Thursday, November 30, 2017

Cracked lakelander

This month went very, very quickly it seemed, though if any month should go quick I'm glad it is this dark, ice cold one. Month started off well, went a run around Kinghorn, walked the coast to Kirkcaldy once or twice too, but that was about the size of it.

Noticed driving home near start of month that widescreen had a crack, so, yet again, I had to have it replaced, wasn't even that long since last time! Then a couple of days back another wee stone hit windscreen, there is just a wee damaged area though so will not get Autoglass out just yet. Typical.

Only major trip this month was to Ulverston, an almost traditional annual pilgrimage. Had intended to walk to Coniston, but it was so muddy that walking around Ulverston itself seemed a better idea, was nice to be back there, visited all our favourite pubs that we, by now, know so well. This time I didn't take car, went by train and all went fine- apart from the initial train to Haymarket to Kinghorn that Scotrail cancelled for no reason, meaning a mad dash in car to park and ride in Inverkeithing and a run along the road there to catch a connecting train, oh what a stress..

Work is quiet, I do not like being there at the moment. Job is becoming more and more centered around reports for this and that and, frankly, I wouldn't even mind if the French parent company did, what we all expect will happen sometime, and closed us down. Anyway, I'm not worried too much, tomorrow is December and Christmas is just around the corner.

A wee trip to Germany is planned in a week's time, should be good. Have quite a few days off in December, so an Xmas market or two are bound to be visited! Fay and Richard moved out of Kinghorn today after selling their large house, maybe we will see them at some point in the future.

Here are a couple of photos taken in Ulverston, one of the Hoad monument, one taken of part of the town from the aforementioned monument, and the other is taken in one of the pubs. My favourite ale down there is Lancaster Red, very nice indeed.