Out the door and in the car and off toward Richmond to see an Abbey and a castle. We set up Emily and we headed down the A1. We missed the turn into Easby Abbey and Emily had […]
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Scones and cream
A great start to the day, or so I thought. Fried egg on toast, and scones and jam and cream for desert for breakfast. Well I was too cocky in the kitchen this morning, not only did I […]
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A good breakfast makes the day
Today we decided to follow Emily and go to Mill Gate farm for breakfast. And what a breakfast – an fried egg on a thick slice toast, 2 pieces of bacon, 2 sausages, mushrooms, a tomato, and a […]
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Another day at Hadrian’s Wall
We took of toward Newcastle and then went left and up to the road running along side Hadrian’s wall. We actually did pretty good, Emily didn’t have to recalculate once (at least until we turned to go back […]
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A gorgeous day for castles
Blue sky greeted us this morning -ya! We actually got on the road earlier than we have in the past. On the motorway at 8:45 – wow! We headed south toward York, but didn’t go that far. We […]
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A cold and blustery day
Woke up to the wind howling down the chimneys and the rain dripping down. It is heavy overcast and no end in site. This seems to be a day to stick around the village, o wait it’s Sunday, […]
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Grocery shopping
It was heavy overcast this morning and rain, so we decided to go into Darlington and do some grocery shopping. Emily guided us in the wrong direction at first, because we told her to. Once we figured out […]
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A long Drive
We decided to try the stove again. After covering the smoke detector with the shower cap, I turned on the fan and started one of the burners. We had fried egg on toast. Success! no alarm this time. […]