Our holiday!

Not far to travel, just next door looking after Bailey (the dog) and Richard Parker (the cat) while Anne and George were attending a weding down in Shropshire. RP kept bring home some livestock as a present, mainly mice with Bailey refusing to leave the house in the torential rain, who could blame him! Lindsay and Rick's home is flooded once again, as they live near Austwick beck. As they are away too neighbours rallied round with pumping still going on! Weather is due to imrpove so everything crossed for the weekend, we have a full house with people overflow at Anne and George's for the Halle at Giggleswick! Not much fun standing in a field getting wet on the outside even if the music is going to be outstanding! Ready for the first visitors arriving today, so again hoping for some sunshine. George and Paul are going to try and complete the pathways arouns the house as long as the weather holds! Celebrating Frank's belated 65th birthday this coming Wednesday with having family here, off to the Game Cock! What a week and next week too!

Happy Birthday!

Sixty-Five has arrived for Frank! Recent picture taken after the Austwick Street Market where everyone got together for the Diamond Jubilee. Hope that this grand age will help Frank come to terms with "village life" and reflect on working years with joy. Naturally the only way to celebrate is a trip to Gala at Morecambe and dinner at the Game Cock, might put the latter on hold until next week when his sister and niece are in residence. Thankfully another sunny day before the forecast rain ones! Into the garden to get the borders done! Ah well! Happy Retirement!

Catch up

My how time does fly! Frank faces his 65th birthday tomorrow (20th June) and it has been such a busy time here with the Street Market, friends visiting and plans for the Halle at Giggleswick, Elaine's 100th birthday garden party with us, plus the return visit of Frnak's sister Mary and his neice Kathleen! Also we are still dog walking and sitting in at Springfield looking after Bailey this week!
The Street Market was a sucess with Bill, Barrie and Frank selling "stuff" and raising £255.77 for the event! Afterward we had a "Jacob's Join" on the village green which really showed the community spirit associated with the day. The picture is of the "Flaming Olympian" Joyce's cuckoo created by, we you can guess! it got second prize! We were shocked and will talk about it for the rest of the year! The day itself raised nearly £8k for use in Austwick. More news on the website http://www.austwick.org/
We now look foward to "Bailey Watch" while Anne & George are away to a wedding! So news of that on the next blog!