WELL OFF WE SET ON OUR HOLIDAY AND UP THE A1 WE WENT.

MY FAVOURITE MAN THE ONE UPSTAIRS I AM HAPPY TO SAY HE SENT.

SOME BEAUTIFUL SUN FOR THE JOURNEY SO I WAS ALL SMILES AGAIN.

BUT THE A1 WAS OH! SO BUSY AND THOSE JUGGERNAUTS WERE A PAIN.

I AM TERRIFIED WHEN I'M TRAVELLING ON BUSY ROADS AS SUCH.

STILL HE GUIDED BOTH OF US SAFELY THERE AND I THANKED HIM VERY MUCH.

ON THE WAY WE CALLED OFF AT PLACES THAT WE HAD NEVER BEEN.

ALSO TO HAVE A BITE TO EAT A FULL BREAKFAST THE BIGGEST YOUV'E SEEN.

GOOD GRIEF I THOUGHT IF THIS IS THE FIRST DAY BY THE 7TH I AM GOING TO MOAN.

IF MEALS LIKE THIS ONE I GET FURNISHED WITH ON RETURN I'LL WIEGH TWENTY STONE. HE-HE.

WELL HOW CAN ONE EVER REFUSE BLACK PUDDING FRESH EGGS THICK BACON AND MORE.

MUSHROOMS HASH BROWNS TOMATOES FRIED BREAD BEANS AND SAUSAGE GALORE HE-HE.

THE FRESH AIR AND SUNSHINE THAT MORNING GAVE ME SUCH AN APPETITE RIGHT.

WASHED DOWN WITH A LARGE FROTHY CAPPUCCINO ALREADY MY WAISTLINE WAS TIGHT.HAAAAA.

I DON'T KNOW IF I HAD MENTIONED BUT NO HOTEL STAY THIS TIME.

I WANTED TO GO IN A CARAVAN FOR A CHANGE AND IT TURNED OUT FINE.

SPOTLESS IT WAS SO THAT WAS GOOD ON IT'S OWN IN A SHRUBERY ENCLOSED

LOVELY LARGE WINDOWS WITH VIEW OF THE SEA THROUGH WHICH MOTHERHEN SHE NOSED. HAAAA.

RAG TAG AND BOBTAIL RUNNING AROUND EACH MORNING AND EVENING I SAW.

HOW BONNY THE BABES WERE TOO AND THEY LOVED MY LETTUCE AND CARROTS RAW.

WELL THATS WHAT HOLIDAYS ARE ALL ABOUT WATCHING THE WORLD GO BY.

LOOKKING THROUGHT HE WINDOW AT TIMES IT DIDN'T MISS A TRICK MOTHERHENS EYE HAAA.

KIDS PASSING BY EXCITED I WANT ONE OF THOSE THEY WOULD SAY .

AND MAAAAAM I WANT TO GO TO THE FAIR THEY YELLED AS THEY WENT ON THERE WAY.

IT BROUGHT BACK MANY MEMORIES FOR ME WHEN THIS HAPPENED FROM TIME TO TIME.

OF "HAPPY DAYS " WHEN MY FOUR WERE YOUNG AND I'D GO BACK THERE ANYTIME.

SO OFF FRIENDS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK WE TRIPPED EACH DAY TO SOMEWHERE NEW.

SOME LOVELY SCENIC RIDES OUT WE TOOK AND FROM CLIFF TOPS SAW WONDERFUL VEIWS.

HISTORIC PLACES SO MANY OF THEM BANBUROUGH CASTLE TOO.

BEAMISH THE OLD VICTORIAN VILLAGE A TREAT I AM NOT KIDDING YOU.

A WONDERFUL DAY OUT THIS IS FOLKS IF YOU LIKE TRAVELLING BACK IN TIME.

ESPECIALLY IF GOD IS GOOD TO YOU AND HE SENDS YOU SOME LOVELY SUNSHINE.

OUR MORNING WAS BRILLIANT AND HAPPY TO SAY MY LEGS WERE IN VERY GOOD STEED.

I WAS TROTTING ALONG AS FAST AS ROOSTER LIKE TWO YOUNG CHICKS INDEED.

IF THE WALK WAS TOO LONG BETWEEN WE JUMPED ON THE TRAM FOR A RIDE.

OR THE OPEN TOPPED SINGLE DECKER BUS ALL HUDDLED TOGETHER INSIDE.

THE CHILDREN OUT FOR THE DAY WITH THERE TEACHERS GIRLS IN THERE CRISP WHITE MOP HATS.

AND THE BOYS IN THERE WAISTCOATS LIKE GRANDAD WORE AND ON THERE HEADS GREY FLAT CAPS.

OH!! I WAS IN MY GLORY HERE THEN BANG AND THE HEAVENS TURNED BLACK.

THEY OPENED IT DOWNPOURED FOR TWENTY MINUTES I WAS LIKE A WET TATIE SACK.

WE WERE OUT ON AN OPEN STRETCH OF THE LAND WITH NO SHELTER AND NO PLACE TO RUN.

AND I'D LEFT MY CAGOUL (MAC) AND BROLLY IN THE CAR SO CAUGHT IN A STORMS NOT MUCH FUN.

MY HAIR WAS DRIPPING MY FEET WERE SOAKED I LOOKED LIKE A DROWNDED RAT.

ROOSTERS FAWN PUMPS WERE FLAPPING AND HIS FEET LOOKED LIKE PILES OF COW PAT. HAAAAAAAAA

STUCK TO HIS FEET HE WAS LIVID AS ALL MOTHERHEN DID WAS LAUGH HE-HE.

IT'S A GOOD JOB HE KNOWS ME WELL FOLKS THIS SILLY OLD LAUGHING KATH.

I ASKED HIM IF WHEN WE GOT BACK HE WAS GOING TO ENTER THE WET T/SHIRT SHOW.

I'M AFRAID HIS ANSWER TO THAT ONE FRIEND YOU WILL NEVER EVER KNOW HE-HE.

THE JOURNEY BACK TO THE CARAVAN WAS A DAMP ONE BUT NEVER MIND HEY!!I

I BELIEVE A LAUGHS THE BEST MEDICINE OF ALL IT SURELY MAKES ANYONES DAY.

THE NEXT DAY WE DROVE UP TO SCOTLAND IT WAS IN THE 80's YIPEE.

ON ARRIVAL WE PARKED UP AND FOUND THIS PARK WITH A VEIW OF THE RIVER TWEED.

WINDING AROUND EVERY CORNER DOESN'T IT LOOK DIVINE .

AS I LOOKED OUT IT WAS SO HOT I THOUGHT A DIP IN THERE WOULD BE FINE.

THE PLACE WE HAD CALLED AT WAS COLDSTREAM A NICE SMALL TOWN JUST ENOUGH.

TO STROLL ROUND AND EVERYTHING OH! SO SPOTLESS NO LITTER NO NOTHING WAS ROUGH.

THE DAY PASSED QUICKLY BEFORE WE KNEW IT WE HAD TO HEAD BACK HOME.

ON THE MAIN NEWS THE SWINE FLU WAS RIFE IN SCOTLAND SO WE DIDN'T ROAM.

WE THOUGHT IT WISE TO HEAD BACK DOWN TO NORTHUMBERLAND SO WE WENT HOME.

HERES A FEW PICTURES I TOOK ON THE JOURNEY LOTS OF CASTLES YOU SEE EVERY DAY.

WE DIDN'T GO INTO EVERY ONE THE PRICES I JUST WOULDN'T PAY.

A HOT SHOWER LATER CUDDLED UP TOGETHER IT BEETS FEELING DOWN AND SAD .

I'M NOT A PHOTOGRAPHER BUT IV'E TRIED TO SHOW WHAT A GOOD TIME WE HAD.

I CANNOT PUT ALL THE PICS IN THE RHYME SO IV'E SENT SOME OF YOU A FILE.

TO LET YOU SEE SOME OF THE PLACES AS WE TRAVELLED AROUND LOTS OF MILES.

I KNOW MOST OF YOU ARE ON FACEBOOK NOW AND I MISS YOU BLOGVILLES NOT THE SAME

IT'S A PITY WE CARN'T STICK TOGETHER LIKE J/LAND CHANGES TO ME ARE A PAIN.

POSTINGS GETS LESS AND I THEN LOSE HEART I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ON THIS.

SO IF YOU HAVE GIVEN UP POSTING I'M SORRY YOUR STORY'S I'LL SURELY MISS.


WELL ALL TAKE CARE AND LOOK AFTER YOURSELVES I HOPE YOUR ALL FEELING FINE.

GOODBYE FOR NOW I'LL BE BACK AGAIN SOMETIME WITH MORE OF

"MY SIMPLE RHYMES"