Louise in Yorkshire

Wow! They weren’t lying when they said a heatwave was coming were they? It’s been glorious.  Sunlight streaming in at the Cosy club Casting my mind back into the depths of the week before last, before it got quite so warm, I had a day of team workshops in York. I say not so warm, but it was still pleasant and spring likeAfter a productive day, we all went for a team meal at The Cosy Club. The curry I had was delicious, even if I do have to whip out my fan everytime I have spicy food these days. I rarely get to socialise with my team, we’re scattered about between York and London and many of us work from home a lot, so it’s always nice when we come together for these occasions once or twice a year. Saturday arrived, and with it the sunshine. We were off to enjoy a local village fair in Scalby. We almost always go if it’s nice weather, and they usually manage to plan it so that it is. I was itching to use my new film camera, which is what I’ve used to take the majority of these photo...

 Saturday’s weather was a complete let down. The heat and sunshine that the weather folks had lead us to believe we were getting never materialised. I don’t know if it’s just me but you can check 3 different sources, get 3 different weather outlooks and none of them will be correct. That’s what happened Saturday when, instead of sunshine and a gentle breeze, it was grey, with a chilly wind.  Unsure how to spend our day, we opted for a trip to Filey zoo. We hadn’t visited before, but I’d passed the sign on the way home from the Steampunk festival a few weeks back. The zoo itself is very quaint. It’s close to Scarborough and has plenty of parking, and isn’t too pricey either. We were there by mid-afternoon. There’s a mix of small animals. Farmyard birds, including a massive turkey. Meerkats, lemurs and little Miss’ personal favourite, an Asian Leopard Cat. There were donkeys and wallabies and a rather brazen looking Alpaca. You can buy a bag of feed with your ticket, we did and...

 Last weekend it was my Mum’s birthday. Unlike me, she’s not keen on planning things in advance and so it was a fairly late in the week decision to go to Goathland for birthday tea and cake. Sheep roam free Goathland is an idyllic moorland village filled with large green open spaces and roaming sheep. It was also the location for the 1960s set TV programme, Heartbeat. Goathland is Aidensfield.  The last time I’d visited was over a year ago, and was more of a hiking adventure than the peaceful trip we enjoyed this time around. Coats not required The weather has been so changeable of late, and Sunday morning had been quite grey. We really didn’t know what to expect. By the time we pulled up in the grassy, sheep inhabited car park I was peeling off layers. The sun had put in an appearance and I no longer needed them.  It wasn’t long before the chap pulled up beside me, which was fortuitous since there’s also no telephone signal at Goathland. It’s like stepping out of the 21s...