Well today’s been the 4th bank holiday in 2 weeks which is rather odd! We obviously had Easter last weekend, but on Friday it was the Royal Wedding, which I actually managed to avoid watching at all, and instead went and did some shopping at IKEA, which was probably the quietest I’ve ever seen it! I’d planned to buy some storage furniture for my new bathroom, but I’m struggling to find something I like – I did find a unit there that I thought might work, but when I went to collect it I discovered that they’d discontinued the shelves needed to go inside it! So the search continues!
Anyway, today was May Day bank holiday and I found out that there was a walk being arranged for the Vinelife / Reach crowd, so I headed up north of Bolton to tag along.
We all met up at Rivington Hall Barn, which really is in the middle of nowhere! I got a little bit lost – my SatNav first tried to take me across a golf course, and then eventually led me to a random collection of cars amongst some trees! Luckily, as I was pulling up, Dan and Gemma arrived as well, along with a few others, and we took an educated guess at which direction to take to get us to the main barn where everyone was meeting.
There was quite a crowd really – I knew a reasonable proportion of the people there, but I did feel quite an outsider to be honest. I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised about that really! It was nice to get out into the countryside though, and we all made our way up to Rivington Pike which is the top of Winter Hill, and has a great view of the surrounding area stretching for miles and miles. It was very windy up there – it’s all quite exposed, and it felt at times like you could get blown off the hill! Luckily there’s a tower at the top you could use a shield when it got a bit intense!
There are some photos of the walk here on Facebook.
On Easter Sunday I went down to Tamworth to visit family – the first time this year!
In the morning, I went to church with my mum, sister and the twins, and then in the afternoon, we took them down to the fair in the Castle Grounds. It was a proper old-school funfair, and Chloe went on the teacups ride with Vicky, but Brandon wasn’t really up for trying any of them! He’s not quite as adventurous as his sis!
Then afterwards, we took them to the kids’ playground nearby and they played there for a bit before we grabbed some ice creams! And then we headed back tomum’s to break into some Easter eggs!
One final thing – I finally ordered myself a new washing machine yesterday! It’s been over a year since my old one died, and I’ve been using the launderette ever since! I’d decided to wait until I’d got my kitchen done before replacing it, and I now have done… only a few months late!