Snow in Crawley
Some photos I took on Wednesday while I was out walking in the snow.
The last picture of Smudge is the one with the black border. She died on Wednesday 7 October 2009 aged 18 years 6 months.
The second photo was taken some time ago when she was enjoying licking out a yoghurt pot - shows doesn't it?
Here's an interesting invite for you if you live in the right part of Devon:
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In this one I've made the image black and white and added a vignette.
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Thanks.
I've been slowly learning German over the past few years using all manner of audio courses, getting German magazines to read, etc. Progress has been slowwwwwww. So I thought it would be good to find a German tutor to help. All my searches found no one locally that does German tuition.
We rounded off the week with another train trip - to Portsmouth this time. This was quicker than getting to Rye. Unfortunately the fine weather deserted us and we arrived to a steady drizzle that got stronger! After what seemed like miles we found the Tourist Office which was right by the Historic Dockyard. The Georgian Tearooms in the Dockyard proved a good choice for lunch (yes food again) and produced the best chocolate cake I can ever remember having (except for my mother's recipe but she never bakes that any more!). The rest of the Dockyard proved a disappointment though - none of the museums were free admission and ticket prices seemed high. Also the Mary Rose Ship hall which I would have loved to see was closed and is not reopening until 2012. So we just looked at the Victory from the outside! Maybe it was the weather or the sense the holiday was coming to an end, but this was definitely the gloomiest day! However the discovery of a Cadbury outlet shop in Gunwharf Quay restored our spirits!
You can see the photos Flickr
Our fourth excursion saw us going to Rye, on the train to save Robert having to drive. It is a nice journey - down to Brighton and then along the coast via Hastings but takes a while. Rye is gorgeous but the streets aren't good if you are wearing heels - lots of hills and cobbles. We were surprised to see how many cafes and shops were closed given it is still September, but we were able to find a little cafe for lunch and thought of Sally B (see the day 2 post) as we had a huge and delicious cupcake each for dessert! We then had a wander round some of the old streets, past the Mermaid and under the one surviving city gate and had a look at the old cannons pointing out across the marshes. The Arts Festival was on so many of the houses had pictures and sculptures on display and I bought some old china in a lovely shop. The time just seemed to fly by as we pottered around not doing very much really but just enjoying the time off - after another pit stop for a teacake (all these posts seem to be obsessed with food!) we realised we had been there four hours and needed to get home before our cats thought we had deserted them! Lovely weather, warm sunshine - nice day.
You can view the photos on Flicker
Here's the rest of the photos from Tweetie's adventures at Leeds Castle.
Audio File attached
Mon Sep 21 18:15:09 BST 2009

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It's been a quiet day for us today. We didn't go far - just a ten minute drive to the Tilgate Park.