Sep 3rd, 2009 by Stace
28-31 August, wonderful four days in Paris. We saw so many masterpieces and walked the entire city a few times. We stayed in a studio flat in Bastille and ate lots of bread. So many ornate doors in that beautiful city. Plus the weather was amazing, averaging about 27 degrees for four days straight!
Aug 8th, 2009 by Stace
Double munro bagging hike, Buachaille Etive Mor and Stob na Broige. Dinner at Clachaig Inn, where we always eat when we’re in Glencoe. Glencoe is still my favourite part of Scotland. We just learned this trip that Glencoe itself is actually the crater of an extinct volcano, and the mountains surrounding are the edges of it. very cool. Ooh when I was just searching for a nice Glencoe link, I read that a fair bit of HP footage was shot there, including the setting for Hagrid’s cottage. Having just seen HP6 (on 07.08.09), it’s so obviously set in Scotland, such spectacular scenery huh.
Aug 8th, 2009 by Stace
The birthday hike up Scafell Pike was Saturday 25th. We stayed at a lovely farm B&B at Seatoller, just south of Keswick, where I woke on my birthday to a bunch of cards and gifts, lucky me!
We walked the hike from the B&B. It was a warm and sunny day (rare in the Lake District), so we had a clear view from the very busy summit.
Cute photo of Wes patting a lamb at the farm, but it’s not a Herdwick (the breed of sheep that is local to the district, the one that was nearing extinction when Beatrix Potter saved it and all the traditional farming practices).We were on our way to a lovely meal at a posh house where we drank V&T’s on the lawn while we waited for the waiter to seat us.
We also went to the Pencil Museum, then had a steamboat ride on Lake Windemere where we got a surprise Red Arrows display! hey seriously did their stunts right above us, it was thrilling, we both had grins from ear to ear and I couldn’t stop giggling. Sunday night stayed in Grasmere Hostel. We had the whole hostel to ourselves and it had great views out it’s circular window, my how we love our circular windows, when we eventually settle in a place I’m sure it will have at least one.
Aug 8th, 2009 by Stace
We spent a cruisy afternoon at Cat, Nikk and Aimee’s house. BBQ and chatting. I made my first ever pavlova to share with them some Aussie cuisine. Thankfully they all loved it – hurrah!
Aug 3rd, 2009 by Stace
Princess Missee Tism Kathleen McCurrie!
But you can call her missy… I found a better photo:
