Last weekend and this weekend....Updated

Edit: scroll down for updated info and pics from the Pontefract Festival...

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Last weekend hubby had a long weekend....

Thursday : we went to visit his dad and step-mother, they live at the coast and we were directed by the sat-nav (personally I hate the damn thing, give me a road map anyday and yes I'm a woman who can read a road map!)

Last month when we visited the sat-nav took us the shortest route and we ended up going down something that looked like a farmers dirt track so I can understand how some drivers follow the sat nag and end up in a river! At the time I did the nagging wife bit and said " are you sure this is the right way?" but hubby was adamant that it was the right way after all men are never wrong when it comes to directions are they? so this month hubby programmed in the quickest route, took us over 3 hours to get there! We were too late for our fish and chip tea at a favourite cafe so we ended up going to a local pub instead and the meal was just as good! Afterwards we had a stroll along the beach as the in-laws live literally five minutes walk from the beach then back to the house for tea and cakes, it was good to sit and have a chat, we set off back , finally getting home at 2am thanks to the sat nav!

Friday: we went to Holmfirth in the afternoon after staying in most of the day waiting for my blog book to be delivered and its great, 132 pages all about my blog, my sewing and recycling, well worth the £20 I paid. ( The book was published using Blurb.com - there is a link on the sidebar on the left)

We had some anniversary money left from my mum so on the way we called into a favourite farm shop and bought an home made meat and potatoe pie and some home made buns as well.

I had the rest of my birthday money to spend so I went to my favourite shop, the Linen Cupboard and finally bought a quilt, it was reduced from £55 to £35...... I have already got the matching pillowcases from a previous visit. The quilt is just beautiful, all thick and fluffy, here is Kitt inspecting it for softness!

Saturday: we went to Waddington Air Show, it was the first time I'd been and I really enjoyed it, but the weather was very hot walking round all day. the flying displays started at 10am and lasted most of the day, the best part for me was between 12-1pm, the red arrows were flying! I've only ever seen them on dvd's hubby has bought of Waddington so to see them for real was brilliant!. Then we looked round the hangers and met Vic Hallam, he is the man who wrote books about Derwent Dam ( remember that's where me hubby had our wedding pics taken) he was very friendly and we bought two dvd's from him. We looked round some more, had something else to eat, watched some more flying displays then made our way back to the car park, luckily we didn't get stuck in a traffic jam on the way out like we did on the way in. We really enjoyed going.

Sunday: we started gardening but it started raining so we decided to have a lazy day in after a busy weekend.

This weekend, I will be going to the Pontefract Liquorice Festival on sunday where Morsbags are giving bags away, here are just some of the 40 I've made so far. That's why I've bought a new quilt as I've cut up two duvets covers and some old pillowcases!

Have a good weekend.

Update sunday: eventually arrived at Pontefract for about 3pm, hubby had been working in the morning and was running late, well he is a bus driver! met four other Morsbaggers for the first time, it was nice to meet them, really friendly, altogether including my bags a total of 305 bags were given out during the day! People just cannot believe we give cloth bags away for FREE!

Me with armfuls of bags bagging some of the public at Pontefract - my 40 bags are the last of about 300 bags given away! photo courtesy of http://www.morsbags.com/

Josie x

ps) no more nocturnal activities as yet from the nutty neighbours!