A whole weekend away? Crafting?
Count me in.
I pointed the car North and after a brief but necessary pause for coffee I met up with Ali at Salts Mill.




After lunch (I had a delicious lemon/artichokes/oregano risotto), a mooch around the shops and bookstore and a visit to the Hockney exhibition we got on the road again. (Ok there might have been time for tea and cake... but details schmetails...)
The sun was shining when we got to the Yorkshire Dales and they looked amazing.

(That sky!!!)
We met up with Penny, Tess and Emma.
And we ate, and talked and put the world to right and sew/crochet/knit the night away. (Ok there might have been a smidge of wine being poured... and whiskey - Penny??... but details schmetails)
Day 2 saw us visiting Yarndale in the lovely town of Skipton.



(Ok... some yarn might have been bought... details schmetails...)
It wasn't all chit chat/knit knit/sew sew though, we did have a little bit of a real adventure too when Emma's car decided to throw this on our way:

yes... not good... but as capable young women who travel prepared we spent a very pleasant hour knitting on the verge of a tiny Yorkshire road and getting funny look from passerbys whilst waiting for the rescue truck.
I had a fabulous time, and I'm really annoyed I didn't take a photo of all of us. After the initial sense of guilt about leaving husband and sons behind and the feeling of skirting my responsibilities, I did relax and feel extremely recharged and inspired. There's so much talk about the danger of the internet (and yes I agree with it) but let's face it... it can also be pretty good. Without it I wouldn't have met any of these women... we live far away from each other, we muddle through different lives... but somehow we were brought together and I really believe we're better for it.
We originally called it a retreat but now that I'm back I'd like to call it a 're-group'. I definitively feel more ready to attack what comes my way.
(Stay tuned. Tomorrow's episode will feature "the loot")
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