Saturday we were due to go with Shin-Suk and Peter to the best tapas bar in Snaith (near Goole). Until Peter found out it was out of business, so now Snaith has no tapas bars. I cooked a curry and they came round to ours instead. A very pleasant evening, which turned into a very stressful evening after Peter and Shin-Suk left and Danielle and I watched England v Norway in the football. It is never easy.
A good weekend. Friday evening we went to see Self Esteem at the Museum Gardens in York. This was one of a series of evening gigs. This was the one we wanted to see. Fantastic performance that really was way better than your average gig. We went with Emilie and met up with Edward, Faye and John. The weather perfect and the vibe pleasant.
A great stroll along the Leeds and Liverpool canal, between the two main mill towns of east Lancashire. It was a good walk, along a route that I cycled when I was a student at Liverpool en-route to Ilkley. I just about worked out where I slept in a field by the canal - it was 47 years ago, so quite a bit of change, not least a motorway. Still a great contouring canal to follow.
On Sunday we walked around the Acomb Arts festival. This included an art show at the church, with a work by Tracy Enim and one by Damian Hurst: not what you'd normally expect in Acomb. It was good fun, we were with Emilie and the dogs, and found a street food pizza truck which was perfect for us all. This shot was taken in the church yard: it took a bit of getting the shot right, and it is not that great, but interesting enough.
Walking the dog early in the heat today, back at the butterfly meadow. This Brimstone was hiding as a leaf .
