INDIAN SUMMER HAS LEFT GARSTANG...

Tuesday, October 4, 2010 – Garstang – I am going to post some pictures from Geoff’s town and surrounding areas since we had great weather (actually almost too warm!) and he showed me around the area some more…such a pretty area!   We are sort of stuck in Garstang taking care of some business and appointments this week so here are the highlights from the good weather days--its back to cold, rainy and windy now!  :(  I AM THANKFUL FOR THE 10 BEAUTIFUL DAYS WE HAD!

Last Thursday, September 29^th, was a beautiful  Indian Summer day and I got my hair cut in Garstang and then walked down one of the streets and saw:

The sidewalk:

Off the main street of Garstang: 

The beautiful small ferns and riny flowers that grow out of the stonewalls:

Me with my latest hair "do" walking the streets of Garstang:

Geoff coming out of the butchery, Hamlet’s:

Beautiful hot pink hydrangeas growing in the town church yard—never have seen any this dark color:

Then Geoff took me around a corner and down a couple streets to the Lancaster Canal and “Th’ Owd Tithe Barn” (old time tithes would be like 1 pence for each calf, 10 pence for each cow, etc., paid to the lord of the land) that has narrowboats tied up to the dock next to it…just beautiful:

Then we went inside to look at the low ceilings in one part:

And the old farm implements hanging around the walls:

The signage on the loo:

We had a drink and sat outside and enjoyed the waning sun and scenery by the canal basin:

I got to ride in Geoff’s “boogie bus”:

We got back to Geoff’s place in time to see the sun setting behind the trees (sheep in the paddock in front):

Then, since Friday, September 30^th,   was another beautiful sunny day so Geoff took me a couple miles away to the village of Scorton to have coffee and see “The Barn”:

The road to Scorton:

The actual barn converted into a garden center/restaurant/café & gift shop—gorgeous and fun to look:

Afterwards, Geoff took me down the road and we had a picnic lunch at a pretty place:

Some of the lanes are really quite narrow and these are NOT driveways:

 Back at home base—the evening view from Geoff’s place…clouds, sheep, paddocks, cows and breath taking  sunsets:

That’s the end of the sunset and the end of my blog for now…this is a boring week for scenery so probably no new post for a while…but watch this space!

Love, Geoff & Sue xo

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I am compiling these along the way: