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'Local Hero', Austrian Tirol, Cinqueterre, Hen Cloud, holidays, Lake District, Lake Garda, lambs, Limone, Long Sleddale, Northern lights, Ramshaw Rocks, Staffordshire Peaks, Tuscany
So nice to be at home for the day – no trips to the shops or doctors and no errands to run. Spent the day recovering from a bad headache which bothered me yesterday and doing lots of ironing – lovely! R phoned me earlier and mentioned that I might be able to see the Northern Lights this evening. Went out well wrapped up as it is quite frosty tonight but wasn’t lucky enough to see them. I would love to be able to see them – one of my greatest dreams I think. I love the scene in the film ‘Local Hero’ when the young American oilman sees them while on the phone to his boss on the night of the ceilidh. Tonight, in spite of waiting for some time and turning into a block of ice I saw nothing. The stars were extremely bright but there was some light pollution on the northern horizon. Heard a tawny owl in the distance and some squeaking in the hedge from some type of rodent. How strange it feels to walk in the dark outside! The heavens so clear above and so big and then not to be able to see the ground or one’s legs and feet at all. Is it like swimming? Almost a floating feeling – as though with just a little effort one might be able to rise up and up to the stars.
Rainy, wet morning today and then showers (some hail too) and then a little sunshine.
R and I have been talking about past holidays recently and thinking about where we might go this year so I’ve decided to post a few pictures of some of our holiday destinations over the last few years.
Last summer’s holiday was in Tuscany – so lovely. Here are two photos I took on a trip to the Cinqueterre.
For the last few years we have gone to the Staffordshire Peaks in early summer. It is a wonderful place for a holiday and also close to Manchester where R’s relatives live.
We went to the Lake District at Easter in 2010. Lots of lovely lambs!
The same year we went to the Austrian Tirol. We had gone to the same places in 1994 for our honeymoon. The Lakes immediately after our wedding and with A for a week and then to Austria in August just the two of us. A went to Disneyland Paris with her Dad for a week and stayed with my parents for the second week.
In 2011 we went to Limone on the banks of Lake Garda in Italy
Where to this year?
A Suffolk Lane 
Lovely photos! Good luck and have fun planning this year’s holiday. We have just last week planned our summer holiday and I can’t wait to go back to Italy! We’ll visit both Tuscany and the Lago di Garda this year. Limone will require a visit. I was pregnant and unwell throughout my last stay near Garda and didn’t see much more than the hotel, this year will be different 🙂
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Oh I hope so! Nothing worse than morning sickness and the worst morning sickness is when you are away from home. We probably won’t go abroad this year as we have so much to do to the house. Probably a week in the Lake District, the usual week in the Peak District and then maybe the New Forest? or…?? Thank you for liking my photos. I only have a point-and -shoot camera so can’t get the effects I would like but cameras are so good these days.
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Limone is very lovely
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I agree totally. We had a most relaxing weeks holiday there
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Clare!. I came across this post and wanted to congratulate you for the great photos you have taken… Stunning landscapes.
I loved your descriptions particularly your words regarding the starry nite (i.e: ” The stars were extremely bright but there was some light pollution on the northern horizon. Heard a tawny owl in the distance and some squeaking in the hedge from some type of rodent”).Beautiful!.
Thank you and all the very best to you,Aquileana 😀
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Thank-you dear Aquileana! I had forgotten about this one but re-reading it brought the memories back again. I am very pleased you like it. I hope you have had a good weekend so far. Love Clare.
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