Things we made in Staithes
John and I have just returned from another fabulous holiday at Northside Cottage in Staithes. We first went in January 2006 and loved it to bits but what with starting our own companies and everything, we’ve not really had time to go again. We finally decided a break was in order last month and though [...]
A long weekend on Lindisfarne – Sunday
Another 9.30am get up on Sunday – with the same streaming sunlight but instead of getting up early to get off the island, I got up early to do some work (boo). John read in the conservatory and photographed frogs in the garden’s pond while I worked and the plan was that I’d finish at [...]
A long weekend on Lindisfarne – Saturday
We woke up around 9.30 on Saturday – which if you know us will have you gasping out loud in surprise. We’re not morning people and usually only get up at around 11 on a weekday (hurrah for working for ourselves), let alone at the weekend. We didn’t really have any plans for Saturday but [...]
A long weekend on Lindisfarne – Friday
We’ve just got back from a long(ish) weekend in a cottage on Lindisfarne, just off the coast of Northumberland. We drove up on Friday and planned to get to the island just before the causeway shut at 2.15pm. I somehow managed to get the maths wrong so we ended up leaving for the three hour [...]
Staithes – Friday
Got up about 10 and were packed up by about 11. Was a shame to be leaving as we’d had a lovely relaxing time and it really felt like home after those few short days – well, it needed cats to be truly homelike – cats to hog the fire and to sit on the [...]
Staithes – Thursday
Got up around 11 yet again but had a broken night’s sleep for the first time all holiday – was colder than normal and John, the fiend, kept stealing the duvet. John went to the post office to buy some more coal while I started making our uber breakfast: local sausages, bacon and eggs from [...]