Robin Hood's Stride

Dan and I went along to the East Midlands Geological Society lecture on Saturday evening given by Tim Colman. Gerry was there and invited Amy and I along to the Derby WEA fieldtrip. So on Wednesday Amy and I went to Robin Hood's Stride and luckily the weather that day was perfect for walking.

Waving at lorries while waiting for the bus.

Mingling, exploring and getting very muddy!

Stomping around the countryside. She got a lot of giggles running down the hills. Robin Hood's Stride is the rock formation off to the left hand side of this picture. Amy walked virtually all the way there from Elton which is over 2km's.

Lunch break.

Up at Robin Hood's Stride. We had 360 degree views of the country side. We are looking at a stone circle near Castle Ring an old medieval fort. In the distance is Haddon Hall and Manners wood.

Flat out after a lovely day in the country side.

Back in Derby and a very happy little girl.

Amy's new hat

Amy is the proud new owner of a beautiful new hat crocheted by Aunty Niki. I know she loves it because I have found her infront of the mirror a few times trying it on and admiring herself! Now Amy has a matching hat with her cousin Emma.

The concerned face is just that she has a face full of banana and it is obviously taking a lot of concentration.

 After leaving the park Amy escaped, so Adam frog marched her back to me after I asked him to get her. Thanks Adam!

Just some other pictures... Enjoying spaghetti, she loves sucking up the pasta. Bananas and custard at Carrie-Anne's.

We often get big beautiful rainbows in the same spot. Amy enjoyed looking at it, and thought it was a circle.

Chocolate Brownies

So we decided to make some brownies this afternoon.  Amy was pleased:

"Where did the brownie go, Amy?"

"Where?  I can't quite see."

Amy the cook

Amy and I had a little cooking session making mince pies. Amy worked very hard and the results were very good!

Setting up all the equipment.

 Getting out the ingredients.

 Having a good old fiddle with the flour.

 "Do you need some sugar mum?"

 Baking is hard work!

 Sampling the pastry.

The final product, plus some celemtines for decoration.

November

Sorry folks, it really has been a while since I posted anything new. Here are a few pics of what we got up to in November; fireworks at the Flinn's, a dancing baby and a visit to Wollaton Hall.

Birthday weekend

We really enjoyed having Roy and Julie over for Dan's birthday weekend. On the Saturday we all headed out to Calke Abbey just outside of Derby.After a freezing picnic in the courtyard, Roy and Julie took Amy and Dan and I explored the house. The place was a complete time-warp. Everything and I mean EVERYTHING had been kept in the same position as it had been found in the mid 80's when the National Trust took on ownership of the property. We enjoyed seeing nic nacs and junk mixed with absolute gems.

  

This shower reminds me of the solar powered one Dan helped dad make at Bel-air

A typical day...

Here are just a few images from the last couple of weeks. I just thought I'd give you an idea of what Amy gets up to on a typical day at the moment.