Catch Up

We seem to have been so busy of late hence the lack of blogging! So here’s a little catch up with pics.

My gift to hubby for valentines day was a stay in Chillingham Castle (reportedly the most haunted castle in Britain!). I booked the Lookout Tower for two nights at the end of Feb and we were very nervous – not a relaxing weekend! The first night was very sleepless as I was expecting to wake up and see something at the end of the bed, so I decided it was best to stay awake. Except a one point I had dosed off and hubby nudged me to tell me he was going to the toilet and I nearly passed out as I thought the nudge was to tell me he’d seen something! On the second night we did the Castle Ghost Tour which lasted two hours (£20 each) and worth it. You dont have to be staying at the Castle to go on the tour. The girl who showed us around was good and explain a lot of the history of the Castle – its been a particularly nasty place. The visit to the torture chamber with original pieces of torture equipment was particularly stomach churning. The castle website doesnt show many pictures of the accommodation so I have included some below (can you see the orbs?)

 The lookout tower is the apartment on the top floor of the right hand tower.

The lovely lake within the grounds of the castle

The Look Out tower kitchen and living area

The Lookout tower main bedroom

Earlier this month, we travelled down to London to see Harry Hill’s TV Burp being recorded at the Teddington Studios nr Kingston. I dont have any photos of the event as you couldnt take any. It was interesting seeing how the show is put together if not a little daft near the end when he pretended to chop off his hand with a cleaver and then out his hand in a food processor. We stayed over and had a walk around London on the way back to Kings Cross and saw the sights.

The London Eye

Last weekend was spent getting the caravan ready in Rothbury for the season. We spent the day on Saturday cleaning it inside and out and getting the planters all full up and it looked lovely when done. We dont get to spend as much time as we would like up there because of the cat and rabbits at home but it is a lovely relaxing place.

Spring flowers at the caravan

Well thats the catch up.  I’ve got some cards to make this week so I’ll get them on later and there’s not been much crafting going on lately.

Goodnight

Lisa

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Its been ages…

Not much happening on the craft front at the minute except arranging for a loft conversion to move my craft room up there and to free up another bedroom. Its a lot of work but I’m excited about having a real craft space and kitting it out to suit my needs.  I do have some photos to add of our stay at Chillingham Castle ( the most haunted castle in Britain - and we stayed there for two nights!) at the end of Feb and my new cake class. I promise to get the blog updated over the weekend. We’re off to see Harry Hill’s TV Burp being recorded in London on Thursday evening – we come back on Friday.

I must also get some Mothers Day cards sorted. I want to get some on Ebay over the weekend to catch the last minute buyers. Hopefully I’ll get them sorted when I get back from London.

Catch up soon – I promise!

Lisa

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