What I did on my week off ... in July
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pandopYes, July. Ooops. Never mind. Better late than never.
I had a week off in July which I spent at Mum's - we had 3 days of getting stuff in the house sorted, and 3 days out.
The first day out was to The Deep in Hull, as we hadn't been for ages. I managed to get some nice pictures because the allow photos without flash.
On the way home we stopped and had a look at the memorial to 158 squadron, just outside Lissett.
The wind turbines nearby have all been named after crews that were lost - including ground crew.
Our second day out we first went to the waterways museum at Goole
and then we went on to Howden Minster
The waterways museum is small, but interesting, and seems to be a real community focus, particularly in terms of volunteering and restoration - which is great to see.
As Howden Minster is very much ruins, it is a walk round the outside jobby, but there is still quite a lot to see - and we had lunch at an outside table of a cafe just next to the minster, which was very nice in the sunshine (it was a lot sunnier than that photo makes it look)
Our final day out was to Wassand Hall, which is run by a private trust, and not open very often.
They have been doing some restoration work on the gardens, and due to the families history there are some amazing collections of European furniture and porcelain in the house - I think it would benefit from a more professional curatorial approach though. If you do go here, have tea, as the cakes are all home made, served from the conservatory in the walled gardens, and on a sunny day it can't be beaten.
I had a week off in July which I spent at Mum's - we had 3 days of getting stuff in the house sorted, and 3 days out.
The first day out was to The Deep in Hull, as we hadn't been for ages. I managed to get some nice pictures because the allow photos without flash.
On the way home we stopped and had a look at the memorial to 158 squadron, just outside Lissett.
The wind turbines nearby have all been named after crews that were lost - including ground crew.
Our second day out we first went to the waterways museum at Goole
and then we went on to Howden Minster
The waterways museum is small, but interesting, and seems to be a real community focus, particularly in terms of volunteering and restoration - which is great to see.
As Howden Minster is very much ruins, it is a walk round the outside jobby, but there is still quite a lot to see - and we had lunch at an outside table of a cafe just next to the minster, which was very nice in the sunshine (it was a lot sunnier than that photo makes it look)
Our final day out was to Wassand Hall, which is run by a private trust, and not open very often.
They have been doing some restoration work on the gardens, and due to the families history there are some amazing collections of European furniture and porcelain in the house - I think it would benefit from a more professional curatorial approach though. If you do go here, have tea, as the cakes are all home made, served from the conservatory in the walled gardens, and on a sunny day it can't be beaten.
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