I wrote this blog this time last month when it was so
hot and we were melting, then we needed to light the
fire a few days later!! Luckily we were moored by a little thicket which offered a
wonderfully shady area for the kids to play in. They made a den, while
I hooked the Wi-Fi in a tree and joined the weekly Zoom knit &
natter.
We understand the Lathom
Fishes were carved out of stone excavated from beside Moss Bridge, 35
on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal as a millennium project. The kids
really loved playing on and around them.
A family of 4 ducklings ran to
us be fed several times each day. They loved the seed from the bird
feeder and came right up to us.
It was lovely to sit out in
the evening watching the bats.
We had a super day at Crosby
Beach for our son-in-law Dale's 30th
birthday. His parents and their dog were up from the south.
Edmund drove up from London
and it was so good to see him.
None of the other’s had seen
the Anthony Gormley figures before, 100 life-size statues of the
sculptor in the nude!!! The ones lower on the beach that are often
covered by sea are covered in barnacles.
Everyone collected sea glass &
we had lots. The children had fun washing it all & sorting it
out.
The wind was blowing at >40mph
and we all felt we’d been sand blasted!!
We had a dress rehearsal for
Jubilee Fibres, which saw us welcome several customers to our outside
shop. It is still tricky to plan when to open.
Our friends moored behind us
and I got to have a little play with her tiny electric spinning
wheel.
Now skip on 4 weeks……
And here are few more
pictures of what we’ve been up to, but we’ve not travelled very
far. Plus now it’s the summer hols we are having such fun with the
grandchildren.
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Lilly came to visit
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Our first pints
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Sampler blanket warp
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Cygnets can reach in the hatch
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our cygnets have grown
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Mooring at Sollom
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Wine making
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Jam tarts soon
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Pottery with aunty Ada, beer cans for rolling pins!
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Sollom sunset
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CRT lads dismantling old Tarleton sea lock gates
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At Lathom Fishes
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Train to Wigan
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Magnus shifting rocks
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The finished scarf
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Nikita's first woven scarf
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Knitting and sewing morning
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