Good morning dear readers of Wear and Dao, and at 5 a.m. the forecast in Stanhope in Weardale, in the Northeast of England is fine and warm as Summertime settles in. The day before yesterday saw another National Trust trip, as your blogger and his kind nurse carer set off for a trip to Cragside in Northumberland via Scotland as we took an accidental diversion via Jedbergh ... you see your blogger thought he knew a short cut to Rothbury off the A68 to Cragside to see the rhodedendrons in bloom, and as happens sometimes the short cut turned into a long cut which meant a mystery trip to Jedbergh. Never mind, we got back to Cragside in time for lunch and a ride along the Lakside Drive before returning to Stanhope in time for tea.
Yesterday was spent on continuing to clear the Retreat House prior to its sale ... mostly books of course!
Today, Thursday, friends arrive for coffee and cake plus philosophy before Gillian, the Angel of Stanhope is due for afternoon tea and scones, plus more philosophical discourse of course ...
What a life we lead in our advancing years dear readers of Wear and Dao. What better way than to to spend the time left to us than to wander along the ways leading to enlightenment?
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