Weekend Views

Hello Lovelies, how was your weekend?

Mine started with a trip into the city on Friday evening. I loved the brightly lit wheel that stands in the market square at the moment...it's the same spot that hosts the Christmas market in December.

Mr BM and I were there to enjoy a retirement party....my lovely friend and manager is leaving work and I will miss her sooo much. I know I will still see her outside work, but not as much and she was a great manager.

We danced to live music till the early hours and had a brilliant time.

On Saturday afternoon  it all caught up with me and I sneaked upstairs with my crochet and some magazines to read.

I'm such a lightweight these days. Just a little alcohol and a late night leaves me shattered the next day.

As I sat on the bed, snacking on something healthy to hopefully make me feel better, I smiled at my polished apple. I can't eat an Apple without shining it on my clothes. It's something my late Dad always did...........

My reading material was walking related. I've treated myself to another issue of Country Walking magazine and loved this feature on the Pennine Way..........

I grew up right on the doorstep of this long distance walking route....Britain's first....and often wandered along the bits near home as a child.
It's only now I realise it's short history....well shortish...at 50 this year, it's only a couple of years older than me.

I'm really hoping to get out on the moors sometime this year, and say hello to the Pennine way on it's special Birthday, but on Saturday I was happy to be snuggled up indoors. In fact I may have had a little nap.
 Mr BM says it was 2 hours, but I'm sure it was only 20 minutes :0)..........

On Sunday I was glad to feel my energy return. The sunny morning was perfect for a family walk...........

Eldest is growing so quickly, I think he may even be taller than me now.

We were visiting my most favourite place to walk locally..... Beacon Hill Country park.

I love the easy wander through woodland on wide, mud free trails..........

Then the steep climb through thinning trees...........

To the spot where the jagged rocks begin to burst out of the ground..........

and little patches of snow can still be seen amongst the dead bracken............

The far reaching view is wonderful...........

and looking south, into the sun, you can see the top of  Bradgate park....another great place to walk in the Charnwood forest..........

I like the view to the West best, over the undulating countryside............

My little photographer had a great time lining up his shots............

and we all loved exploring this rugged place...........



The light was amazing, highlighting every crevice in the rocks of this long since extinct volcano...........

and creating dramatic shadows............

Despite how it may look in my photos this place is very accessible. There's a car park at the summit and wheelchair friendly paths too.........

 

So every one can enjoy the far reaching views...........

We took a different route back down to the bottom car park, through the super tall pine trees..........

Where you feel tiny as you gaze up at the sky through their green tops...........

and you come across amazing sculptures made from tree stumps...........

This corner of the car park always delights me. It's a wonderful bird feeding station...........

where dozens of wild birds flit about. I wasn't quick enough to photograph the gorgeous Nuthatches .
But I did snap this little Robin...........

and lots of Blue Tits............

I'm sure they were enjoying the February sunshine as much as we were.
Jacquie x