So last weekend was spent down at my mum's in Yorkshire. I took the opportunity to have a little hen lunch with two of my sisters, two of my cousins and two of my friends at Browns in Leeds. I was able to join in the cocktail fun with a mocktail, which pleased me, and we all ate delicious and filling food. I had a vegetable tart and shared some chips with my sister Ellen. We couldn't resist pudding and I went for chocolate ice cream that was served with a cookie. I didn't finish it. It was really lovely to sit back, relax, chat and eat some good food, so thank you for coming ladies.
On Sunday afternoon my mum drove Ellen, Martha and I to one of my favourite places, Saltaire. I haven't been since I moved up here so it was great to get reacquainted with Salts Mill and see how much the shops in the main street had changed. No more second hand bookshop, but plenty of vintage places. We went to a craft and vintage fair at Victoria Hall, complete with cafe serving from pretty teasets (despite not drinking tea I do like a nice teaset). The fair had some good stalls, and some not so good, and I was pleased to see that Hannah Nunn (whose lamp I blogged about a while back) had a stall, also selling tealight holders and vases by Karin Eriksson. We had a little mooch in the shops in the mill before heading home. If it hadn't been so cold I would have taken more photos of the village. It's a planned industrial village in the same ilk as New Lanark, only less touristy (which is not to say that it isn't touristy, it just doesn't have the big attractions that New Lanark does).
I had a great weekend but it was wonderful to see Jon again back in Edinburgh. He'd spent the weekend in Brighton.
I had a great weekend but it was wonderful to see Jon again back in Edinburgh. He'd spent the weekend in Brighton.
