Staffordshire Peaks | A Suffolk Lane

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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.