November 1

Ah - Children in Need day. Another reason to bake cakes for school. We didn't try to make anything delicious, but concentrated on the icing (themed of course!) which is the aspect by which kids select cakes.

After that, I enjoyed listening to rock music from 1997 with a venue full of other old people. Fortunately it seemed like we were the youngest people there, so we got to feel smug.

Reef may have changed in looks since the 90s, but they sound pretty much the same!
After the birthday celebrations were concluded, we trundled up to the Moors with a dog to make the most of the gorgeous weather. The views were spectacular!

We bimbled along the top of the Cleveland way, and made the most of the springy heather.

 

Lunch was called at the Wainstones where there was much enjoyment of the view.

The kids played a complicated game related to pokemon. It was beyond me so I scampered around with Georgie.

  

We watched heather burning with interest. The fires didn't stay burning for long which was surprising considering how damp it felt.

The Dorothea did some climbing. Apparently it was scarier up there than she had imagined it was going to be!

She was, of course, followed by Nathaniel.

We decided to take the scenic route back and discovered that Georgie isn't much of a climber. In retrospect, this was a bad decision (see future post).

In this picture, Georgie is clearly saying "You want me to go where?!":

 But she survived the experience, even if she was a little sleepy on the way home: