRCBIac3WhgQ52LDMmcwQgwGLgEIRr5ifv6MMbKrOHT7t_zIQTBWtinsEpnYQx95mOxPTutUMoUS7wY3mtUDFL8h2P2TSJ3rmcZsxM6ZVBWj2iUA/s1600/Fotor0715203345.png" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UTW-dFQNz-msxYYzw7LJ-pK8MgkRCBIac3WhgQ52LDMmcwQgwGLgEIRr5ifv6MMbKrOHT7t_zIQTBWtinsEpnYQx95mOxPTutUMoUS7wY3mtUDFL8h2P2TSJ3rmcZsxM6ZVBWj2iUA/s400/Fotor0715203345.png" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">And the rest of our day...</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 25px; border-bottom-right-radius: 25px; border-top-left-radius: 25px; border-top-right-radius: 25px; clear: both; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAEa-bZTGcDHZ1gPDS-vjaj8fPufHqGX-hWvtGz7lLl3GUN-deJcqCNyIt1PcXhIpmRRyRucdJa9K3XbpE5Ba7Flww6paSKtnayk9hdD5BZBmb0hzHHGzq02cNxCTIe5HiB-8gd_Grg/s1600/DSC_0110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAEa-bZTGcDHZ1gPDS-vjaj8fPufHqGX-hWvtGz7lLl3GUN-deJcqCNyIt1PcXhIpmRRyRucdJa9K3XbpE5Ba7Flww6paSKtnayk9hdD5BZBmb0hzHHGzq02cNxCTIe5HiB-8gd_Grg/s400/DSC_0110.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Jumping pillow fun</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_6NT2eejkGA88sffhWmNktSCWQD9vGvxRXcbjSJPeKqmRp-7duKvC6JVaULxJcnNHsIH3hBWkYSUUjGZc9minHmqf8CtORpSQLpGg13t6T1nhKfjWApIDQotth1LzRYLW-c8dU0UOQ/s1600/DSC_0112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_6NT2eejkGA88sffhWmNktSCWQD9vGvxRXcbjSJPeKqmRp-7duKvC6JVaULxJcnNHsIH3hBWkYSUUjGZc9minHmqf8CtORpSQLpGg13t6T1nhKfjWApIDQotth1LzRYLW-c8dU0UOQ/s400/DSC_0112.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Tino USAIN Ferrari</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lcexlAowhTESRhnVLZeTMnnSE8zb9R3PGaF03A1aHdKtOqvlF8BKeVE-Sc7hN_HroVd6Yi7D46hub_0KI7DUq1KlycIeKMDCMeZc0cLfJe0eeZV_xK0nlkM1JfVndDlBy4Rk-Vj-Tg/s1600/DSC_0130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lcexlAowhTESRhnVLZeTMnnSE8zb9R3PGaF03A1aHdKtOqvlF8BKeVE-Sc7hN_HroVd6Yi7D46hub_0KI7DUq1KlycIeKMDCMeZc0cLfJe0eeZV_xK0nlkM1JfVndDlBy4Rk-Vj-Tg/s400/DSC_0130.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Inflatable slide</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdtq7ocz7uyd6EWd7dcC-YzmRlkd2OWTYSL4a1Bf7bDkgLcWS6jd7SYIxWJgMVTVhtJREwkGdkFd5qLlRkHl-Ct6LnDdJfZATN2rkwuauI46YzfnLvG-nTDbodJxYXqgwvqUh5DwcoA/s1600/DSC_0140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdtq7ocz7uyd6EWd7dcC-YzmRlkd2OWTYSL4a1Bf7bDkgLcWS6jd7SYIxWJgMVTVhtJREwkGdkFd5qLlRkHl-Ct6LnDdJfZATN2rkwuauI46YzfnLvG-nTDbodJxYXqgwvqUh5DwcoA/s400/DSC_0140.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Lorenzo and a super cute Owl</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2AHK_OeDPwfEvMH6w4zlYdEXyB8utOPZUfNSB5Y-smlx9hoEDSPemrSNbGaao-MynqoU-rb4T4qf464iFnXFpZ9REJU8gpfQOOHlu55vNjqeh2OFz-rH7qgsB7Zmk2s6XB87fweTwQ/s1600/DSC_0144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2AHK_OeDPwfEvMH6w4zlYdEXyB8utOPZUfNSB5Y-smlx9hoEDSPemrSNbGaao-MynqoU-rb4T4qf464iFnXFpZ9REJU8gpfQOOHlu55vNjqeh2OFz-rH7qgsB7Zmk2s6XB87fweTwQ/s400/DSC_0144.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Valentino having a hold</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQXVjL_JLJoABRds7U45W_CHsY1JHx5oyDohgjNsFZzocW1ASw060M8mwV924Ff5Y31aUVHd9xXiz6KD0pAUUnD46eruYCUxzASoqH5mEPNPrsUl_aYZP1o95sSNTo3_D2trpkCwOiw/s1600/DSC_0156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQXVjL_JLJoABRds7U45W_CHsY1JHx5oyDohgjNsFZzocW1ASw060M8mwV924Ff5Y31aUVHd9xXiz6KD0pAUUnD46eruYCUxzASoqH5mEPNPrsUl_aYZP1o95sSNTo3_D2trpkCwOiw/s400/DSC_0156.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Sand & Water Play area</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89FnZaER7s7Gf8MDWydt6qEY5UDrFcP_f0u1KDY-Yf3T73Ho8_XTgMA69gmwPjrUdfv25j79zS-hCP-HdHh83iNCbphSlpD9R9buqCg6o_Yqlejag6BfJwE5iYxqx7tsHrThU7_Boxg/s1600/DSC_0162.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #c469db; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89FnZaER7s7Gf8MDWydt6qEY5UDrFcP_f0u1KDY-Yf3T73Ho8_XTgMA69gmwPjrUdfv25j79zS-hCP-HdHh83iNCbphSlpD9R9buqCg6o_Yqlejag6BfJwE5iYxqx7tsHrThU7_Boxg/s400/DSC_0162.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Sand & Water Play area</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">We had a fantastic day out, and we will be back for sure before the end of the season.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The Minis defiantly got rid of some excess energy and were very tired on the journey back home. I would recommend if your planning on making a visit then make a day of it (pick a sunny one!) and you can pre-book your tickets online to save some extra pennies. :)</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Prices are as follows</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Adult £11.50</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Senior £11.00</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Child (3-15) £10.50</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Children under 3 go free </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">More information is available on </span><a href="http://www.yorkmaze.com/pages/opening_times_prices.html" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #c469db; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">York Maze's</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> website including online prices and group bookings.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">York Maze is open from 12th July - 2nd September 2013</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Follow York maze on</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/York-Maze/125693894151717?fref=ts" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #c469db; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Facebook</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> and </span><a href="https://twitter.com/Yorkmaze" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #c469db; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Twitter</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> to keep up to date with all the latest information.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e2800; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Melissa - <a href="http://melissabreckon.blogspot.co.uk/">Mumma Melio</a></span>She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-71670717863731146372013-07-09T13:51:00.000-07:002013-07-09T13:51:35.477-07:00Yorkshire blog : Little Tip Off<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsUAOBfeGDVMA8v7hXmhEsd4BRqcjfBjPzhkA78e75gjBJZiDIPrZlTjaf2y9oI0zdnfDZmRutvsBjh4gsPA_gRz_xCGFto_DWE5zHAhs1Tvlg2Y__NYtRv6bDecwdjKxusnbVRRgXQMP/s1600/littletipoffablogaboutnailart.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsUAOBfeGDVMA8v7hXmhEsd4BRqcjfBjPzhkA78e75gjBJZiDIPrZlTjaf2y9oI0zdnfDZmRutvsBjh4gsPA_gRz_xCGFto_DWE5zHAhs1Tvlg2Y__NYtRv6bDecwdjKxusnbVRRgXQMP/s640/littletipoffablogaboutnailart.png" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">This week I would like to feature the Yorkshire blog Little Tip Off. Now I am particularly in awe of this blog, as I am a bit of an anxious nail biter. I wish I could have lovely nails, and every so often I treat myself to fake ones, but nothing this spectacular. Each set of nails is a work of art. They are truly beautiful and I think you will agree Amy is superbly talented. I think she should get tweeting some trendy celebs as I can see Pixie Lott and Fearne Cotton sporting her creations!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYrcURV_xZvMC1jtEoAyKwoBrZ7MQs4gvUZcnHUvP0SfEENDEmpOcHDO-L41LtVJ76XBtyr97vo0OAJl9OsbHaMgcWOfSW59IiRzgHDK7QkzmvlhixtolnkvFXpPM7EdcXTBWJ1VUSwmHa/s1600/photo-6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYrcURV_xZvMC1jtEoAyKwoBrZ7MQs4gvUZcnHUvP0SfEENDEmpOcHDO-L41LtVJ76XBtyr97vo0OAJl9OsbHaMgcWOfSW59IiRzgHDK7QkzmvlhixtolnkvFXpPM7EdcXTBWJ1VUSwmHa/s320/photo-6.JPG" width="308" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIqjfADLU9N96iBUYtiShIONETWW4rDc73TTtO42Orlwm7vw31G0ZcXsjnXG8Sncf-ZQI9lQ9DkF13siBQRc10LEXOxmO87_H7NB8P_XU3zz8XcaXqEe4cc3HXyeFoSH_Z9AcZpxMMZQW/s1600/animalfinal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIqjfADLU9N96iBUYtiShIONETWW4rDc73TTtO42Orlwm7vw31G0ZcXsjnXG8Sncf-ZQI9lQ9DkF13siBQRc10LEXOxmO87_H7NB8P_XU3zz8XcaXqEe4cc3HXyeFoSH_Z9AcZpxMMZQW/s320/animalfinal.jpg" width="286" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Here's a little bit more about Amy and her blog...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b style="font-family: inherit;">Brief description of yourself and your blog:</b></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm 23 and currently studying an English Literature MA, and along with writing,
nail art is a big hobby of mine. My blog consists of original hand painted
designs and step-by-step tutorials, so as well as showcasing my recent
manicures it allows to other people to pick up tips and try their hand at nail
art too.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>
How long have you been blogging and why did you start?</b><br />
I've been blogging since March 2013, so Little Tip Off is still in the early
stages. Starting a blog just seemed to make perfect sense - I love writing, and
I love nail art, so it was a no-brainer really!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>
Favourite place in Yorkshire?</b><br />
Definitely the village where I'm originally from, Askham Bryan, which is just
on the outskirts of York. I also love the city centre, it's the prettiest city
around!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>
Favourite place to eat out in Yorkshire?</b><br />
Askham's Bryan's pub, The Nag's Head. It's a wonderful combination of a good
old local and a high end gastro-pub, with an amazing menu and a lovely
laid-back feel.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>
Favourite Yorkshire recipe?</b><br />
Bora Bora Cocktail Bar's recipes are definitely a favourite! I'm also a big fan
of chip spice, which you only tend to get in Hull... If you ever find yourself
there, you HAVE to try chip spice!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>
Do you have any hidden gems in Yorkshire?</b><br />
My boyfriend and I love going to Fraisthorpe beach in Bridlington. It's much
quieter than the main end of the beach, and is a perfect spot for photography.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>
Favourite Yorkshire celeb?</b><br />
I could be a massive English Lit. geek and say the Brontës, but I think I'm
going to go with Arctic Monkeys!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>
Favourite Yorkshire saying/slang?</b><br />
Saying 'dinner' instead of 'lunch' and 'tea' instead of 'dinner'. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbN-EbuVuVybqvlhdCt1nUsT5bioANymNOrnDOwbooxpyEP89sgCgclQaUXsPdY9BVz2m-oYAJ6KG-q7knZxbi_Wc0tyPv65nvLZwfOL5JlMY5mbonYrXCd2yqk092sUYDxbLhr0nyqI0/s1600/gluttonyfinal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbN-EbuVuVybqvlhdCt1nUsT5bioANymNOrnDOwbooxpyEP89sgCgclQaUXsPdY9BVz2m-oYAJ6KG-q7knZxbi_Wc0tyPv65nvLZwfOL5JlMY5mbonYrXCd2yqk092sUYDxbLhr0nyqI0/s320/gluttonyfinal.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6goa0qV7z6e7IwD_AO3fw8eb_HDcxee4cKE1X1XqomQ7mbp0CdfYTpK2xDTWQqXSy5McawBcTEBfq2gazWUf2ofcbzb7v1pcypgniDTa5_B9RqoBg766Y2S8ZxHjvXUidCoTVhQJ-u-u/s1600/wimbledonfinal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6goa0qV7z6e7IwD_AO3fw8eb_HDcxee4cKE1X1XqomQ7mbp0CdfYTpK2xDTWQqXSy5McawBcTEBfq2gazWUf2ofcbzb7v1pcypgniDTa5_B9RqoBg766Y2S8ZxHjvXUidCoTVhQJ-u-u/s320/wimbledonfinal.jpg" width="278" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
They are so inspiring and she takes you through each design step by step. There is really no excuse for us to not all sport her set of Wimbledon nails to celebrate Murray's win! Please support a fellow Yorkshire blogger and stop by and visit her <a href="http://littletipoff.blogspot.co.uk/">blog</a>. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.10416603088379px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you would like to be featured on the Yorkshire bloggers blog, please visit the join section and email through your answers to the questions. </span></i></div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-68139559608783466632013-07-01T23:38:00.000-07:002013-07-01T23:39:22.686-07:00Experience Barnsley Opening<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Dkx1jKPBECyChVpec_vhTevpg43k0ab-3gtE9ljnZsm2g1xg6HOMZ8jGkBvcl08V6TMghooL_y8xQ_YdcAe_QEa8neZ7-vafLSF5rJGwozIYtT7D1sJEQaHvW3HIKbfGIVzQR1QiMb0/s256/472ee7dc01a6d83a30a03877df4d1c27.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Dkx1jKPBECyChVpec_vhTevpg43k0ab-3gtE9ljnZsm2g1xg6HOMZ8jGkBvcl08V6TMghooL_y8xQ_YdcAe_QEa8neZ7-vafLSF5rJGwozIYtT7D1sJEQaHvW3HIKbfGIVzQR1QiMb0/s1600/472ee7dc01a6d83a30a03877df4d1c27.jpeg" /></a></div>
<br />
On Thursday I went to the opening of Experience Barnsley. I was really excited to see what our new Barnsley museum was going to be like. Barnsley Town Hall is such a beautiful piece of architecture. Even though I pass the building most days, I still always stare at it. It looks far too grand for my little hometown. I hoped that the modification of this building had been done with great care and consideration. I wasn't sure what the museum would be like, but it exceeded all of my expectations.<br />
<div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0VO93fohVyjffkiO_xqJhMz8CekLxRjVdbbhdgUkYYYaQupmx70yO36jEdSBinlsgqBYehWH63hm45c9LocpKv5UV8dY03FlpHGf5uTvIIOE7eLKYB9x-Wz7bnp93CaATQXBlLnKs6g/s1600/IMG_3936.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Barnsley Town Hall, Yorkshire" border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0VO93fohVyjffkiO_xqJhMz8CekLxRjVdbbhdgUkYYYaQupmx70yO36jEdSBinlsgqBYehWH63hm45c9LocpKv5UV8dY03FlpHGf5uTvIIOE7eLKYB9x-Wz7bnp93CaATQXBlLnKs6g/s400/IMG_3936.png" title="Barnsley Town Hall, Yorkshire" width="400" /></a></div>
<br /></div>
<div>
The museum's opening was filled with pomp and ceremony. There was music, an animatronic dinosaur, children's carousel, cricket players walking on stilts...what more could you want from an opening! The Lord Mayor and Dickie Bird were also on hand, but they were not alone in cutting the red ribbon to unveil the museum. There was a huge red ribbon emblazoned with the Experience Barnsley emblem, which they invited people to cut and then keep a section of the ribbon. </div>
<div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZxd9EHuWnK9w0mGrJfiwpRswm-jOHP6WOd8b9yyaK7kmoFhlRGvE5yXrRzthOHWVDuyM0rDY0V5GTEO7lYFgRhrF1h_x0GX0Q87wQO_Mhn66Ov2_cWUjVCHcSRO-gZOR7u4adzaWb4A/s1600/IMG_3961.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dickie Bird, Experience Barnsley" border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZxd9EHuWnK9w0mGrJfiwpRswm-jOHP6WOd8b9yyaK7kmoFhlRGvE5yXrRzthOHWVDuyM0rDY0V5GTEO7lYFgRhrF1h_x0GX0Q87wQO_Mhn66Ov2_cWUjVCHcSRO-gZOR7u4adzaWb4A/s400/IMG_3961.png" title="Dickie Bird, Experience Barnsley" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfDrTCplHUrQiwLiha4Dspus7RNlwWkDBDDSQgGM7o4DNO8Kysq0DuMPY4R1PdtosXy6_WlnT6f56OGWLUv1dl8VnlW3tHKFL4OQByetCQV3rENGVNTrphyEsgH8HwCMvgz5ppw4cMg4/s1600/IMG_3999.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfDrTCplHUrQiwLiha4Dspus7RNlwWkDBDDSQgGM7o4DNO8Kysq0DuMPY4R1PdtosXy6_WlnT6f56OGWLUv1dl8VnlW3tHKFL4OQByetCQV3rENGVNTrphyEsgH8HwCMvgz5ppw4cMg4/s400/IMG_3999.png" title="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJcdwa8XfxYoSkd4kgBCBIAzH65cFG_dF3mYbRCGYbtAanOQLm5t6N_0wEm4gQ9oCsFTFbComjdVUOrCvq2RUmZbsMqOlndx3PfHNBt2LDLocJpcgzv-5KPjKAWZkLR9jhWxoW9d_Bng/s1600/IMG_4010.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJcdwa8XfxYoSkd4kgBCBIAzH65cFG_dF3mYbRCGYbtAanOQLm5t6N_0wEm4gQ9oCsFTFbComjdVUOrCvq2RUmZbsMqOlndx3PfHNBt2LDLocJpcgzv-5KPjKAWZkLR9jhWxoW9d_Bng/s400/IMG_4010.png" title="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" width="400" /></a></div>
<br /></div>
<div>
There has been a remodelling in front of the museum, which will feature fountains (This part of the building work is not complete). Not everyone is in love with the piece of modern art at the front of the town hall, which has been nicknamed the 'nit comb'. It had not been in situ a day before some bright sparks had attempted to scale its heights. Although it is not necessarily in keeping with the aesthetic of the town hall, I do think it adds something a little different to the town centre.</div>
<div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJVk2J-iBWcno4ZxfNoosoLTi-GYyVgaDLPnA2CXSUuj37WlMw2vhe_bKiDRcMha7IwpccnjZ3sVY6QzuoY28Apps3CGW9rYt0VL2SAzuqf8N3e7rZRAVa0TYWvD1hyphenhyphenDOy6mEvzvapykY/s1600/IMG_3993.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJVk2J-iBWcno4ZxfNoosoLTi-GYyVgaDLPnA2CXSUuj37WlMw2vhe_bKiDRcMha7IwpccnjZ3sVY6QzuoY28Apps3CGW9rYt0VL2SAzuqf8N3e7rZRAVa0TYWvD1hyphenhyphenDOy6mEvzvapykY/s400/IMG_3993.png" title="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" width="266" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIoxW0R6Drv3GBDQVNi7qrnHLeZIixoTuyc9bVgr4Y9dOF5CXUM_qrg5pNORCqw0kDWO9bChqVjpsPdMSBN-wN_QPUMAZLpqL-WSuPY7sSUMb0Ycx9UkM_IUvUhUjjL7PFLJVUOtgVA30/s1600/IMG_3156.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" border="0" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIoxW0R6Drv3GBDQVNi7qrnHLeZIixoTuyc9bVgr4Y9dOF5CXUM_qrg5pNORCqw0kDWO9bChqVjpsPdMSBN-wN_QPUMAZLpqL-WSuPY7sSUMb0Ycx9UkM_IUvUhUjjL7PFLJVUOtgVA30/s400/IMG_3156.png" title="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
The museum has been filled with donations from the people of Barnsley, and I think this is what makes it so engaging for all ages. You feel the lovely warm glow of nostalgia from the second you enter the exhibits. Many of the pieces are personal to Barnsley, but there is also a wider narrative of key events in British history such as World Wars, Roman occupation and the Miner's Strikes. As part of my archaeology degree, I did a module on Modern Archaeology, which was fascinating. In this module, we looked at the importance of museums, and what we should preserve for future generations. As I walked round with my 11 week old son, I realised that my own childhood is now history and looked forward to a time when I can show him the artifacts from my youth. Looking at a school shirt that bad been signed by classmates on the last day of school took me back to my own school days. Museums give us chance to reflect on life throughout the ages. </div>
<div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxjFjIR9TzJTpHiSYa02p01JnONUNt79gDRkLvbOHDg-ysoVTKrJbxLN7KWVsyEdd9VQdjm3jx5pzBgFgpIN5mUfOBWwPGVLMHNy9-cJwRCLtEMTV3O7AnNIM7qnW1AsAjr0kdGKAjjw/s1600/IMG_3982.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" border="0" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxjFjIR9TzJTpHiSYa02p01JnONUNt79gDRkLvbOHDg-ysoVTKrJbxLN7KWVsyEdd9VQdjm3jx5pzBgFgpIN5mUfOBWwPGVLMHNy9-cJwRCLtEMTV3O7AnNIM7qnW1AsAjr0kdGKAjjw/s400/IMG_3982.png" title="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPvtYXLxR_kllwPUF9QKU3ZX1-0SA77fw982weYiBRzWr7WZOahSjo-6lHYYFEaXk5orzaIE9e2W3F5QZ2TOMWKqd4kPabOdYI_U72dOkmvA06DKx6f_6xb1DpSdnyjftpGuZwowE0Zg/s1589/IMG_3949.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPvtYXLxR_kllwPUF9QKU3ZX1-0SA77fw982weYiBRzWr7WZOahSjo-6lHYYFEaXk5orzaIE9e2W3F5QZ2TOMWKqd4kPabOdYI_U72dOkmvA06DKx6f_6xb1DpSdnyjftpGuZwowE0Zg/s400/IMG_3949.png" title="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" width="381" /></a></div>
<br /></div>
<div>
There was a wonderful atmosphere of community on the day. I enjoyed speaking to other visitors as I wandered round. One gentleman started quizzing me about a photograph of miners, and I was ashamed that my knowledge was scarce. He then went on to tell me many stories as we perused the exhibit. I really think this will be a lovely place for grandparents to take their grandchildren, and to teach them about their heritage. As a Christmas gift, I got my parents a book, available from amazon <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dear-Grandma-Journal-Lifetime-Journals/dp/1907048022/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1372669260&sr=8-3&keywords=grandma">here</a>, for them to complete for my son about their life, as I regret not sitting and learning more about my grandparent's lives. I cannot wait until my son is old enough to visit the museum with his grandparents.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin4CUKgToe5NygaYTOWmsgfp8tvcuXLk1tpUY48U0bax7xPzbIC57mngqlcggRjRZG7lc5Nh14piYExeB52dwoiah6OTb8un9epmQxCzLRzZolJNILCwk2dvNr-vgM9WCp2TwLhKKTfGA/s1600/IMG_3986.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin4CUKgToe5NygaYTOWmsgfp8tvcuXLk1tpUY48U0bax7xPzbIC57mngqlcggRjRZG7lc5Nh14piYExeB52dwoiah6OTb8un9epmQxCzLRzZolJNILCwk2dvNr-vgM9WCp2TwLhKKTfGA/s400/IMG_3986.png" title="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" width="395" /></a></div>
<br />
The museum is free and open 7 days a week. Opening hours are Monday to Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. There is so much to see that I didn't get chance to see half of it. It includes archives where you can look up your family history, investigate what resided on the land your home now inhabits, etc. There is a gallery holding works of art that have been commissioned and take their inspiration from photographs of old Barnsley residents. I was particularly moved by this part of the museum. There is a section that children will love that has a dress up box, puzzles to complete, and an area where children can dig up artifacts. It also has a blast from my own past - some carousel horses and a car that used to form part of the carousel ride in Barnsley market. The staff are knowledgeable and helpful. I was chatting to one member of staff Michael in the Discovery Centre, who answered my questions and enthused about all of the amazing things to see and experience.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDy3zy7g22C_zbbR-FxVSYz5tbZWplCAg87DPwE4V-7H2NQcvI6b89BxurMYWI0VG57sSugUnfKU0Ef9Q3YzGy4nYM6YE9ZieYfpVIjiizGFSejP0xQysKNVBVss6apfGQEUwzquDBXzY/s1600/IMG_4249.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDy3zy7g22C_zbbR-FxVSYz5tbZWplCAg87DPwE4V-7H2NQcvI6b89BxurMYWI0VG57sSugUnfKU0Ef9Q3YzGy4nYM6YE9ZieYfpVIjiizGFSejP0xQysKNVBVss6apfGQEUwzquDBXzY/s400/IMG_4249.png" title="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrSZTIZqP4YTMOv9xFgG2SZ4Lx4Fd5J-HpKHQQDvCU5YZZzs87Bi8AOGRkBAz4Iqc_DWW29Uovnf4tjzojMMvNcm_Moa5loH8wgqMz4aV9-XGbPuLftBbVTqVRj-Shk_cB0VDuNbMNyQ/s1600/IMG_4258.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrSZTIZqP4YTMOv9xFgG2SZ4Lx4Fd5J-HpKHQQDvCU5YZZzs87Bi8AOGRkBAz4Iqc_DWW29Uovnf4tjzojMMvNcm_Moa5loH8wgqMz4aV9-XGbPuLftBbVTqVRj-Shk_cB0VDuNbMNyQ/s400/IMG_4258.png" title="Experience Barnsley, Yorkshire" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
I am in love with so many of the items in the gift shop! It has the standard teddybears, pencils, etc with the Experience Barnsley emblem, but also includes so many reproductions of retro and vintage items, and cute little crafty nick nacks. There is also a large range of books about Yorkshire. Speaking of Yorkshire books, I have been asked to donate the children's books I have written as part of the Barnsley authors section and would be honoured to be included. (I am currently in the process of improving them, but will be donating once complete - plus excited to be creating a Bones The Dog in Yorkshire adventure!)</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
I really hope that the museum goes from strength to strength and that we all engage with this wonderful project and help it to evolve as our community evolves.<br />
<br />
I urge you to go and visit. What is stopping you!<br />
<br />
Rebecca - <a href="http://myprettyyorkshirelife.blogspot.co.uk/">My Pretty Yorkshire Life</a></div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-92045172529406763952013-06-27T02:47:00.004-07:002013-06-27T02:47:45.744-07:00Yorkshire blog : Little Blonde Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBue7ibG1Rlot1wnxrOvqR9sZ3ipTrNIsxOpj2_9zmg_jhWlNOupBa26MFLU0rCmQ-YQkrrFVDYx-UZ4uaJ7Tl0tIqCEHSY1rtdnQgPwxnrf5HDpsLa3nYavgrEKXh0EL11ALD3o-5-GpR/s1600/littleblondelife.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Yorkshire blog: Little Blonde Life" border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBue7ibG1Rlot1wnxrOvqR9sZ3ipTrNIsxOpj2_9zmg_jhWlNOupBa26MFLU0rCmQ-YQkrrFVDYx-UZ4uaJ7Tl0tIqCEHSY1rtdnQgPwxnrf5HDpsLa3nYavgrEKXh0EL11ALD3o-5-GpR/s640/littleblondelife.png" title="Yorkshire blog: Little Blonde Life" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Bentham; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 23.99305534362793px;">This week I would like to feature the blog Little Blonde Life. It features food, music, fashion and beauty, trips out, product reviews and general musings on life. I challenge anyone to read this blog and not fall in love with Sammie's fun and bubbly view of life. She shares beauty and fashion picks and her daily song playlist.</span><br />
<div style="line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLdW0ly-yTeuyvleaTgWVGhVoO8U3nRfatgRd6efpKNbHKfoa3f6EDNaIFneApp6v8QnyhNbduIwDLTCYRJ75zrIGgH3Y4KVPYW7AkzZyKmiviT1jn-Ku3latVayoupJtUUDJ-Dx5G7F2/s1600/sammie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Yorkshire blog: Little Blonde Life" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLdW0ly-yTeuyvleaTgWVGhVoO8U3nRfatgRd6efpKNbHKfoa3f6EDNaIFneApp6v8QnyhNbduIwDLTCYRJ75zrIGgH3Y4KVPYW7AkzZyKmiviT1jn-Ku3latVayoupJtUUDJ-Dx5G7F2/s400/sammie.jpg" title="Yorkshire blog: Little Blonde Life" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
So here's a bit about Sammie and her blog...<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;"><b>Brief description of yourself and your blog.</b></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">My blog is a lifestyle/personal blog, I started my blog as a diary and although I've been working on it for 6 months now it's still my little piece of pride and joy and never finished. I love blogging as it encourages me to do more things and explore new places, as well as introduces me to new places through other blogs. </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 24px;" /></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;"><b>How long have you been blogging and why did you start?</b></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I started my blog in January 2013 as a diary for myself. It quickly grew when I discovered more about the world of blogging. </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 24px;" /></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;"><b>Favourite place in Yorkshire?</b></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's a typical one I suppose but I love a good day out by the seaside and love Scarborough. I would say sitting on the top of the cliffs is one of my all time favourite places. </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 24px;" /></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;"><b>Favourite place to eat out in Yorkshire?</b></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">A new place to Leeds but it has to be Reds True BBQ what recently opened in the city centre. </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 24px;" /></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;"><b>Favourite Yorkshire recipe?</b></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">My Nana's Rhubarb crumble (top secret of course) </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 24px;" /></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;"><b>Do you have any hidden gems in Yorkshire?</b></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's definitely not a hidden secret but it is a gem so I will have to say Bettys Tea Room. </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 24px;" /></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;"><b>Favourite Yorkshire celeb?</b></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's no secret to anyone I'm a massive fan of a certain boy band and with the majority of the band been from Yorkshire I'm going to say Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik (One Direction). Am I aloud 2?</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 24px;" /></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;"><b>Favourite Yorkshire saying/slang?</b></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">T' e.g. I'm of t shop. (Not really a slang word but it would sound weird pronouncing it any other way)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETRJscbDjISWonujW_61dTD-yXWAv8N0g5fn6dAlcTydYBs3e_1h5ZswyYAPMNuVoJm04LVEPXG7XDHcBoN_xds-Yb6jL5KogEmgF1j_78GzwFU09o2DqI_6TDFQ1kkE8zExIFAyqx9YK/s1600/cake.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Yorkshire blog: Little Blonde Life" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETRJscbDjISWonujW_61dTD-yXWAv8N0g5fn6dAlcTydYBs3e_1h5ZswyYAPMNuVoJm04LVEPXG7XDHcBoN_xds-Yb6jL5KogEmgF1j_78GzwFU09o2DqI_6TDFQ1kkE8zExIFAyqx9YK/s400/cake.JPG" title="Yorkshire blog: Little Blonde Life" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<img alt="Yorkshire blog: Little Blonde Life" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sup8H_mVuVW31Rs43nj4-RKtOH5g2oKzX4lxDKA1rKk1eJVHwuL3lAvTrdg2krd7dSfkrqBxHtwgJM6aNiXLoUMuUv_YS6CDW9t82GqvDQZHIXUxdixrV5gcu37ttbtAuP6mOZlwJRj_/s400/cake2.JPG" title="Yorkshire blog: Little Blonde Life" width="400" /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sup8H_mVuVW31Rs43nj4-RKtOH5g2oKzX4lxDKA1rKk1eJVHwuL3lAvTrdg2krd7dSfkrqBxHtwgJM6aNiXLoUMuUv_YS6CDW9t82GqvDQZHIXUxdixrV5gcu37ttbtAuP6mOZlwJRj_/s1600/cake2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Please pop by and give Sammie's <a href="http://www.littleblondelife.com/">blog</a> a visit. She's a lover of food. I love her newest posts reviewing places to eat out. Plenty of puddings. A girl after my own heart!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you would like to be featured on the Yorkshire bloggers blog, please visit the join section and email through your answers to the questions. </span></i></div>
</div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-28222305405669162492013-06-25T00:50:00.001-07:002013-06-25T00:52:16.344-07:00Opening of Handpicked Hall, Leeds.<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">A few days ago there was a new addition to the Leeds retail scene. Not a big name, or a shiny new mall. Quite the opposite.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.handpickedhall.co.uk/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Handpicked Hall</a> is home to hundreds of independent retailers, giving them a chance to sell in a city centre at a tiny fraction of the cost (and risk) of setting up on their own.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The shop is in Grand Arcade, Vicar Lane, which even regular Leeds shoppers may well never have passed, unless you frequent the city’s <a href="https://www.leedsgrandtheatre.com/Online/default.asp" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Grand Theatre</a>.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It has to be said it’s not the most glamorous part of town; it has more than its fair share of boarded up shops, despite being just steps from the bustling Headrow.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But the enthusiasm on the eve of the hall’s opening more than made up for any of that.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Most of the sellers I spoke to at the preview evening said it was their first foray into face-to-face selling, having started online. They’re planning to sell there one or two days a week, with most hoping trade will be healthy and that it will make sense for them to be there more often.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">As retail units in Leeds go, it’s a pretty big space – 15,000 sq ft - double fronted and spread over two floors. There are four ‘zones’: food and drink, fashion and accessories, art and craft, and vintage.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Because of its size, it seemed a little sparse at the preview night but I understand the Hall will be home to more than 300 sellers.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-4.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7701" height="800" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-4.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-3.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7700" height="800" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-3.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">> <a href="http://bridierimmer.blogspot.co.uk/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Born to Thread</a></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-17.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Born to Thread at Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7714" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-17.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-18.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Born to Thread at Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7715" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-18.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-19.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Born to Thread at Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7716" height="790" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-19.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-20.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Born to Thread at Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7717" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-20.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-21.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Born to Thread at Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7718" height="760" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-21.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">> <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/loubylasheshandmade" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Louby Lashes Handmade</a></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-14.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Louby Lashes Handmade at Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7711" height="357" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-14.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-15.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Louby Lashes Handmade at Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7712" height="600" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-15.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-16.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Louby Lashes Handmade at Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7713" height="780" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-16.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">> There’s also food. This man’s hummus was divine.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-11.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7708" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-11.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-12.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7709" height="600" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-12.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-13.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7710" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-13.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">> <a href="http://www.calishandmadecandleco.co.uk/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Cali’s Handmade Candle Co</a>. I came away with the Madagascan Honeyed Vanilla and it fills my home with the scent of holidays.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-7.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Cali's Handmade Candle Co at Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7704" height="800" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-7.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-8.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Cali's Handmade Candle Co at Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7705" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-8.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-9.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Cali's Handmade Candle Co at Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7706" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-9.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">> Njoy Crystal Jewellery</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-2.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Njoy jewellery at Handpicked Hall, Leeds. " class="aligncenter wp-image-7699" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-2.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="angel in the north - yorkshire lifestyle blog - handpicked hall leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7698" height="800" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">> <a href="http://gilliancordingley.co.uk/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Gillian Cordingley Ceramics</a></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-6.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Gillian Cordingley Ceramics at Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7703" height="357" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-6.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-5.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Gillian Cordingley Ceramics at Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7702" height="800" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-5.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">> <a href="http://www.daisy-bakes.co.uk/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Daisy Bakes</a></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-10.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Daisy Bakes at Handpicked Hall, Leeds" class="aligncenter wp-image-7707" height="375" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/angel-in-the-north-yorkshire-lifestyle-blog-handpicked-hall-leeds-10.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Like an idiot, I completely missed the fact there was an upstairs when I was there. That means I missed <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ourhandmadecollective" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Our Handmade Collective</a> and <a href="http://www.lovemesew.co.uk/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Love Me Sew</a>. Plus, the upper floor looks like this. Like I said, I’m an idiot.</span><br />
<br />
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/handpicked-hall-leeds.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Handpicked Hall" class="aligncenter wp-image-7719" height="700" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/handpicked-hall-leeds.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" width="535" /></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">(<a href="http://ourhandmadecollective.wordpress.com/2013/06/16/what-is-handpicked-hall/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">via</a>)</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">There aren’t many (any?) shops in Leeds city centre that can offer such an overhead view.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s fitting: Handpicked Hall is an innovative, ‘blue-sky thinking’ approach to retail; while the entrepreneurs, just starting out, are reaching for the stars and dreaming of where their business may take them.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Handpicked Hall launched last year, first opening in Ripon, then in Skipton earlier this year.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Director Anthony Blackburn said the Leeds opening means they are providing a home for more than 500 Yorkshire retailers.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">“I think our success is down to the fact that we’ve made high street trading easily accessible and affordable for so many new businesses,” he said. “We also ‘hand pick’ all of our retailers to ensure we get the right high quality products and passionate people.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">“The best part of my job is meeting great people with amazing talent and passion for their products, seeing how thrilled they are to be ‘hand picked’ and giving them the chance to realise their dream of having their own business.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">“The space is amazing. To get the opportunity to work with such a beautiful Victorian property and bring it back to life with an eclectic mix of quality independent retailers is so exciting for everyone involved.”</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Prices start at £10 a day and you can <a href="http://www.handpickedhall.co.uk/get-involved/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #4083a9; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">apply here</a>.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Hall will be open Wednesdays to Saturdays 11am-6pm and Sundays 11am-4pm.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope it will be a success and I’ll certainly be popping in when I’m in Leeds. Will you? Maybe you have been already? What do you think to the ‘Handpicked’ ethos?</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 1.4em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/signatures.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Love, Anna" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4519" height="28" src="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/signatures.jpg" style="background-color: #fafafa; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 15px; max-width: 515px; padding: 8px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" width="160" /></a> - <a href="http://www.angelinthenorth.com/">Angel in the North</a></span></div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-72311541936937850532013-06-24T00:06:00.002-07:002013-06-24T00:29:05.863-07:00FORGE arts and crafts fair.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3P5SBl1JbXDbHAZWEzlUJF1xaizNsnRhyphenhyphenBGHn_Xno-jvBHZABI_iGOQRg-gDWeSm8RgtgGahJ-rxF3z0gVaxZ-B7qtWd8avQSv1Eqf5FUeK4yFktK39rtJ-aWc9V3em9LES2HLzRCuXg/s1600/forge.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="FORGE, Sheffield." border="0" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3P5SBl1JbXDbHAZWEzlUJF1xaizNsnRhyphenhyphenBGHn_Xno-jvBHZABI_iGOQRg-gDWeSm8RgtgGahJ-rxF3z0gVaxZ-B7qtWd8avQSv1Eqf5FUeK4yFktK39rtJ-aWc9V3em9LES2HLzRCuXg/s640/forge.png" title="FORGE, Sheffield." width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
We went to FORGE arts and craft fair in Sheffield this weekend, organised by <a href="http://hallamroseswi.co.uk/">Hallam Roses W.I.</a>, and brought to my attention by fellow Yorkshire blogger Emma from <a href="http://ohgoshem.blogspot.co.uk/">Oh Gosh blog</a>. They were raising funds for their W.I. and <a href="http://www.roundabouthomeless.org/">Roundabout charity</a>. There was plenty to see and it was great to support all the local talent. Unfortunately, we didn't get to stay long, as my little baby boy decided to have a little bit of a meltdown. I still managed to find some nice items to take home and grab some cake, as my husband frantically rocked and attempted to soothe my son.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7IFI92a_hh2eDChOVYeNMu2QPm69aUQhsXWR83pqJ4eyCASGF9E1z04GEWvhLGIqu0nPbkBUf78IrCy-7KryQNBtQV2SD3o3u5e78q-tRmDlXYKQLz6yMNdqPrBHjRTpp7sELvMqKDk/s1600/IMG_3814.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="FORGE, Sheffield." border="0" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7IFI92a_hh2eDChOVYeNMu2QPm69aUQhsXWR83pqJ4eyCASGF9E1z04GEWvhLGIqu0nPbkBUf78IrCy-7KryQNBtQV2SD3o3u5e78q-tRmDlXYKQLz6yMNdqPrBHjRTpp7sELvMqKDk/s400/IMG_3814.png" title="FORGE, Sheffield." width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
There was such an array of baking that I struggled to decide what to buy. It all looked so delicious. We opted for some lovely moist chocolate cake, some flapjack and some white chocolate and Tobelerone brownie. I must admit I had a little nibble of the flapjack on the ride home, as I couldn't wait, but the rest was devoured with a nice cuppa when I got home. I thought it was only fair to give my hubby <s>half</s> a taste of them. All of the baked goods were so scrummy!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoa0va5R4zpUcRKVtIoELhYABjWnpUPxchY9BtuXITYBGdlPGSFagI0IxskWTukbGpbKwcVix_YuDTUqTDgfkk-a7fYOWpfKXoBgLrwwW08l54AMhyRm4LnsdWkI6-lRyhs5eKUGw1mGM/s1600/IMG_3829.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="FORGE, Sheffield." border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoa0va5R4zpUcRKVtIoELhYABjWnpUPxchY9BtuXITYBGdlPGSFagI0IxskWTukbGpbKwcVix_YuDTUqTDgfkk-a7fYOWpfKXoBgLrwwW08l54AMhyRm4LnsdWkI6-lRyhs5eKUGw1mGM/s400/IMG_3829.png" title="FORGE, Sheffield." width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
I got this adorable sock monkey (from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/thegingerzoo">the Ginger Zoo</a>), a cute panda origami card (from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/terriblelizard">Terrible Lizard</a>) and a deep repair hair mask. (from <a href="http://www.lovelycosmetics.co.uk/">Lovely cosmetics</a>) The sock monkey and card are for my sister-in-law, but I got the hair mask for me. It has left my hair luxuriously smooth and silky. I cannot tell you how much I love the smell too, as it reminds me of going to the perfumery in Grasse, France, as a little girl. I'm going to investigate some of the other businesses, which I didn't get chance to peruse. A full list of stallholders is available <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.522329261156985.1073741831.511392342250677&type=3">here</a>.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Well done to all involved for putting on such a lovely event!<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
Rebecca - <a href="http://myprettyyorkshirelife.blogspot.co.uk/">My Pretty Yorkshire Life</a>.</div>
</div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-45197948498601657062013-06-21T02:00:00.001-07:002013-06-21T02:00:20.079-07:00Weekend What's On<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Here's a quick rundown of some of the events happening in Yorkshire this weekend...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidY5b9gZ0bxlrNOv5_8hEWtdQXCXs7nqmKoyxtdXaxLZfM9M6w2De6tefVoLaNFEBMKot_YSlg-u-VnkUk_5Exa__QXopzLHiMA8ytgvXb0_gdHABLS8S5iSVetB_5Otq4mfPfC7dkojxw/s1600/logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="World Curry Festival, Bradford." border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidY5b9gZ0bxlrNOv5_8hEWtdQXCXs7nqmKoyxtdXaxLZfM9M6w2De6tefVoLaNFEBMKot_YSlg-u-VnkUk_5Exa__QXopzLHiMA8ytgvXb0_gdHABLS8S5iSVetB_5Otq4mfPfC7dkojxw/s200/logo.png" title="World Curry Festival, Bradford." width="200" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Bradford's City Park is going to be hosting the World Curry Festival starting tomorrow. With many restaurants, stalls and stages, there should be plenty to see and do. Chefs will be performing demonstrations. There will be a street food market including a spice souk, many restaurants,<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.5px;">musicians, dancers, cookery demonstrations, crafts, fresh produce, Indian teas, children’s activities, growers market, and fashion and beauty from the east. Chefs from Bradford College will be headed Learn to Cook Curry classes. It opens 12 noon till 10 p.m Friday & Saturday and 12 noon till 7 p.m. on Sunday. For further details please visit their <a href="http://worldcurryfestival.com/">website</a>.</span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.5px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 19.5px;">>>><<<</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.5px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxAuaL41vDcIcMXAjdfaEFBHqtw-XYEZfKwZ4JFJh_7sMwBD2uU9C20V5QteIYKwPOMJ2Mev6jdZgeIC7phziToCw8bt0cVnrnQw80Cacd5iDdFjKljh4izUdVv1aXWHFaq_U1JGSHYHt/s1600/website_header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxAuaL41vDcIcMXAjdfaEFBHqtw-XYEZfKwZ4JFJh_7sMwBD2uU9C20V5QteIYKwPOMJ2Mev6jdZgeIC7phziToCw8bt0cVnrnQw80Cacd5iDdFjKljh4izUdVv1aXWHFaq_U1JGSHYHt/s320/website_header.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">On Sunday 23rd June, at Workstation, Sheffield, there will be a
contemporary art, design and craft fair. The fair has been organised by </span>Hallam Roses W.I to raise money for Roundabout and their W.I. I hear their
baking is legendary and urge anyone in the area to join them. The fair is on from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. For further details please
visit their<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://hallamroseswi.co.uk/forge">website</a>.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
>>><<<</div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Bentham; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEG8iju8s1cGNBhMeyuemOuK4bwQBG2Zpjx2keOr8vn_EMYOQjk_AJDFupq9pOTE-Y0ruwHOAWfF1joBJsF6VvIJDfpd3lZFiSZazFaxciu5LrsfFIgzbPD2h9jzIhLT19C6qYF3wwi1qO/s1600/logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEG8iju8s1cGNBhMeyuemOuK4bwQBG2Zpjx2keOr8vn_EMYOQjk_AJDFupq9pOTE-Y0ruwHOAWfF1joBJsF6VvIJDfpd3lZFiSZazFaxciu5LrsfFIgzbPD2h9jzIhLT19C6qYF3wwi1qO/s200/logo.jpg" width="141" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
On Saturday 22nd June, there is an indoor free music festival spread across many venues throughout Barnsley. It features a lot of local talent. All venues are within walking distance. For further details please visit their <a href="http://www.liveinbarnsley.co.uk/index.asp">website</a>.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
>>><<<</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubAwMnmyrDi0l45Dn74q5AV5jy78NQPusxTIET7ERfBfpsS4jpeu9AMHdAZZQBbiySZ8D-6yRY74Wa1ljgFwsUWVZkynhaOqTK4iLLl1cESsUFr2Qvw3qnmU0OszxDyJz_NbSZYptWZYg/s1600/Tiny_LOGO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubAwMnmyrDi0l45Dn74q5AV5jy78NQPusxTIET7ERfBfpsS4jpeu9AMHdAZZQBbiySZ8D-6yRY74Wa1ljgFwsUWVZkynhaOqTK4iLLl1cESsUFr2Qvw3qnmU0OszxDyJz_NbSZYptWZYg/s1600/Tiny_LOGO.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade is a held on 22nd June and is created by local people but also welcomes participation of visitors. There are workshops held in the weeks preceding the festival to make costumes and carryable art. THE theme this year myths, mysteries and mayhem. The parade culminates in a pageant with musuc, movement and giant puppets followed by local bands, dance groups and local food. For further details please visit their <a href="http://www.handmadeparade.co.uk/hebdenparade">website</a>.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
>>><<<</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_t-_tKY5YlVpE-WR86QR1chB2MtP5sd978Oz4JVPxfTzEau_GND1ET-VxpriHlb9inehmEee7FMLGBmmfeWOiu02gpm82OiKkpffWhXqE-AngMcFmTrnbOVJvNIU65yEVATnHFNLs46C/s1600/HaworthFestivallLogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_t-_tKY5YlVpE-WR86QR1chB2MtP5sd978Oz4JVPxfTzEau_GND1ET-VxpriHlb9inehmEee7FMLGBmmfeWOiu02gpm82OiKkpffWhXqE-AngMcFmTrnbOVJvNIU65yEVATnHFNLs46C/s320/HaworthFestivallLogo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The Haworth Festival runs from the 21st until 30th June. It features music, art, comedy, singing workshop, ZOMBIE RUN?! and much more. They do a ticket for all the events at £18. For further details please visit their <a href="http://www.haworthfestival.org.uk/">website</a>.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
>>><<< </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
What do you have planned for the weekend?</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I'm hoping for a sneaky picnic if the weather isn't too bad. Maybe a rainy day picnic? I'll also be attending FORGE festival on Sunday and if I haven't pushed my luck with the hubby a little trip to the Curry Festival. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Enjoy your weekend!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.5px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-21341142910006873672013-06-18T01:30:00.001-07:002013-06-20T02:00:08.101-07:00Happy Birthday to the National Media Museum<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">I fully understand that I must be beginning to sound like a stuck record when it comes to my constant babbling recently about the </span><a href="http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/">National Media Museum</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;"> - but it is a really important time at the minute to talk about this place. Not only because of the current threat of closure, but because this weekend marks the 30th birthday of this wonderful institution!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">As well as the </span><a href="http://www.kelloves.com/2013/06/an-evening-of-culture-and-food-at.html">bloggers event</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;"> the museum put on a couple of weeks ago, I've spent the last couple of Saturdays down there. Last weeks visit was part of a semi-organised turn out to show support for the museum in wake of the recent revelations about what proposed budget cuts might mean for its future.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEzHKDbKGmVcQ4ifHI9D60CB1srMJJ8EY4CBR9_uFSHO8EhNiBmm-M5rx3KaPNnT2W2LogYgHNMe4r6cDBVbIXOcSojFw66W2Jc0ug2xGxlJWI57e_usQVvisAs8Y52JcUolS0KbQnCE/s1600/073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEzHKDbKGmVcQ4ifHI9D60CB1srMJJ8EY4CBR9_uFSHO8EhNiBmm-M5rx3KaPNnT2W2LogYgHNMe4r6cDBVbIXOcSojFw66W2Jc0ug2xGxlJWI57e_usQVvisAs8Y52JcUolS0KbQnCE/s640/073.JPG" style="border: 1px solid rgb(102, 102, 102); padding: 4px;" width="640" /></a><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">There was a grand turn out, but we didn't want our visit to be all doom and gloom so we had a run round the rest of the facilities to see what was on offer.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">We had arrived just in time for one of the talks on the Cottingely Fairies photographs - if you don't know this story, in 1917 two young girls took photographs of fairies at the bottom of their garden. These photographs managed to convince many at the time, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, that fairies were real. The photographs are beautiful and have long since been one of my favourite things at the museum, but having them presented to us along with the story by the brilliant Museum Explainer really brought the story to life for the little ones who left the talk convinced of the existence of the fairies.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">We had arrived just in time for one of the talks on the Cottingely Fairies photographs - if you don't know this story, in 1917 two young girls took photographs of fairies at the bottom of their garden. These photographs managed to convince many at the time, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, that fairies were real. The photographs are beautiful and have long since been one of my favourite things at the museum, but having them presented to us along with the story by the brilliant Museum Explainer really brought the story to life for the little ones who left the talk convinced of the existence of the fairies.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCkzGQJF1yAfZ9EzQLTAcjaTDB1VM5c5vkGXEhxeBSpCdmOuSt701DV_5qvyv3TdCGyLvcxevtGnfj9Hdy0GP0Dir66BCLKRWo8eW0aRADtr6OgPrDZya2jiIwp9l-ByWP_jK7TvCfjzI/s1600/064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCkzGQJF1yAfZ9EzQLTAcjaTDB1VM5c5vkGXEhxeBSpCdmOuSt701DV_5qvyv3TdCGyLvcxevtGnfj9Hdy0GP0Dir66BCLKRWo8eW0aRADtr6OgPrDZya2jiIwp9l-ByWP_jK7TvCfjzI/s640/064.JPG" style="border: 1px solid rgb(102, 102, 102); padding: 4px;" width="640" /></a><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">There was also an animation workship where the kids could have a go at making their own short film. They do these regularly and always go down a treat. As well as these extra activities, we spent a few hours with the museums more permanent attractions - mirror fun in the Magic Factory (I'd love one of those fun-house, make-you-tall-and-thin mirrors at home!), hanging out in a green-screen Moshi Monster land, reading the news - we didn't go the games lounge as we can never get Harry out of there!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhocjypSOcy9SU9Z8PBCgxtuZh8XertsffHanK16L05SUNgyNTZYfGpZciY64fzFi6iu3lk2y4xAVGS-T9-giyKP6pvyfC-ycol27V_hoiqdQLh20s_qNr9ro3cescmEUSkFiGMvoJjx7Q/s1600/media+museum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhocjypSOcy9SU9Z8PBCgxtuZh8XertsffHanK16L05SUNgyNTZYfGpZciY64fzFi6iu3lk2y4xAVGS-T9-giyKP6pvyfC-ycol27V_hoiqdQLh20s_qNr9ro3cescmEUSkFiGMvoJjx7Q/s640/media+museum.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(102, 102, 102); padding: 4px;" width="640" /></a><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">We had a wonderful day, as we always do down there, and it just served as a great reminder of what we would be missing if the museum were to close.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">But as I said, I've been the last couple of Saturdays, which meant I was once again down there yesterday. To celebrate being open 30 years, the museum were offering free cake - you know how those words are like music to my ears so of course I had to bob down again!</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">Before my free cake though, I bought some - yup, double cake! We'd decided to get down there early to catch a film (yet another reason why the museum shouldn't close) and I needed some 'breakfast' from the fine array of baked good available at the newly refurbished cafe.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">But as I said, I've been the last couple of Saturdays, which meant I was once again down there yesterday. To celebrate being open 30 years, the museum were offering free cake - you know how those words are like music to my ears so of course I had to bob down again!</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">Before my free cake though, I bought some - yup, double cake! We'd decided to get down there early to catch a film (yet another reason why the museum shouldn't close) and I needed some 'breakfast' from the fine array of baked good available at the newly refurbished cafe.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">Before my free cake though, I bought some - yup, double cake! We'd decided to get down there early to catch a film (yet another reason why the museum shouldn't close) and I needed some 'breakfast' from the fine array of baked good available at the newly refurbished cafe.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPs0x7j7x3l_pPL03qLm6Jfs2EPzn4vD4IEsPb1Uu4sEjMBW0eytiv1LugA4HmRffUp39vSqMZBZk5dHhnrFX4AfAxfPUaDytXIA-dS0HiDYp_14SWlqEUl4FfVNXHohJbkYczuGNbhAk/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPs0x7j7x3l_pPL03qLm6Jfs2EPzn4vD4IEsPb1Uu4sEjMBW0eytiv1LugA4HmRffUp39vSqMZBZk5dHhnrFX4AfAxfPUaDytXIA-dS0HiDYp_14SWlqEUl4FfVNXHohJbkYczuGNbhAk/s640/027.JPG" style="border: 1px solid rgb(102, 102, 102); padding: 4px;" width="640" /></a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">Seriously, if you are ever in the neighbourhood, even if you don't fancy any of the exhibits - you should definitely call in cake at least - they're brilliant!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">After 'Much Ado About Nothing' we wandered back to the foyer to see the presentation of a birthday card, signed by supporters of the museum and were treated to a few more speeches about how necessary the place is to the community . . . and then more cake!</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">After 'Much Ado About Nothing' we wandered back to the foyer to see the presentation of a birthday card, signed by supporters of the museum and were treated to a few more speeches about how necessary the place is to the community . . . and then more cake!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5DpiXndtYtBlJCPUXBVskMsJtE4zkOGpry9YUmu00Kr4K2jqk4aXjXY4JnNuyOos3pc9CvdIB3EJx_ZTgmuszndP3bHcBIGMAknUmQRmhPs3e09IpC1sl9Ncr2LOyJ5esyb1nXj0JkVY/s1600/054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5DpiXndtYtBlJCPUXBVskMsJtE4zkOGpry9YUmu00Kr4K2jqk4aXjXY4JnNuyOos3pc9CvdIB3EJx_ZTgmuszndP3bHcBIGMAknUmQRmhPs3e09IpC1sl9Ncr2LOyJ5esyb1nXj0JkVY/s640/054.JPG" style="border: 1px solid rgb(102, 102, 102); padding: 4px;" width="640" /></a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">I'm trying to not get too preachy on the importance of museums, or get too involved in the way the museum links to other important Bradford institutions and how it would affect them if it closed, and I'm trying really hard to not rant at the mythical North/South divide which means it's ok to axe one of our museums because we presumably don't deserve or understand 'culture' in the North and everything good in the country should be in London where it 'belongs'. I'm trying to do those things, but it appears I'm rambling instead so I shall wrap this up with the point I am trying to make:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">The National Media Museum is important - it's important to me, to my children. It's important to Bradford, and to the North. If it closes I'll be devastated both on a personal level and for all the people that it will affect either directly (the dedicated staff who will lose their jobs, for instance) or indirectly (the children of Bradford who will not grow up with this place as their second home, like it was for me). All I can do is hope and ramble on about it - so, if you haven't already, it would mean the world to me if you could sign this petition in support of the museum - <a href="http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-the-national-media-museum-bradford/">here</a>.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">If you are ever in Bradford the place is well worth a visit - you should have a look around now, while you can!</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">The National Media Museum is important - it's important to me, to my children. It's important to Bradford, and to the North. If it closes I'll be devastated both on a personal level and for all the people that it will affect either directly (the dedicated staff who will lose their jobs, for instance) or indirectly (the children of Bradford who will not grow up with this place as their second home, like it was for me). All I can do is hope and ramble on about it - so, if you haven't already, it would mean the world to me if you could sign this petition in support of the museum - <a href="http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-the-national-media-museum-bradford/">here</a>. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.59375px; text-align: center;">If you are ever in Bradford the place is well worth a visit - you should have a look around now, while you can!</span><br /></span><br />
Kel - <a href="http://www.kelloves.com/">Kel Loves...</a>She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-68594750091003996472013-06-17T07:01:00.003-07:002013-06-17T07:06:38.844-07:00Yorkshire blog : YPhotography<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">With the Yorkshire Bloggers Photography Competition in full swing, I thought I would feature a Yorkshire Bloggers site that can inspire us all to take better photos of Yorkshire. The blog is called <a href="http://yphotography.co.uk/">YPhotography</a> and features some stunning photographs. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxYQ5A5XgiA-DqFkK2yiv0nRn7kjA2FqndwHr0d8pARw3FhtjHaWLmX5YzqG6Fi4k-d2WKpwECUBys5iKHOxKL5B2bZys_XmUoU00tn99dMgQj5aWwwWRVcdsN-6lC9uKcvydIHTjKUM7/s1600/KN51491.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxYQ5A5XgiA-DqFkK2yiv0nRn7kjA2FqndwHr0d8pARw3FhtjHaWLmX5YzqG6Fi4k-d2WKpwECUBys5iKHOxKL5B2bZys_XmUoU00tn99dMgQj5aWwwWRVcdsN-6lC9uKcvydIHTjKUM7/s400/KN51491.jpg" width="351" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Lund's Tower : Sutton Pepper (<a href="http://yphotography.co.uk/yorkshire/lunds-tower-sutton-pepper/">YPhotography</a>)</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's a little bit about the author and member of Yorkshire Bloggers Keith Nuttall and his wonderful blog.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrrQF6l1XQG1rfnefJbLKUWHHojoe9760LC_TGWINijBhoTUMl2VcgjikGMpRSwD9Oo2cMOrqU6fqTV7FSEQWyBsKE1iXjgOV_yrrR2jQ2cCr6kMsnfJFb5L9Sh0EgnggI7keuspolbW6/s1600/keithyphoto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrrQF6l1XQG1rfnefJbLKUWHHojoe9760LC_TGWINijBhoTUMl2VcgjikGMpRSwD9Oo2cMOrqU6fqTV7FSEQWyBsKE1iXjgOV_yrrR2jQ2cCr6kMsnfJFb5L9Sh0EgnggI7keuspolbW6/s320/keithyphoto.jpg" width="201" /></span></a></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Brief description of yourself and your blog.</b></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">I am actually a Lancastrian, but don't hold that against me. I have lived </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"> in Yorkshire since 1987, which I think qualifies me for some sort of medal. </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">I am an engineer, with suppressed artistic tendencies which manifest</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"> themselves as music or photography.</span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><b>How long have you been blogging and why did you start?</b></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">I started this blog in 2008 as a way to showcase my photographs in a </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">personal form, but I have recently realised that I have always enjoyed </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">writing in small doses, and the blog is a good way to get this out in </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">educational and satirical ways.</span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><b>Favourite place in Yorkshire?</b></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">My favourite places for photography are in North Yorkshire, for the</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"> landscape, history and character. If I had to narrow it down, it would have</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"> to be Wensleydale or Swaledale, but it's too difficult to decide. I like</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"> Harrogate, Knaresborough and York too.</span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><b>Favourite place to eat out in Yorkshire?</b></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">My current favourite eatery is probably Yo Yo in Shipley, or, if I crave </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">curry, the Aagrah. I prefer to try new places though, if possible.</span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><b>Favourite Yorkshire recipe?</b></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">I don't use recipes. I like to go 'off-piste' when I cook, which is a</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"> double-edged sword. My daughter has turned into a great chef, which means </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"> that I've had to 'up my game' a lot.</span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><b>Do you have any hidden gems in Yorkshire?</b></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">How about Goit Stock waterfall in Cullingworth?</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"> Or Heptonstall, near Hebden Bridge? Or How Stean Gorge, or Troller's Gill? </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"> ... not particularly well-hidden, but places I only discovered relatively </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">recently.</span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Favourite Yorkshire celeb?</b></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">How about Alan Bennett? I used to share a house with his</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"> nephew. Also, I think Michael Palin, Vic Reeves and Julian Barratt are</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"> hilarious.</span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><b>Favourite Yorkshire saying/slang?</b></span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">I seem to assimilate colloquialisms easily, and can never remember where I </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"> pick them up. Yorkshire has some pretty good ones. I used to work for a guy</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"> in Leeds who was full of them. I always remember "craftier than a cart-load</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"> of monkeys", and "a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp".</span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsKCI3WzMKosIH4k-NrdYPE_e234j1FQw0SVdeO1KVroiA6Npw4PtCDVF_WVU0nzqeEbWHJ8KbmjnIrWqhkUwMIi9RkWI0DpTBx0e4TDJcVj6SRRfF7DW3xAhsYMHkrN9lDIdK3f7xnng/s1600/1000382.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsKCI3WzMKosIH4k-NrdYPE_e234j1FQw0SVdeO1KVroiA6Npw4PtCDVF_WVU0nzqeEbWHJ8KbmjnIrWqhkUwMIi9RkWI0DpTBx0e4TDJcVj6SRRfF7DW3xAhsYMHkrN9lDIdK3f7xnng/s400/1000382.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Leeds Corn Exchange (<a href="http://yphotography.co.uk/yorkshire/leeds-corn-exchange/">YPhotography</a>)</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">I think you would agree that Keith has a great talent and is currently working on a book to showcase his amazing photography. As well as his photography, there are also articles giving helpful tips and technical advice. Please visit his site <a href="http://yphotography.co.uk/">here</a> and show your support. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqgkvsDYifehgzV4tatblpyocnLQG9ew1Y3kJpATL6LTKG61uRLRYov1ayeFWs1HVAsDh2moGy2eppsXlQ4tF4NxHYCjrwULXWoxrwXuR4K443pZuIYxEhRuCqYJgSCNZhbP897eLGSbI/s1600/KN50635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqgkvsDYifehgzV4tatblpyocnLQG9ew1Y3kJpATL6LTKG61uRLRYov1ayeFWs1HVAsDh2moGy2eppsXlQ4tF4NxHYCjrwULXWoxrwXuR4K443pZuIYxEhRuCqYJgSCNZhbP897eLGSbI/s400/KN50635.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><a href="http://yphotography.co.uk/yorkshire/say-cheese/">(YPhotography)</a></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<i>If you would like to be featured on the Yorkshire bloggers blog, please visit the join section and email through your answers to the questions. </i><br />
<div>
<br /></div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-26112496507190357202013-06-13T04:34:00.001-07:002013-06-13T04:37:04.681-07:00Photography competition.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE36hRs8E-VcMralDalTE2CSv6NrCHwhAThPcWRGIWey6XRntWGL8qFKuITEKWffCUlpCakZaHyivTP4obLHQUtV6jOnqOOsJ-80Qn9ySBLazgNxThThZz4aIQXJR6p2rUXUACEIDDMNTY/s1600/photography+comp.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE36hRs8E-VcMralDalTE2CSv6NrCHwhAThPcWRGIWey6XRntWGL8qFKuITEKWffCUlpCakZaHyivTP4obLHQUtV6jOnqOOsJ-80Qn9ySBLazgNxThThZz4aIQXJR6p2rUXUACEIDDMNTY/s320/photography+comp.png" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
Now we all know that Yorkshire is the most beautiful county! So here is your chance to share those magnificent photos of glorious Yorkshire. As well as photos of Yorkshire landmarks, it would be great for your photos to really give a feel for the sights and sounds of the county. The competition will run until August 31st to give you all chance to make the most of the summer and get out there snapping. The photography section will be updated with your entries as they come in. Photos will be featured on the website with credit and links to the photographer. With a prize for the winner, can you really think of a reason not to get involved? Please email yorkshirebloggers@hotmail.com with your entries. (Open to UK residents only)She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-66601836264636092402013-06-12T01:32:00.000-07:002013-06-18T07:23:50.247-07:00Coffee Duran, Leeds.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIcPalYfh3oKG4RMXENRd12Y3iXhHSWdFAvrbKzJ3AoK7pNzu_88ldKe6unKPEYpZUkqpNPiNa6sxarM_4-ehRnjXzvnRUVJ8s60T8t0U1juUxP7eEG4z7a2OLe9JZbFMrEuE6Le7QwmJ9/s1600/CD1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Coffee Duran, Leeds" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIcPalYfh3oKG4RMXENRd12Y3iXhHSWdFAvrbKzJ3AoK7pNzu_88ldKe6unKPEYpZUkqpNPiNa6sxarM_4-ehRnjXzvnRUVJ8s60T8t0U1juUxP7eEG4z7a2OLe9JZbFMrEuE6Le7QwmJ9/s400/CD1.PNG" title="Coffee Duran, Leeds" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
I find that most articles about eating out tend to focus on big evening meals or more expensive places, and when you go on a shopping trip to a city and want to find somewhere good for a drink and a quick bite it can be difficult. Obviously chains like Starbucks and Nero are in every city but I find myself continually underwhelmed by them, and rather annoyed that I've spent so much.<br />
<br />
So I want to share with you one of my favourite places in Leeds City Centre. My boyfriend and I came across it completely by accident when we were looking for somewhere to eat after we moved into our new flat, and have fallen in love with it. We are regulars and have a chat with the owner every time we go in, but don't worry he'll be extremely friendly to all customers new or not.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9j8msMR3geSRgY5O5Ru8ev9dB0ywFcdy-4iTkBoYiEw3XIPFkF_-TgbXJAfXWtGuzzhgHgRHq0_majcEgV2KDiCO5YMVPGuH-44Jym-32dmD0rKiV1wUHGfsP-kDTdi7Gp8WyHDoSg0u/s1600/CD3.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Coffee Duran, Leeds" border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9j8msMR3geSRgY5O5Ru8ev9dB0ywFcdy-4iTkBoYiEw3XIPFkF_-TgbXJAfXWtGuzzhgHgRHq0_majcEgV2KDiCO5YMVPGuH-44Jym-32dmD0rKiV1wUHGfsP-kDTdi7Gp8WyHDoSg0u/s400/CD3.PNG" title="Coffee Duran, Leeds" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://www.coffeerandleeds.co.uk/">Coffee Duran</a> is on York Street in Leeds centre across from the bus station and, although it looks completely underwhelming, the food here is phenomenal and extremely cheap! If you're just nipping in for a quick bite - as we usually do - I suggest the homemade burger. It's always fresh, perfectly cooked and the paprika seasoned chips are to die for. Although if you're wanting something a bit lighter there's a whole selection of Mediterranean food available for you as well as the old English favourites.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHlpANCMR80gCUJdx4MOYMYqUqTHLN10t6qu8BoA99t4EWcCz4oDVV5Gp6dLA_Vpdr1v9sg8IgAUN74l3OE7-hJ1R0v7wcIXICduQbROSFS24YazGgIrhP705yBC8U3ZThVMHXJuVkHbMP/s1600/CD2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Coffee Duran, Leeds" border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHlpANCMR80gCUJdx4MOYMYqUqTHLN10t6qu8BoA99t4EWcCz4oDVV5Gp6dLA_Vpdr1v9sg8IgAUN74l3OE7-hJ1R0v7wcIXICduQbROSFS24YazGgIrhP705yBC8U3ZThVMHXJuVkHbMP/s400/CD2.PNG" title="Coffee Duran, Leeds" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I'm not one that usually rants and raves about how great somewhere is (in fact I'm usually the opposite) but this is my favourite place in town, and I'm pretty sure the pictures speak for themselves. You should give it a go. </div>
<br />
Hannah - <a href="http://possiblyvintage.wordpress.com/">Possibly Vintage</a>She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-26392316313890283822013-06-11T02:35:00.000-07:002013-06-11T02:35:05.362-07:00Leeds Food Festival<div class="" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;">So this weekend was the <a href="http://www.visitleeds.co.uk/things-to-do/LeedsFoodfestival.aspx#" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;" target="_blank">Leeds Food Festival</a>. I had been looking forward to this for a few weeks been a secret fatty and all. Other then the festival been super busy it was a really nice day out and the sun made a welcomed appearance. My pictures don't really do the event any justice but the festival which fills millennium square in Leeds hosts stalls from local restaurants, local farmers and a few cheeky beer/cider stalls. </span></div>
<div class="" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Cpvy5hUll9fbpBKBzQfZZeWYKawZpe8hf94HkdDV-r4akIXDYvd-MwHUW3xDZwX9wlJG2lApeoyjAApb57mShToGjoyRwu1C1NuOfY_S1s1BfCSLPvMx8XaCklowTGfbi9aHJ1uMgvQ-/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Cpvy5hUll9fbpBKBzQfZZeWYKawZpe8hf94HkdDV-r4akIXDYvd-MwHUW3xDZwX9wlJG2lApeoyjAApb57mShToGjoyRwu1C1NuOfY_S1s1BfCSLPvMx8XaCklowTGfbi9aHJ1uMgvQ-/s400/001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 21.111112594604492px;" /></span></div>
<div class="" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;">Saturday night I discovered I actually love olives. (I practically ate an entire jar at a BBQ) When I saw the stand selling all kinds of olives I was rather pleased and treated myself to some fetta cheese stuffed olives, delicious. </span></div>
<div class="" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oJBVcA50bKU/UbS_EL6oJvI/AAAAAAAABXw/ymk1emqXyiI/s1600/002.JPG" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbwGVuzCxid24twjZDJZ4lAP4_j_JOm7LOjgOuVWnrXFOjNemMykWBDMWRULGE1EY9rqTGbuiNIROmO2NWJoNL0RpZQAvdSIlLCQcoTF2gkPTAUi4VsmRPUz1jrtOZIBe7WWlPLrfUb4e/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbwGVuzCxid24twjZDJZ4lAP4_j_JOm7LOjgOuVWnrXFOjNemMykWBDMWRULGE1EY9rqTGbuiNIROmO2NWJoNL0RpZQAvdSIlLCQcoTF2gkPTAUi4VsmRPUz1jrtOZIBe7WWlPLrfUb4e/s400/002.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjceh6C_F__ohyhUu0sMjFjkOfURmfuVLIkixr1k6rGXLCNv-pAfOu8tirjuRAoCzj3IOZ0ZeSz8XGEJrLOLyYZ3-0V5alD4QZ4Lbm1H3Diai00_DPanuV_2BudyHJ0g3_mFbCumRTXzJNn/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjceh6C_F__ohyhUu0sMjFjkOfURmfuVLIkixr1k6rGXLCNv-pAfOu8tirjuRAoCzj3IOZ0ZeSz8XGEJrLOLyYZ3-0V5alD4QZ4Lbm1H3Diai00_DPanuV_2BudyHJ0g3_mFbCumRTXzJNn/s400/003.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;">I loved the cute camper van selling ice-cream </span></div>
</div>
<div class="" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YG_-pAxAsAg/UbS_HGPA8bI/AAAAAAAABYA/qSsiXvjOh5E/s1600/004.JPG" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBdY7dZXpN_GeivrhUieM-19arSGpvshjy1yTh2NK7-nfMILLL2nkT15S_SnHUzUGnNbn82LnhsJ4rxitOP5PgRt8EXDSdOJowDerH98jjBJepi8K-C4QRQKLPEPnsqspGQGsPCylUVzNZ/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBdY7dZXpN_GeivrhUieM-19arSGpvshjy1yTh2NK7-nfMILLL2nkT15S_SnHUzUGnNbn82LnhsJ4rxitOP5PgRt8EXDSdOJowDerH98jjBJepi8K-C4QRQKLPEPnsqspGQGsPCylUVzNZ/s400/004.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfi_70pM-x-tmIGFw_Fcj20GN0K94lgFXDxHf-BvTpwsAAp8xRTkEFYllpiFganuwmYShfYK2BSSJoGyjJ_EiIkeoCf4EnI0R42_o5F99CIi-YIa6MHJGWgiXwzXJ3rraYMOEfQ0dXNaC/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfi_70pM-x-tmIGFw_Fcj20GN0K94lgFXDxHf-BvTpwsAAp8xRTkEFYllpiFganuwmYShfYK2BSSJoGyjJ_EiIkeoCf4EnI0R42_o5F99CIi-YIa6MHJGWgiXwzXJ3rraYMOEfQ0dXNaC/s400/005.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAOCnHHXErd4FmshtJZldcG_TdunFBNwwNuSK2XRiqKgQh_-_5-gEH_9EwnweLd2OB_ULpKHY4xc2N5N7tt6Cr5CI_bA-f9ik-GCvmkpLsx7q-mAtuk52n-7HFw7mViRKmtkriDrFOPKl/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAOCnHHXErd4FmshtJZldcG_TdunFBNwwNuSK2XRiqKgQh_-_5-gEH_9EwnweLd2OB_ULpKHY4xc2N5N7tt6Cr5CI_bA-f9ik-GCvmkpLsx7q-mAtuk52n-7HFw7mViRKmtkriDrFOPKl/s400/006.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"> My favourite stand of the day. A nice refreshing glass of pimms on a hot sunny day. Blissful. </span></div>
</div>
<div class="" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SIqIgXo2FMc/UbS_LsMZeUI/AAAAAAAABYY/VR_cYIx6XaU/s1600/008.JPG" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></a></div>
</div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwFtfonYu3MB3Li-Cm5SKD5v-wk2B0A7jHDkCNKiedPx4pdeUTGTqiTI7Nbg2iphwe4qQFhmYHZUdR9l7bt3dbz8jjyCh2J3X3Lb7ZMIyVbIhpRu_Y3XloUMqm-gxUWYYkAwhrG1_7L2iE/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwFtfonYu3MB3Li-Cm5SKD5v-wk2B0A7jHDkCNKiedPx4pdeUTGTqiTI7Nbg2iphwe4qQFhmYHZUdR9l7bt3dbz8jjyCh2J3X3Lb7ZMIyVbIhpRu_Y3XloUMqm-gxUWYYkAwhrG1_7L2iE/s400/008.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;"> There was a different smell of freshly cooked food around every corner. </span></div>
</div>
<div class="" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OWA5v0ilKeE/UbS_NJ4o5LI/AAAAAAAABYg/njbCd_jGJ24/s1600/009.JPG" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjULVs2Vzx04F9MYsEOoVnSiBL-m-vXpYCY_pAhZ4w4slmBV5PgGD3yEp9lykkNYPcs0cPHKqHvBuABdSN2L8GAadoiPsrJ0JtQtNcmvXQkt5b3ESi8TlGG36z7Wv09pRY6LeX7rEl3u3VU/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjULVs2Vzx04F9MYsEOoVnSiBL-m-vXpYCY_pAhZ4w4slmBV5PgGD3yEp9lykkNYPcs0cPHKqHvBuABdSN2L8GAadoiPsrJ0JtQtNcmvXQkt5b3ESi8TlGG36z7Wv09pRY6LeX7rEl3u3VU/s400/009.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;"> There was live cookery demonstrations throughout the day what most people enjoyed with a beer, cider or home-made lemonade.</span></div>
</div>
<div class="" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i0RXIK0SChc/UbS_Olj1tKI/AAAAAAAABYo/usP3jfVK9kg/s1600/010.JPG" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; text-align: justify;">
<div style="line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXSjmYKcJ6fmCTXsqHx_PQUCHYDaPWfg4DFWpfL3DdUib38JdZmlmO0HkXi0vQb9f-f5SrcMvdpcRfsGjm9UKvGHdZpBZro-KHfTuUOXp7A4hCQme_llw85tnYFQ1Jk4aTHXrbKvAOY3p/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXSjmYKcJ6fmCTXsqHx_PQUCHYDaPWfg4DFWpfL3DdUib38JdZmlmO0HkXi0vQb9f-f5SrcMvdpcRfsGjm9UKvGHdZpBZro-KHfTuUOXp7A4hCQme_llw85tnYFQ1Jk4aTHXrbKvAOY3p/s400/010.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Eg-bAQbpFNMxVZX6VEFqLIz__C9Z9tTUlNLfRDaDeeYDAlQBKqBaDi1bX74bWk3-5a0vxN_9-h8f2FV7m6iZEnaSOTV4TGYWTg6m3L766uIaHF5Cm-BIofkFPY7hSsVXLlZKjuw0i9Ml/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Eg-bAQbpFNMxVZX6VEFqLIz__C9Z9tTUlNLfRDaDeeYDAlQBKqBaDi1bX74bWk3-5a0vxN_9-h8f2FV7m6iZEnaSOTV4TGYWTg6m3L766uIaHF5Cm-BIofkFPY7hSsVXLlZKjuw0i9Ml/s400/011.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;"> No food festival could be complete without a cupcake stand.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcllHN_nci8sob-36-AQtqnW6_h4Y0YGZSBxGPIEfDv9mf-UL5qzK6x2ulGatFYZ4kQTZinHZyMmOpfkNhNzeFnrVEdRZXMLZkzfVdaLHAthNKYDNPBAJQ2jnTsLyaoZ8UVnEMWeEf6Np/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcllHN_nci8sob-36-AQtqnW6_h4Y0YGZSBxGPIEfDv9mf-UL5qzK6x2ulGatFYZ4kQTZinHZyMmOpfkNhNzeFnrVEdRZXMLZkzfVdaLHAthNKYDNPBAJQ2jnTsLyaoZ8UVnEMWeEf6Np/s400/012.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
</div>
</div>
<div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<div style="line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<div style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; text-align: center;">
<div dir="ltr" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; text-align: start;">
<div style="line-height: 21.111112594604492px;">
<div style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; text-align: center;">
<div style="line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;">
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Have you been to the food festival?</span></div>
</div>
<div style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; text-align: center;">
<div style="line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">How was your weekend?</span></div>
</div>
<div style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; text-align: center;">
<div style="line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;">
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Sammie</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em;">
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><a class="" href="http://www.littleblondelife.com/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; line-height: 21.111112594604492px;" target="_blank">www.littleblondelife.com</a></span></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: left;">
Sammie - <a href="http://www.littleblondelife.com/">Little Blonde Life</a></div>
<div class="" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 21.111112594604492px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-4657436291695847742013-06-10T06:26:00.000-07:002013-06-10T06:26:06.539-07:00Deli Delight : Lunch at Mannion & Co, York.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 15pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
Today I am going to reveal to you a very special secret of mine - the best place for lunch in the whole of York. I stumbled across it with a friend, hungover and hungry, on a day out shopping and we were instantly enticed by the huge meringues filling the window. We ventured in and were greeted by a delightful deli and cafe, where we tried some tea and pork belly sandwiches and never looked back. The cafe is quaint and lovingly decorated with kitsch and vintage items - it's exactly my style and I love the small, intimate feel of the place. Now, I always take visitors to York to <a href="http://www.mannionandco.co.uk/">Mannion & Co</a> and last week I took my parents for lunch there :</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 15pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsjp4VjF3FqkWMrEqDg_aeFagHG5bCRAWEX4k2dj3XnZKfZMmPb6NH5093pTUO4euKz9WcEff8ZiLeLgGRetP90Y7ABkbKY58R7254AVJt-N0j1IRzGEVqsjWyPHXaFnyXjblNms1HjVHG/s1600/IMG_3671.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsjp4VjF3FqkWMrEqDg_aeFagHG5bCRAWEX4k2dj3XnZKfZMmPb6NH5093pTUO4euKz9WcEff8ZiLeLgGRetP90Y7ABkbKY58R7254AVJt-N0j1IRzGEVqsjWyPHXaFnyXjblNms1HjVHG/s400/IMG_3671.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Dluc53KvjoROHXGT6SAQ6GUWjzlbsYxtsabq-3kprEMl0bCjNusKmzjDf5i71FGOIGTX1QNZ3z4fFlYva_qSzQJkirTpXcDl8pmX1xmfFoM2aB7BpwvhbnWyg_wsi7eNGQjhKSr88ZN0/s1600/IMG_3674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Dluc53KvjoROHXGT6SAQ6GUWjzlbsYxtsabq-3kprEMl0bCjNusKmzjDf5i71FGOIGTX1QNZ3z4fFlYva_qSzQJkirTpXcDl8pmX1xmfFoM2aB7BpwvhbnWyg_wsi7eNGQjhKSr88ZN0/s400/IMG_3674.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We started off with tea - great quality; my Dad even had real blackcurrants in his loose-leaf tea, and served in cast iron teapots which keep your tea piping hot for the whole meal. We then ordered the Deli Sharing Platter and a sausage roll. The Deli Sharing Platter is, in my opinion, the best thing on the menu, as you get to try a little bit of everything and I love 'picky' food to share as a fun, communal meal. Plus, if you pick your friends right to compliment your likes and dislikes, nothing is left uneaten! The platter arrives on a massive plank of wood and attracted stares from every corner of the tiny cafe, prompting orders for "what they've got" from nearby tables.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Omg1glPri-N-ZKa6cHUrdxFXxiuf2BWQjH8d3VG-lYRfdk9DlSHGszhGuhzUaBM3maDGG8UACCukMWPq0oLCpYj6RiWumFwItbCp3xOLJCn3oOVolPJegQuzCMD2jE-tF7ECpM9wGKn3/s1600/IMG_3676.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Omg1glPri-N-ZKa6cHUrdxFXxiuf2BWQjH8d3VG-lYRfdk9DlSHGszhGuhzUaBM3maDGG8UACCukMWPq0oLCpYj6RiWumFwItbCp3xOLJCn3oOVolPJegQuzCMD2jE-tF7ECpM9wGKn3/s400/IMG_3676.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The best sausage roll I have ever tried! And now for the platter...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtC7ebGYAhhW5n3YT8ErGcGkGGJBX_tTIROBmELKOhaHqdAvGIdrwGvDfn2AV6AxTMj_y1maEUY6iH8tfCJdRp0GGv__RShM4z8-bDMSKWsS-fvqY0bsja6tmkJfqdiSl2TU1WHdrROYpU/s1600/IMG_3678.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtC7ebGYAhhW5n3YT8ErGcGkGGJBX_tTIROBmELKOhaHqdAvGIdrwGvDfn2AV6AxTMj_y1maEUY6iH8tfCJdRp0GGv__RShM4z8-bDMSKWsS-fvqY0bsja6tmkJfqdiSl2TU1WHdrROYpU/s400/IMG_3678.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFL9z0BCr1kOSPUW3ceDmHrUiJHXrkTBmBB6olW_FfMHJqgH05bymHUbyPi1_BBcNj_Lxvd2NKR6zwJz029d7OjzY1BIhgmqO575MIbjeI1rs71FdlH1mq5tJw6xRS3cDs_K8sjBJ-JB4K/s1600/IMG_3680.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFL9z0BCr1kOSPUW3ceDmHrUiJHXrkTBmBB6olW_FfMHJqgH05bymHUbyPi1_BBcNj_Lxvd2NKR6zwJz029d7OjzY1BIhgmqO575MIbjeI1rs71FdlH1mq5tJw6xRS3cDs_K8sjBJ-JB4K/s400/IMG_3680.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CpOBb-UBBKOkwT0XDmy4z5EN9a9cM7cjJp5NYJyHp6SD65wthQ99ZaO_E_pnt2qH21Adbp5-mQbG7q5zsdn_GsEhlRpAl6H2ASja_VRJGaA-U2w1jTWa1uQ3mMAGCFeLifWNphqmjqF5/s1600/IMG_3681.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CpOBb-UBBKOkwT0XDmy4z5EN9a9cM7cjJp5NYJyHp6SD65wthQ99ZaO_E_pnt2qH21Adbp5-mQbG7q5zsdn_GsEhlRpAl6H2ASja_VRJGaA-U2w1jTWa1uQ3mMAGCFeLifWNphqmjqF5/s400/IMG_3681.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
It makes me hungry just looking at it! We stuffed ourselves with a variety of cheese, salami, home-made bread, balsamic vinegar, capers, olives, salad, sundried tomatoes, pork belly and thick-cut ham. Each time you go to Mannion's the platter changes slightly, depending on what they have in the Deli, and you are guaranteed to be satisfied. The platter is just £14, and we shared it between three people and we were still (unfortunately) too full to try some of their tempting cakes. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
However, if you still have room, you must try one of their giant meringues. Served with not only clotted cream but double cream too, alongside fresh berries and almonds, it is a giant of a pudding and simply delicious. Yummy!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Jessica - <a href="http://jessicainyourear.blogspot.co.uk/">Jessica In Your Ear</a></div>
<br />
<div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
<div class="post-header-line-1">
</div>
</div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991484522666310762.post-7118890441736486002013-06-04T02:13:00.004-07:002013-06-04T02:14:36.450-07:00Roche Abbey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfH8laRO7FGqakg8Ivx8SAU1hV8WdGkD6LwyTPlotXPaY2QPC-q_VCpB3Ew9yqKc1-lSJHAigmhtDKPbCMGv88HxTKPTlxKXTGgfyFOVVLUfV7ZXXa209ZdEKfZMEKEP1QUpiNCMUExvU/s1600/DSCF2245.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="My Pretty Yorkshire Life : Roche Abbey" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfH8laRO7FGqakg8Ivx8SAU1hV8WdGkD6LwyTPlotXPaY2QPC-q_VCpB3Ew9yqKc1-lSJHAigmhtDKPbCMGv88HxTKPTlxKXTGgfyFOVVLUfV7ZXXa209ZdEKfZMEKEP1QUpiNCMUExvU/s400/DSCF2245.png" title="My Pretty Yorkshire Life : Roche Abbey" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
Trying to utilise my corporate membership to English Heritage, I decided to have a look on their site for a new place to visit in our area. I came across Roche Abbey, which I had never heard of or been to. My father had some reservations, as he is a creature of habit, and I think would have much preferred a visit to the old faithful Brodsworth Hall. We arrived with trepidation of the impending '<i>I told you so' </i>s, when it did not live up to much.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrXJLDmCCQi8pcakmmKm8UiMHzHnXpFKa3M6vsqgdMD3R6DSMlV4Be4evo6iHSHBvMZfGmIiD4u0DC05iu8OWr96HeOtmPIha-65gtVHacIS-19BcQvRfqrGNVWOxaTqWwR-DnLkUl3A/s1600/DSCF2235.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="My Pretty Yorkshire Life : Roche Abbey" border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrXJLDmCCQi8pcakmmKm8UiMHzHnXpFKa3M6vsqgdMD3R6DSMlV4Be4evo6iHSHBvMZfGmIiD4u0DC05iu8OWr96HeOtmPIha-65gtVHacIS-19BcQvRfqrGNVWOxaTqWwR-DnLkUl3A/s400/DSCF2235.png" title="My Pretty Yorkshire Life : Roche Abbey" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
The road down to Roche Abbey is narrow and bumpy, with only room for one car. There is not a great deal of parking, but we went, on a busy bank holiday Monday, and there was still some spaces left. Without English Heritage membership, you must pay £3.50 for entry, which I initially felt was very reasonable. I had been concerned about accessibility, but we meandered through the ruins with ease with our pushchair. There is a small sign warning visitors not to climb on the ruins, which we had not seen until we left. I admit I had no desire to clamber atop a pile of stones with questionable stability, but witnessed others being chastised for doing this. It would have been nice for this warning to have been made more clear, as one gentleman looked mortified when he was told by security not to stand on a stone to get an unobstructed picture of his daughter. This is not to say that the staff were rude or unpleasant just that this should have been made clear before entry.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuFPKhoAsX18FZvA3RuB1HQ3fZxUphcFF1Sprd-vIirmRErhBYSOVphU_zP6PYp3lZ17WwtjneaXEwnV32giAZ09LHL940QPHcIUDFxyGZhTFLdU_5auYja1Vmpj-WnwPqZrl-57z_2EM/s1600/DSCF2263.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="My Pretty Yorkshire Life : Roche Abbey" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuFPKhoAsX18FZvA3RuB1HQ3fZxUphcFF1Sprd-vIirmRErhBYSOVphU_zP6PYp3lZ17WwtjneaXEwnV32giAZ09LHL940QPHcIUDFxyGZhTFLdU_5auYja1Vmpj-WnwPqZrl-57z_2EM/s400/DSCF2263.png" title="My Pretty Yorkshire Life : Roche Abbey" width="288" /></a></div>
<br />
Roche Abbey is nice for a small walk, a picnic or a nice place to go and read a book sat on a bench. It had a peaceful tranquility even with several visitors walking round. The view of the Abbey is beautiful and I'm sure a more talented photographer could have captured some stunning images. To walk around the Abbey only takes around 10 minutes, but as we wanted to take advantage of the sunny weather we were planning a barbecue for the afternoon, this was ideal. I would propose tagging on a visit to the nearby Conisbrough Castle, if you are wanting a more substantial day trip out. My main issue with Roche Abbey is that I do not think that I would actually go inside in hindsight. There is a public footpath down the side of the site leading to a field that has a comprehensive panorama of the Abbey and plenty of space for picnics. Although, £3.50 is not a lot of money, if a whole family was visiting, I would suggest exploiting the fortuitous public footpath. The English Heritage site includes a shop stocking gifts, books and refreshments.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQHTc1_gsZhXbyj5uC3vhSFOFIjnLPuNFdO3uaCv8-P30BQoS7rLKTV7NpYG0C3KqH0Fa9DctR_4r4PlQgyHZhNk2PazWCPNI0sARd4UjDgIgX-JGud9221iikXvEbewh_Hl9CWAVi3c/s1600/DSCF2229.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="My Pretty Yorkshire Life : Roche Abbey" border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQHTc1_gsZhXbyj5uC3vhSFOFIjnLPuNFdO3uaCv8-P30BQoS7rLKTV7NpYG0C3KqH0Fa9DctR_4r4PlQgyHZhNk2PazWCPNI0sARd4UjDgIgX-JGud9221iikXvEbewh_Hl9CWAVi3c/s400/DSCF2229.png" title="My Pretty Yorkshire Life : Roche Abbey" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
The effect on my final image was accomplished by using the program GIMP. (my favourite free to download image editing tool) I did this by going into Colors and then Threshold. I really urge you to try GIMP, as every time I use it I stumble across some great effects. My ambition is to really try to get to grips with all of the endless capabilities it possesses. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
Visit <a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/roche-abbey/">Roche Abbey website</a> for more details.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
Rebecca - <a href="http://myprettyyorkshirelife.blogspot.co.uk/">My Pretty Yorkshire Life</a></div>
She Sees Pictures in the Cloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04982670271704325598noreply@blogger.com2