I love North Yorkshire it is so beautiful. Hope the weather is good for you - mind you we have been there in November in the freezing and still enjoyed it, wrap up warm and lots of lovely walks.
Lovely blue sky at present, but it does keep clouding over and looking threatening - mixed as the forecasters say when they don't have a clue. Wouldn't have their job for anything, damned if you do, and damned if you don't - as if they can change anything.
Bookertoo, too many micro climates in this country, the weather forecast is general not personal, I look out of the windows each morning, with allround views you can see it all. Just back from t'other side o'nt Tees a bit of an adventure as half the roads around Stockton are closed for the Stockton International Riverside Festival, yup we know how to let our hair down up here (if you have any that is). A lovely sunny morning, still is with rolling white cloud and blue sky between. The lawns are cut blades up then blades down with bags of grass for the green-waste, my compost bins are full. North Yorkshire to me was Uncles sheep farm just out of Goathland, all the family went to pick the Billberries and the women would be in the kitchen bottling, making jam and pies, oh thos billberry pies, I loved them and a nice filler after walking the moors checking the sheep with my Uncle. I am drooling on the keyboard.
T'was damp first thing in Manchester. Then it brightened up & kept dry until a short shower late afternoon. Plan to do a lawn cut tomorrow if it stays dry overnight.
Daughter drove back from East Manchester earlier where there was heavy rain!
Sunshine and showers (and heavy showers at that!). The month may begin with and A - but more like April than August!
Bilberries on Exmoor are known as Whortleberries, Frank - but they make pies and jams just as lovely - no matter what they are called! I visited Goathland the other year when I stayed with my cousin in York and we had some wonderful days out. The moors there are bleaker and more stark than we are used to - but beautiful, nonetheless.
It was dry and sunny when I got home, so spent a few hours in the garden.
The runner/french beans seem to be soldiering on. Picked the first of the runners at the weekend, me thinks the art is to pick them small. The French bean's now have flowers, later than the runners, but there are small pods appearing. They've been trained over an arch covering a path, was hoping for a canopy of leaves guess there's still time yet for side shoots.
Bilberries on Exmoor are known as Whortleberries, Frank - but they make pies and jams just as lovely - no matter what they are called! I visited Goathland the other year when I stayed with my cousin in York and we had some wonderful days out. The moors there are bleaker and more stark than we are used to - but beautiful, nonetheless.
Don't know about it being bleak SV when I read Lorna Doon in English as a lad Exmoor seemed very bleak to me. I suppose knowing the moors around Goathland as a lad made them a little like home to me, I do have happy memories of those times. We also visited relatives at Egton Bridge on the moors and of all places on leave in Port Said met a Lady I knew from Grosmont, she was WVS running the camp and I have pictures of us dancing, it is a small world. The rain did not arrive so plenty of work got finished, the garden looks more like its old self before the deluge, I think I will need to tackle the Crocosmia with a flame thrower it is rampant.
Sunshine and showers (and heavy showers at that!). The month may begin with and A - but more like April than August!
Bilberries on Exmoor are known as Whortleberries, Frank - but they make pies and jams just as lovely - no matter what they are called! I visited Goathland the other year when I stayed with my cousin in York and we had some wonderful days out. The moors there are bleaker and more stark than we are used to - but beautiful, nonetheless.
Interestingly enough, SV, they are also called winberries locally.....although some peeps do call them billberries.
The sky is blue The suns out too Sitting here wondering what to do Its the garden Better make a start.
The lawns are cut The weeds are pulled My bushes now have all been culled Its the garden Looking oh so smart.
Sung to Raining in my heart well we gardens always look on the bright side, they should write a song about it. SO Teesside bright and clear, a few puff balls of white cloud, looking over to "Rains" Hills they have a golden glow on them so we know where "Rain" will be.
Bilberry's are what we called them and picked by the bucket load, never heard of them being called anything else in this area, but then we are a reet queer lot oop ere.
Twas brilliant sunshine early on today, & now! But in between we've had a really heavy shower, so everywhere soaked! Extension lead on wet grass not very sensible idea, so lawn cut wont get done, again. J.
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I love North Yorkshire it is so beautiful. Hope the weather is good for you - mind you we have been there in November in the freezing and still enjoyed it, wrap up warm and lots of lovely walks.
Lovely blue sky at present, but it does keep clouding over and looking threatening - mixed as the forecasters say when they don't have a clue. Wouldn't have their job for anything, damned if you do, and damned if you don't - as if they can change anything.
Bookertoo, too many micro climates in this country, the weather forecast is general not personal, I look out of the windows each morning, with allround views you can see it all.
Just back from t'other side o'nt Tees a bit of an adventure as half the roads around Stockton are closed for the Stockton International Riverside Festival, yup we know how to let our hair down up here (if you have any that is). A lovely sunny morning, still is with rolling white cloud and blue sky between. The lawns are cut blades up then blades down with bags of grass for the green-waste, my compost bins are full.
North Yorkshire to me was Uncles sheep farm just out of Goathland, all the family went to pick the Billberries and the women would be in the kitchen bottling, making jam and pies, oh thos billberry pies, I loved them and a nice filler after walking the moors checking the sheep with my Uncle. I am drooling on the keyboard.
Frank.
T'was damp first thing in Manchester. Then it brightened up & kept dry until a short shower late afternoon. Plan to do a lawn cut tomorrow if it stays dry overnight.
Daughter drove back from East Manchester earlier where there was heavy rain!
A good evening now too. J.
Sunshine and showers (and heavy showers at that!). The month may begin with and A - but more like April than August!
Bilberries on Exmoor are known as Whortleberries, Frank - but they make pies and jams just as lovely - no matter what they are called! I visited Goathland the other year when I stayed with my cousin in York and we had some wonderful days out. The moors there are bleaker and more stark than we are used to - but beautiful, nonetheless.
It was dry and sunny when I got home, so spent a few hours in the garden.
The runner/french beans seem to be soldiering on. Picked the first of the runners at the weekend, me thinks the art is to pick them small. The French bean's now have flowers, later than the runners, but there are small pods appearing. They've been trained over an arch covering a path, was hoping for a canopy of leaves guess there's still time yet for side shoots.
Don't know about it being bleak SV when I read Lorna Doon in English as a lad Exmoor seemed very bleak to me. I suppose knowing the moors around Goathland as a lad made them a little like home to me, I do have happy memories of those times. We also visited relatives at Egton Bridge on the moors and of all places on leave in Port Said met a Lady I knew from Grosmont, she was WVS running the camp and I have pictures of us dancing, it is a small world.
The rain did not arrive so plenty of work got finished, the garden looks more like its old self before the deluge, I think I will need to tackle the Crocosmia with a flame thrower it is rampant.
Frank.
Interestingly enough, SV, they are also called winberries locally.....although some peeps do call them billberries.
The sky is blue
The suns out too
Sitting here wondering what to do
Its the garden
Better make a start.
The lawns are cut
The weeds are pulled
My bushes now have all been culled
Its the garden
Looking oh so smart.
Sung to Raining in my heart well we gardens always look on the bright side, they should write a song about it.
SO Teesside bright and clear, a few puff balls of white cloud, looking over to "Rains" Hills they have a golden glow on them so we know where "Rain" will be.
Bilberry's are what we called them and picked by the bucket load, never heard of them being called anything else in this area, but then we are a reet queer lot oop ere.
Frank.
Why didnt I do the lawn yesterday?!
Twas brilliant sunshine early on today, & now! But in between we've had a really heavy shower, so everywhere soaked! Extension lead on wet grass not very sensible idea, so lawn cut wont get done, again. J.