Wednesday 10th August 2022 and your old blogger and his partner spent the morning in Stanhope foraging for blackberries now ripening daily. Talking to friends in the allotments elicited courgettes, peas and grapes, whilst all that was really sought were paints to paint the cockerel in the front garden ... an artwork worthy of the Sculpture Park in Wakefield yesterday!
After a delicious and nutritious lunch of fried duck egg, fried bread and fried potatoes with baked beans, off we went to Consett site of a steelworks many years ago in search of a few items of shopping ready for Gillian and Kathryn's visit tomorrow and the grandchildren's outing on Friday.
It had also been decided to plant up a box of flowers for Annie two doors along at 8 Rose Terrace as a surprise necessitating compost for the planter. Returning from Consett work soon sorted the planter for Annie then work commenced on the painting of the cockerel which turned out well and very artistic. After this it was the pub for half pint of shandy and half of cider before a light supper of cheese and biscuits before an early night to sleep and write the blog you are now reading. It was another hot and sunny day in Weardale and the same tomorrow. ...
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