Saturday 14th September

Saturday 14th September.
When I looked out of the window when I got up I was met by the sight of Margaret’s new neighbour’s pony. Well Margaret thought it was a horse but I was pretty sure that it was a fair sized dales pony. Beautiful mane and tail and all black. Such a beautiful breed. A beautiful sunny day with stunning views over to Ingleborough. I was asking Margaret the best way to leave the village, wanting to avoid the nightmare of yesterday’s narrow lanes. She replied well turn left out of here, not right which was the way you came in. We didn’t come from the right I replied, we came to the end of this narrow lane, turned right and then right into here. She looked at me with incredulity and said, “you came that way, why did you come that way”? Sat nav told us I replied. “No wonder you were in a state of shock” she said, “that’s an awful road, it’s, only 10 minutes or so the other way”! Ah, well we’ll know better next time!
We left at 10.30 to drive toSkipton  to meet with my dear friend Christine and her husband David. More friends from teenage years and I was so looking forward to seeing them. It was market day and therefore very busy but we were able to park and meet up with them just after 11.30. There’s a rather nice, small department store there, Rackhams, but sadly it is closing down. There were some very good buys and both N and David bought sweaters at greatly reduced prices. Result!! A stroll down the high street and lunch at Wetherspoons. Not every ones choice but I like it as they are one of the few places that serve steak and kidney pudding! N was not having a good day as regards walking too far so he repaired back up the street to have a sit down whilst we walked round the rest of the market. There were some tempting things on show but all  I bought was a tin of black treacle to make Christmas cake with and N bought some boxes of Darjeeling tea. We repaired to Rackhams for a coffee before going our separate ways with promises to meet up again on Monday.
Back at  Margaret’s I was thrilled to meet the pony next door, Breeze, and have a chat with his owner. So good to touch and stroke a horse again, last time was 3 or so years ago when we were in NZ. 
Supper and a game of Scrabble whilst watching the second half of last night of the Proms. A nice end to the day.



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