Half term break

We had great fun during the half-term break. A few weeks ago, we were discussing with the three grand-kids, what we could do, to make the holiday fun during lockdown. Magnus wanted to, melt metal & make a saucepan!!!!

As a compromise, we melted old wax and made new candles in jars and mini floating Star Wars ones.

Everyone wanted to make pizza, so similar to our Christmas bake off, each of them made some pizza dough.

We had a joint effort to prep the toppings.

Each of the kids planted some cress, which we have since eaten for lunch in sandwiches.

We discovered a canal side playground.

OK, so I’m a big kid, but it was a very comfy, swing and knitting!!

The grand children’s primary school are taking part in the 100 Challenge in memory of Sir Captain Tom Moore, there is a just giving page donations.

Nikita ran 100 times around the play ground.

Magnus scooted 100 laps of the BMX track.

Lance pledged to go down the slide 100 times.

In addition, Edmund’s doing the challenge in London & running 100 km, he has a link to his giving site for UNICEF.

The beginning of the week was good weather, so we took the opportunity to cruise to Adlington to get diesel, gas, coal and engine oil. We then winded and got water at Botany. While the water tank was filling we watched the CRT lads loading some new lock gates onto a tug. The end of the week was pretty wet and windy.

Once the engine oil was changed we strolled to Botany to dispose of the old filters in the boaters skip. We don’t often see the canal from above.

Since my last blog we have had another cold snap & were frozen in for a week or so. We went to the boat a few times for lunch break, during home school to stoke the fire & to do some ice breaking.

We were VERY honoured to have a kingfisher sit on our bow rope and to stay while we took his photo.

 

This week we have had some super evening reflections.

 An amazing sun rise.