New Year 2007

2007 is is a new blog ............

Life Outdoors 2007

Happy New Year and enjoy 2007

New Years Eve

We started the day with bacon butties and the guys playing on Waynes Christmas present from Lois - a play station!

We had a roast lunch of lamb seasoned with rosemary followed by rubarb crumble and then mid evening went to the Grouse for a few drinks.........

before heading up the fellside to set off fireworks and drink champagne to welcome in the New Year

New Years Eve - Past And Present

Australia 2003

Party at The Station 2004 & Fireworks, Bowness Pier 2005
Fireworks Birch Vale 2006

Pre New Years Eve

Wayne and Lois arrived in the Peaks today for the New Year celebrations. I cooked Chicken breasts for tea stuffed with feta cheese and sundried tomatoes, marinated and cooked in white wine and served with beans, mangetout, carrots and mashed potatoes, we had apple crumble and cream for pudding.

Christmas Celebrations: Christmas Dinner, Birch Vale

Ann and Cliff came over tonight for our family Christmas Dinner - we started with salmon and dill soup and then had roast beef marinated and cooked in red wine, garlic and cinnamon with a bottle of champagne. Pudding was mixed berry crumble and cream followed by coffee and chocolates.

Christmas Celebrations: The Sun, Crook

After a walk at High Carley Woods followed by lunch on the Glebe, Bowness and a walk along Millarground we went to the Drunken Duck Inn for a drink before heading off for Denise's and then an evening out with Billy, Brian and Daddy Brian at The Sun, Crook with excellent food as always.

Boxing Day

Bacon Butties for brekkie this morning followed by a walk round Braunestone Park. Lunch was a very lazy affair with mulled wine, gammon, turkey and snacks in front of a film before we reluctantly packed up the car to go back to the Peaks.

Christmas Day - Champagne Breakfast and Presents

After opening our presents Christmas Day started with the traditional Leicestershire breakfast of pork pie (this one topped with cranberries) and pickle with toast, bucks fizz and champagne.

Christmas Day - Old John, Bradgate Park

We put the Turkey in the oven to cook and went off for a walk in Bradgate Park and up to the top of Old John before coming in for Christmas Dinner.

Christmas Day - Dinner

We started with a glass of baileys to go with our prawn cocktails and then had champagne with our turkey, swede, carrots and roast potatoes. This was followed by a glass of port before setting fire to the Christmas pudding and eating it with lots of cream.

With that and coffee and more mulled wine it was an excellent day and an excellent meal thanks to our chef Lois.

Christmas Day - Past And Present

Christmas Australia 2003

Christmas Day 2004 - Langdale & Christmas Day 2005 - Grasmere

Christmas Day 2006 - Leicester & Melbourne

Christmas Eve

We started the day with Kedgeree for breakfast and then walked it off by taking the dogs around Braunestone Park, we put up the Christmas Tree in the afternoon, wrapped up presents and drank mulled wine before going to the Hobby Horse for a drink and coming back to a late tea of gammon and chips – of course we stayed up til midnight to open one present before going to bed and awaiting Santa.

Pre Christmas Eve

We set off today for Wayne and Lois' in Leicester for Christmas. I cooked tea tonight which was haggis, neeps and tatties followed by cartmel sticky toffee pudding and cream.

Christmas Celebrations: Birch Vale

The beginning of the festive holiday is upon us. We spent a plesant evening at Birch Vale with the dogs opening their Christmas presents from Claire which was doggy choc drops, chocolate bones and pigs ears.