I can't believe I actually went to 'the game is on'

lots behind here about the Q&A and fandom friends

Trip to Oxford (i will never manage everyday and no one will see it anyway)

6am- alarm goes off, quickly thumped and covered in the hope Tiny and Shorty aren't disturbed.

7am - the wonderful woman of mystery pulls up outside my house and whisk me away.

9.30 am - quick stop for breakfast and fuel

11 am - Oxford :-)

I've never been on a tour bus before but what better way to see the delights of Oxford than under the guidance of someone or something that knows the way around.


It was freezing but then that's what you get for sitting on the open deck of a bus in November





1.30 pm Magdalen College

 I have never seen anywhere like this before and I just couldn't resist going to have a look.  The change from the hussle and bussle of the street to the peace of the college was remarkable and the whole place was beautiful.

This is a beautiful sculpture we came across in the grounds

The sun dipping towards evening and some deer who happily live in the deer park in the college.


5 pm - Back in the car and off up the motorway

9pm - pre bed kiss and cuddle with Tiny and Shorty who think they've had as good a day as I have, they are of course wrong.

xx

I can't believe her first year is nearly over

We received shorties foundation stage school report today and I couldn't be more proud of her, not everything is perfect, I wouldn't want it to be really, but her commitment and effort are not in question at all.  I small problem with inverting numbers and a reluctance to write things down when she can say them, draw them or build something to represent them are all they have come up with and they can both be dealt with in time :-)

I can't believe how quickly she's grown up or how many things she likes to be involved with but I hope I can continue to encourage her to try new things and learn about the many things she is capable of rather than focusing on one area like I did for so many years.

Proud mummy today :-)

All weathers in one day

Today I have seen snow, sleet, hailstones, rain, sun and wind and most of it just when it was needed.  Watching football in the sun on a pitch slippy with rain, snow and sleet led to a very interesting game even if it wasn't exactly a classic.  A draw wasn't a bad result and, for us really the effect is minimal at this time of the season.  Mid table obscurity is a welcome position compared to where we could have been.

The wind, luckily, had passed us by in time for the football but thanks to my wonderful Auntie (I don't think I'm supposed to call you that any more am I?  what do I call you now? Friend?) I had made use of it to see something amazing. 

It surprises me how much I like sculptures that exist for everyone to see, the angel of the north, that I pass regularly, still makes me smile everytime eventhough I'm sure I should just have got used to it by now.  The wearside Shipyard monuments are something I could explore for hours and the brick train that hides somewhere near Darlington is something I want to find again and have a really good look at.

This one though needed a perfectly windy day to make it just amazing.  It's called the Singing Ringing Tree and with the wind it does just that.  I have to admit that I wasn't really sure what I would find when I went to look and I never imagined that it would produce the sounds it did but anyone who hasn't seen it should make it part of any visit they make to East Lancashire (I know most people in the world will never visit but you should just for this)

PB.


(There are days I spend writing fiction, this is not one of them)