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Erin Mae: March 2015
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Tuesday, 31 March 2015. We'd set aside these two days for de-winterising Erin Mae. It wasn't our fault (I don't think! That the sky was throwing out rain and sleet and hail, and the wind, up at strong gale force, was trying to tear the curtains of the pram cover from their stitched moorings. 0 comments: click to leave one. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Erin Mae Log. If you'd like to be alerted to new posts or comments, or receive them in some way, click one of these links.
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Erin Mae: Spring is sprung
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Saturday, 1 August 2015. Spring is sprung, the grass is riz, I wonders where the birdies is." That's how the rhyme goes, as I recall. For those interested in language, "spring" here is both a noun and a verb, with "sprung" as a participle of the verb "to spring". Ah, what a loss I must have been to the English teacher fraternity. However, what we have here…. Meanwhile, one might be tempted to ask where spring went, let alone summer. 0 comments: click to leave one:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Erin Mae: Aireville
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Monday, 3 August 2015. From the Grassington bus last Tuesday we'd caught a view of Aireville Park – a big recreational area in Skipton. It struck us as a pleasant place to spend an afternoon when the grandchildren are with us next week. So today we went to have a look. This section of the canal has lots of swing bridges, and the second one back from the junction leads across to the park. Less expected was a chat with Val, from Thirsk, who's been spending the day geocaching. Lunch – a visit to the l...
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Erin Mae: November 2014
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Monday, 24 November 2014. Erin Mae is insured with GJW Direct – we had a recommendation when we bought her. Comprehensive cover, with one or two extras, for peace of mind. Year's quotation. I'm sure Haven are good, and if ever GJW can't match I'll be happy to transfer. But no point in moving if both product and price are pretty much the same. Mixed emotions – why aren't they offering me the best price in the first place? Why should I have to do the work to bring the price down? Thursday, 20 November 2014.
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Erin Mae: December 2014
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Sunday, 28 December 2014. In fact, we don't often get the opportunity now to all be together. So it was great that number one son was able to come to Norway with us, and that newly-married number three and wife could join us yesterday. We're not actually having a picnic in the forest. That's the wall-covering and it's 10˚ under outside. What the Norwegians call "10 cold degrees". Ending up at a cabin café in the woods for hot chocolate and waffles. Yummy, even at Norwegian prices! By Philip Marsden. ...
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Erin Mae: June 2015
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Tuesday, 30 June 2015. We'd not left enough time yesterday for a visit to the John Rylands Library, so that was our aim this morning before setting out. Of course, we're always open for distractions, and I indicated to my best beloved that we were in plenty of time, more or less as we passed the entrance to Castlefield Market. Then it was off up Deansgate to the John Rylands building – part of the Manchester University Library. My particular interest was in Papyrus. It has writing on both sides, and so w...
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Erin Mae: July 2015
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Friday, 31 July 2015. We were sneaky this morning – stole off our mooring very early to fill up at the water point and reverse back to the same place – we want to be tied up there over the weekend. I was pleased that both the new sound insulation and doing everything at tickover meant I could hardly hear Erin Mae myself, so I don't think anyone else could. And then, of course, we needed to check the quality of the coffee at the Dalesman tea rooms. Took a while to do that. In Gargrave there is a fine expa...
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Erin Mae: Boots
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Thursday, 6 August 2015. It was a day for the boots to come out. First time for mine this season. Not so for my best beloved's. However, the last time she wore them was on our walk last week from Malham to Gargave when they got saturated with liquid manure. No amount of scrubbing removed the pong, so finally, on our run down to Silsden yesterday, they followed my trainers into the washing machine. They dried overnight and got a special Nikwax treatment this morning. How sweet they now smell! Not quite as...
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Erin Mae: August 2015
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Saturday, 29 August 2015. As a consequence of bringing Nº 3 son and wife back to where we left their car so they can resume their. Journey, we are tied up for the weekend, once again, in the middle of Skipton. I haven't yet worked out how CRT mooring rules apply to the sort of travelling we've been doing in this neck of the woods for the last few weeks, but I don't feel I've been stopping anyone else from parking up and enjoying the sights. Now it was his misfortune that he had approached me in more or l...
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Erin Mae: January 2015
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Friday, 16 January 2015. In our first letter to Rafael, the child we're sponsoring in Brazil, we had to write down certain things about ourselves, including our favourite food. Now that's hard, but in the end we plumped for saying "food with a Brazilian flavour". They say that one of the things Brazilian men miss when they leave home is their mother's seasoning! When we lived there, we found new flavours and new ways of cooking that we enjoy to this day. 0 comments: click to leave one. We wish him (and R...