Alladin's cave in Horncastle!

Making the most of Maman and Daddy's visit up, we went off exploring... Horncastle. We may have lived here for almost 5 years but haven't managed to venture that-a-way... In and out a few charity shops and then as we walked along a road... we peered up a cobbled alleyway.... and look what we found!



Amazing! We shall go again! Many hours will be spent browsing I shouldn't wonder!

A trip to Holy island

When most people were snuggling up warm in their homes.... the mad Stainsbys did their usual thing... we set off at 3am on 31st October, to venture into the Northern wilds!

We arrived at the campsite to set up our new tent at 0830.

Then across the causeway to The holy island of Lindisfarne...



We had great fun exploring the castle,




and then browsing around the village and being castaways as the tide covered the causeway!




Fun? well it was until we realised everything had shut... even the pubs!!! Well God does look down on us and safeguards our well being....

we met an amazing lady,Carole, an employee of English Heritage who invited us all
into her home to warm up with hot chocolate and tumble dry some rather wet childrens' trousers until pub opening time!

Relieved to find our tent still standing where we had left it... despite the hailstorms and high gusts throughout the afternoon, we snuggled up all 7 in our sleepings bags.... mummy and daddy tucking into some rather tasty Lindisfarne mead to warm our cockles!!

A bright and sunny day dawned this morning and the boys were desperate to visit the "snook" part of the island, so to the causeway once more and a picnic lunch in the dunes before setting back down via Hadrian's wall (good old school topics!)... and popping in to see someone I have wanted to see for a VERY long time now....
Isn't she beautiful?!
A lovely short break... most enjoyable and most definitely memorable!