tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6769525574497987332024-02-01T19:06:28.325-08:00The Duck's Blog!Adventures from the back of a motorbike!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676952557449798733.post-70140787725242199802009-09-23T10:33:00.000-07:002009-09-23T10:57:20.625-07:00Back for Good!Helloooooooooooooooooooooooo!<br />Seems ages since I was sharing my adventures with you, but this is because i have just recovered from a mammoth adventure through Holland, Belguim and France with Mummy, Daddy, Uncle John, Auntie Trish and my very special friend Buzzby!<br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAIOlKf99q5dq9kmYpxvuxeOcyUiwWgXb6z3rc_Odv-ApYEYSQXXFXkRv9cNlZhismwxUascMNdT0bl3ewNwl0hggEHg90gMdbqbud05hk7u1cii0rbgonIMAnF1dJoIDzG0n-LmFntA/s1600-h/197.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAIOlKf99q5dq9kmYpxvuxeOcyUiwWgXb6z3rc_Odv-ApYEYSQXXFXkRv9cNlZhismwxUascMNdT0bl3ewNwl0hggEHg90gMdbqbud05hk7u1cii0rbgonIMAnF1dJoIDzG0n-LmFntA/s400/197.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><br />We set off on Sunday 30th July from Newcastle.<br />We sailed on a big ferry, arriving in Ijmuiden, Holland, first thing on Monday morning!<br />Here was the view from my cabin window!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOb47uMmB_L08r-rePE538htFNSg9Kw3OaaRympsdyi1ImWAuWMjnF1xHOTLeqUjNnueVeeIEhXFtT8HxcyIpJNcxP99q5WH29qJtCjL8Kc7NSLrifAInh3mvFYxpBTCcGHZJOKUkoIys/s1600-h/200.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOb47uMmB_L08r-rePE538htFNSg9Kw3OaaRympsdyi1ImWAuWMjnF1xHOTLeqUjNnueVeeIEhXFtT8HxcyIpJNcxP99q5WH29qJtCjL8Kc7NSLrifAInh3mvFYxpBTCcGHZJOKUkoIys/s400/200.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br />Monday was a very busy day, we drove through Holland and Belguim, arriving in France late afternoon!<br /><br />Both Buzzby and I were tired and grabbed a few moments of rest when we could!<br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9lieMJx-fg_mZbNUM5muwUtxvNfAVE4F2DnP68KlKuYvIx4JCiwvxSe8_toEp9E5hKud3YQTq87qxt-Vkt2ZiPpvhPOgG7azs0U-IHUeKdZ7ZuywjZNiulYh7j1TStFCcKOTVfXd6H8/s1600-h/201.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9lieMJx-fg_mZbNUM5muwUtxvNfAVE4F2DnP68KlKuYvIx4JCiwvxSe8_toEp9E5hKud3YQTq87qxt-Vkt2ZiPpvhPOgG7azs0U-IHUeKdZ7ZuywjZNiulYh7j1TStFCcKOTVfXd6H8/s400/201.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><br />I kept a look out for any dark clouds which may come along!<br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_TeKKU2muWv0k3D_dgui4WT437S5KiqWS-MgE5z8kx7Y-0yFQNPt7el224HnGkJ6K54w06rcIZTKGN4fPKP9MKn03-QsFLuOnrtlK0n8de025gHx-UAiyg3zl36In1lkWWkGDg3t8II/s1600-h/207.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_TeKKU2muWv0k3D_dgui4WT437S5KiqWS-MgE5z8kx7Y-0yFQNPt7el224HnGkJ6K54w06rcIZTKGN4fPKP9MKn03-QsFLuOnrtlK0n8de025gHx-UAiyg3zl36In1lkWWkGDg3t8II/s400/207.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Daddy was tired too, so I snuggled next to him and talked about what I could see in the sky!<br /><br /></div></div><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2VLegYDR6haKGYZk4V0apKISHLuFyuLckKOIEzkysQuUV1evQO1lDsdHAyGSZjxFBlhzL-JzAwJtf5v1Sumt0GVgndjpb2KOAIb73-ocTutL0D1YAdgS8SdOohUk2Rb0zK0f_BwJFzA/s1600-h/209.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2VLegYDR6haKGYZk4V0apKISHLuFyuLckKOIEzkysQuUV1evQO1lDsdHAyGSZjxFBlhzL-JzAwJtf5v1Sumt0GVgndjpb2KOAIb73-ocTutL0D1YAdgS8SdOohUk2Rb0zK0f_BwJFzA/s400/209.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br />There was lots of faffing about with maps, but we arrived with Auntie Dorothy on Wednesday afternoon!<br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ZBR8TwZLfP93c6xdsnb2mUV2q9YWIdNrYplWonivh5GUtBIBDPz34cy1ViUyX1s8J9fiWQrC5RiMwUgsFx2nGBQTMNL_zXqihsNqgpeXsY7QgD_-6R6CR9mHs76i7evih6TXkUxi8FU/s1600-h/DSCN1988.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ZBR8TwZLfP93c6xdsnb2mUV2q9YWIdNrYplWonivh5GUtBIBDPz34cy1ViUyX1s8J9fiWQrC5RiMwUgsFx2nGBQTMNL_zXqihsNqgpeXsY7QgD_-6R6CR9mHs76i7evih6TXkUxi8FU/s400/DSCN1988.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br />Uncle keith had had to travel over to England, but Auntie Dorothy really looked after us.<br />She made some lovely meals and the wine flowed!<br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2x7DWO0oRmQsehwjiRlZAMDyPLTa7WgaNHdN9t12duT51BK6e-9ieYZeoJNY1cQVO8RpsA3IS5V1uu2cT610RD_rhz06vDTXE4xVJVF0ZeAPVhAb4apckSr9r-Xh3lpPpu8kLE32bAy0/s1600-h/DSCN1989.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2x7DWO0oRmQsehwjiRlZAMDyPLTa7WgaNHdN9t12duT51BK6e-9ieYZeoJNY1cQVO8RpsA3IS5V1uu2cT610RD_rhz06vDTXE4xVJVF0ZeAPVhAb4apckSr9r-Xh3lpPpu8kLE32bAy0/s400/DSCN1989.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br />We stayed for 2 wonderful nights, but then it was time to make our way home.<br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7o3vX-RuMVfvA01JqQ_gv6UYo_N0TBh7bzBipXbx5R0_96GYc3ttUhGjwbMgk4p3a6ImKrAnco1Z-PePj6b_9DKjkIThmS565w1TU7ZaIVPHEHiAQFETDmpLQFw1GMGqd6fbJoaDDo8/s1600-h/DSCN1998.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7o3vX-RuMVfvA01JqQ_gv6UYo_N0TBh7bzBipXbx5R0_96GYc3ttUhGjwbMgk4p3a6ImKrAnco1Z-PePj6b_9DKjkIThmS565w1TU7ZaIVPHEHiAQFETDmpLQFw1GMGqd6fbJoaDDo8/s400/DSCN1998.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We stopped twice on route, daddy and me posing for a funny picture.<br />Hope this makes you smile!<br /></div></div><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhzV4Torvg14xT8xJd2s8pZyfMqtoQFgWQ2lKMrG-E02jsOJljg5Mmn4gNcTLKY7m3B6r-ef3rRURrHQUgD1s898vKlcDDiiRRiD0KTDnMOe06aj6D9xb6RVCxNdvPj3uGAeO1Ve50bI/s1600-h/DSCN2029.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhzV4Torvg14xT8xJd2s8pZyfMqtoQFgWQ2lKMrG-E02jsOJljg5Mmn4gNcTLKY7m3B6r-ef3rRURrHQUgD1s898vKlcDDiiRRiD0KTDnMOe06aj6D9xb6RVCxNdvPj3uGAeO1Ve50bI/s400/DSCN2029.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br />We stopped in 2 lovely places.<br />I was tired and dozed off near the TV!<br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09w6AOoqBrAzrqBYBEM_zy4g7-HIu9SCNl-UzlmZaT21ORJk9dy6zD2jTgv4gMQjYmw7exAVr0q0agQT2M-11Cdk3sNTY4hndJH6gsBAYHU9i84HCDD5MVX1rt93dfchyphenhyphenpCTJfxQ3wmg/s1600-h/DSCN2033.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09w6AOoqBrAzrqBYBEM_zy4g7-HIu9SCNl-UzlmZaT21ORJk9dy6zD2jTgv4gMQjYmw7exAVr0q0agQT2M-11Cdk3sNTY4hndJH6gsBAYHU9i84HCDD5MVX1rt93dfchyphenhyphenpCTJfxQ3wmg/s400/DSCN2033.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Our last night was spent in Holland.<br />We were on the 9th floor!<br /><br />Waheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!<br /><br />Well it is good to be back!<br />I am going on a very very very very special adventure on Sunday and will tell you all about it in the next couple of days!<br /><br />Watch this space!<br /><br /><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676952557449798733.post-74150360143084937342009-07-12T10:54:00.000-07:002009-07-13T00:58:51.272-07:00Bike Racing at Scarborough!<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> Auto 66 Club Racing at Oliver's Mount, Scarborough.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOZET9QXCgks9w7NDfON3lL_ZBUN4I5bO-ZAGByAoTvdAzOAr6reg5vJadMx9g0GPqHjJ9IP8qUeJOWYAlzNDI-9nkt4FGoJpx9jZ6ITATMG2c_omRfL1jqT5vRAz18lQ06s6ksirRa0/s1600-h/S1055959.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOZET9QXCgks9w7NDfON3lL_ZBUN4I5bO-ZAGByAoTvdAzOAr6reg5vJadMx9g0GPqHjJ9IP8qUeJOWYAlzNDI-9nkt4FGoJpx9jZ6ITATMG2c_omRfL1jqT5vRAz18lQ06s6ksirRa0/s400/S1055959.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Phew! What a good day we have had today.<br />We went to Scarborough and I saw lots of my friends.<br /><br />Uncle Andy has a <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ukmotorbikehire.co.uk/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx">motorbike hire business</a> and he let me sit on one of his bikes!<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi4cM4-RwzZ8sAj3bSwTvOhqEZ_Y91fSXUbrsrC9b7RWX_XvwvD0CoRDIy3X0rjwgOGowcjbFK6ksy84Y756IgLyA8ow_DYpbp8-ViGf2IxlwrnGdCPUHE4zrV_Ssx8qbEjQo-ffMD2DI/s1600-h/S1055955.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi4cM4-RwzZ8sAj3bSwTvOhqEZ_Y91fSXUbrsrC9b7RWX_XvwvD0CoRDIy3X0rjwgOGowcjbFK6ksy84Y756IgLyA8ow_DYpbp8-ViGf2IxlwrnGdCPUHE4zrV_Ssx8qbEjQo-ffMD2DI/s400/S1055955.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My friends at the Helmet Park are always pleased to see me,<br />they call mummy The Duck Lady! lol!<br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyh6gt0gOTZsGYhgSFoaAfKbON8-SuqDULx5E0krACLT3KJ2QwConOD5lrbs7epQJhCIQ5lhJhgmvVoBhmgFRweYiQaN6eR_8u5EbSffmIV0rXkI2jBpc_qSdJ5NDseE_93tKZmoS9Ftc/s1600-h/S1055958.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyh6gt0gOTZsGYhgSFoaAfKbON8-SuqDULx5E0krACLT3KJ2QwConOD5lrbs7epQJhCIQ5lhJhgmvVoBhmgFRweYiQaN6eR_8u5EbSffmIV0rXkI2jBpc_qSdJ5NDseE_93tKZmoS9Ftc/s400/S1055958.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It is run by members of the Guide Dod Association!<br />They raise money for luvly doggies like this one!<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbG8GemzLPDexlarEc7v-NAFG5FDMDH8D8sXdG2TXLJ8F2KzfeNREDIjR3-1KnW-EbviInB9xYMwqUJMeb7Pby2Aysz8LyG5XcA8DuLxpF8LyBNclBgtYYWdRGMB2JMB_YDb0BRRh8Go/s1600-h/S1055957.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbG8GemzLPDexlarEc7v-NAFG5FDMDH8D8sXdG2TXLJ8F2KzfeNREDIjR3-1KnW-EbviInB9xYMwqUJMeb7Pby2Aysz8LyG5XcA8DuLxpF8LyBNclBgtYYWdRGMB2JMB_YDb0BRRh8Go/s400/S1055957.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />We had a look round the stands...I saw this helmet! lol!<br />I wonder if I look like that when Daddy goes fast?<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWA1VKy3Wi_LIN-1bt1JwA2qc_SBtPQ2wM_aCRP7aVzYrL2r1hF3xUV527Nl6aBBvXP3NSCq0Kd15v_KOme4NVymfdINZTwlRJYs0vEsqdtypiOTXAmeCJhtZbifcbqeJdzrrRTIRKxog/s1600-h/S1055961.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWA1VKy3Wi_LIN-1bt1JwA2qc_SBtPQ2wM_aCRP7aVzYrL2r1hF3xUV527Nl6aBBvXP3NSCq0Kd15v_KOme4NVymfdINZTwlRJYs0vEsqdtypiOTXAmeCJhtZbifcbqeJdzrrRTIRKxog/s400/S1055961.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I found a good place for me and Daddy and Mummy to watch the races!<br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmmG0aEmCNFVySmRDXbljl4CZ0tFMIowi3R5HsOpGAZfnY5-hTbytI8bX-JOwzJNCCwVJdasDVpFoHjiVQqzcaeaOOoRnRmprJzLjKoQMQ7_Qy5MJGsq-CqUlt97CLxu9icUVnPjrInM/s1600-h/S1055962.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmmG0aEmCNFVySmRDXbljl4CZ0tFMIowi3R5HsOpGAZfnY5-hTbytI8bX-JOwzJNCCwVJdasDVpFoHjiVQqzcaeaOOoRnRmprJzLjKoQMQ7_Qy5MJGsq-CqUlt97CLxu9icUVnPjrInM/s400/S1055962.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">See how close to the track we were!<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWExJWowb_5FiK-qYKWbsKdbseFQ1Uf_O7iroYeHIPNHAy_3gmtUPPRnNb5uaICTjUHNUB6snIMcAKjlE_WdXWzCgd274hw-HDo42xRBhtbNkWmCbAqLnHvgUAT4H9kYUkYFOFIqOuA8/s1600-h/S1055963.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWExJWowb_5FiK-qYKWbsKdbseFQ1Uf_O7iroYeHIPNHAy_3gmtUPPRnNb5uaICTjUHNUB6snIMcAKjlE_WdXWzCgd274hw-HDo42xRBhtbNkWmCbAqLnHvgUAT4H9kYUkYFOFIqOuA8/s400/S1055963.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is Ian Locher, my friend.<br />Ian knows me, I often have a chat with him.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXE2xTfgZNWU5WNmb9TyUNoBNqQSjGDSsQnwLA1gCg00KZdWOW62lNtzkKj6oRKeiAB6rjNIPKmBkSzUF4uzDu9eKsA-bBykltKFpfCRwJceBGRqq_pqF9MjJ4zhv-_OEwpKTeB7fccGo/s1600-h/S1055979.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXE2xTfgZNWU5WNmb9TyUNoBNqQSjGDSsQnwLA1gCg00KZdWOW62lNtzkKj6oRKeiAB6rjNIPKmBkSzUF4uzDu9eKsA-bBykltKFpfCRwJceBGRqq_pqF9MjJ4zhv-_OEwpKTeB7fccGo/s400/S1055979.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />We moved to another place to watch!<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvBZCey4jbG55AJr8tzdAjkvY5ExSaEXEUn1-qR6MVQOR0MTwTCeeum42SmbfzWy_nfc8p93LaL7AwsZTY4RrSSWq-M9c2fCEpbeEGAlsgsLOLcdYn1KR_AUl95AjORO1qcf9FG1w_UU/s1600-h/S1055994.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvBZCey4jbG55AJr8tzdAjkvY5ExSaEXEUn1-qR6MVQOR0MTwTCeeum42SmbfzWy_nfc8p93LaL7AwsZTY4RrSSWq-M9c2fCEpbeEGAlsgsLOLcdYn1KR_AUl95AjORO1qcf9FG1w_UU/s400/S1055994.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Just in time to see Ian take the lead and win the race.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePwwMprqPkkGHGzXkoi75eZLgRSqY2sLKtJYddV2C_mmPP8T4RZ_YafLcTek2wTy7W4k34swfCsicCWXAerpKvPcBeB-03BqSYr9POJjQzJgp7xESKA9FzccX94QqAPuic83BKXyG2wA/s1600-h/S1055997.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePwwMprqPkkGHGzXkoi75eZLgRSqY2sLKtJYddV2C_mmPP8T4RZ_YafLcTek2wTy7W4k34swfCsicCWXAerpKvPcBeB-03BqSYr9POJjQzJgp7xESKA9FzccX94QqAPuic83BKXyG2wA/s400/S1055997.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJnlTPUp4JxK3Mhmwv6ZVDl8ZDe48WFcGUXevszA8JoHcUup9x9jqcWBHcZUx2tRfHsdXrSXhQ-qPE-DgzTCbCV_5CpxSWxfsW3ZpFV-QTEOT3PIYPUu5xKxGgUthoVE5SKZzpKJSkacI/s1600-h/S1055991.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJnlTPUp4JxK3Mhmwv6ZVDl8ZDe48WFcGUXevszA8JoHcUup9x9jqcWBHcZUx2tRfHsdXrSXhQ-qPE-DgzTCbCV_5CpxSWxfsW3ZpFV-QTEOT3PIYPUu5xKxGgUthoVE5SKZzpKJSkacI/s400/S1055991.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It was a close thing! Chris Palmer was in the lead at one point but Ian won!<br />He was favourite to win the main Cock of the North race, but an incident at the Mere Hairpin saw him out in the first lap!<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_Aq7Lg_0WsLzThoWBHYuu9NzDebA8smiMgt3wcqUUVHf_TZl0-Rop_QNp0h-U1CY7JObtGd_WAsDvzZGBwmiVH3ugfDbYBqBW7QsshwalN5N76Ho398KS0Op3BOVu-F2-Nefr6F_Lmo/s1600-h/S1055999.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_Aq7Lg_0WsLzThoWBHYuu9NzDebA8smiMgt3wcqUUVHf_TZl0-Rop_QNp0h-U1CY7JObtGd_WAsDvzZGBwmiVH3ugfDbYBqBW7QsshwalN5N76Ho398KS0Op3BOVu-F2-Nefr6F_Lmo/s400/S1055999.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />We had a great day and it was nice for me to have some man time with Daddy!<br />I did tell him some jokes but he strained to understand them!<br /><br />Well that's it for a week I guess.<br />Not sure what plans are in store for next weekend but it isn't long now before we go to France.<br /><br />We leave on 31st August!<br /><br />Have a good week everybody!<br /><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676952557449798733.post-55405690932515182162009-07-05T00:57:00.000-07:002009-07-06T00:59:54.992-07:00Odd Shots & Whitby<div style="text-align: center;">Me, Yesterday with Mr Bassett!<br /></div><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKtxKM64ozgTpdLlbfNaPtxkduMQSCIR40hAa7yknpcH7bS31Mve4dHzbQpzvM4AevBQGf9S-nNvlSFR9aO20pEUVRYwme2LMxIwDxTGjyi89BaWyKdB5YM3fmyZ4qbw7iot9ajMZJsA/s1600-h/S1055945.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKtxKM64ozgTpdLlbfNaPtxkduMQSCIR40hAa7yknpcH7bS31Mve4dHzbQpzvM4AevBQGf9S-nNvlSFR9aO20pEUVRYwme2LMxIwDxTGjyi89BaWyKdB5YM3fmyZ4qbw7iot9ajMZJsA/s400/S1055945.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Imagine my surprise yesterday, there we were trundling along the moor villages when we came across this strange group of characters in Glaisdale!<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIzhId3keEXBmq__De6GPmEdElQtKCLl6aoz40Ii-tL38U0cwv_rJiUC9ndFwxDPws3kXAgtw5e9I5awN_GtzGS0zh7BhFXQU3kALeLvBydm2h5OdgfZiX7ThOW127VnNi75WZDohcOw/s1600-h/S1055941.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIzhId3keEXBmq__De6GPmEdElQtKCLl6aoz40Ii-tL38U0cwv_rJiUC9ndFwxDPws3kXAgtw5e9I5awN_GtzGS0zh7BhFXQU3kALeLvBydm2h5OdgfZiX7ThOW127VnNi75WZDohcOw/s400/S1055941.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">These were very good!<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVMFXx8tSNSC-DhXJ7x-9FXIilGQQbNSFBodCP2HGeTTL_zKdErBr2bIIfIEuwzpkNJPi2HvrUj_K85x2ripoZ7hrREBCHGs3GPWqi6pvEnasAelglKFEdfp_z_mfk17GpWHHhc4IzO4/s1600-h/S1055942.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVMFXx8tSNSC-DhXJ7x-9FXIilGQQbNSFBodCP2HGeTTL_zKdErBr2bIIfIEuwzpkNJPi2HvrUj_K85x2ripoZ7hrREBCHGs3GPWqi6pvEnasAelglKFEdfp_z_mfk17GpWHHhc4IzO4/s400/S1055942.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought I would join in for a while!<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf00JiVDLbQNGLB6v3I35bmGtb4B93QCW9G3oW_gr1_-7BlaOGkv9Z_KftkqgOpIRFioph8J1nhZ-sK6TCk4m02POUiWY-RzaAe4ESXJmfr6Buy7Y2e1XjywKOAYGAxfVthHMexMHwFe0/s1600-h/S1055946.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf00JiVDLbQNGLB6v3I35bmGtb4B93QCW9G3oW_gr1_-7BlaOGkv9Z_KftkqgOpIRFioph8J1nhZ-sK6TCk4m02POUiWY-RzaAe4ESXJmfr6Buy7Y2e1XjywKOAYGAxfVthHMexMHwFe0/s400/S1055946.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy was waiting for mummy who was taking the photographs.<br />We couldn't stay too long because the weather was hot and it was uncomfortable for both mummy and daddy in their bike gear! I was OK cos I was flying in the breeze on mummy's back.<br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgD89cs8A1sOMNdMOFatnaK_X3IdUR8w4Waz5uSFMYOJ2ZkiZQC4-DN7GwjYxtV0TeCPsAckCfdBD3rT4_nY79hSO0_BJxj43tgSTLhDOLj3PtaG-Emoc87nAXqUZklZHbIMMgsDoMgEc/s1600-h/S1055947.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgD89cs8A1sOMNdMOFatnaK_X3IdUR8w4Waz5uSFMYOJ2ZkiZQC4-DN7GwjYxtV0TeCPsAckCfdBD3rT4_nY79hSO0_BJxj43tgSTLhDOLj3PtaG-Emoc87nAXqUZklZHbIMMgsDoMgEc/s400/S1055947.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We decided to go to the North York Moors Railway and have an icecream.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiVEyGB1afjO7H1jLBMeew4989jdOIFqCVr8gSQ4tYLP5oOLaKAfb3XQaTc79La05TymutIdcSdsUoMSvQTGA3uR7F135faUZmKRf9Bw-kD_qNKYv5Z9gqnVXKysFmnT58_pX0aSNPYw/s1600-h/S1055948.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiVEyGB1afjO7H1jLBMeew4989jdOIFqCVr8gSQ4tYLP5oOLaKAfb3XQaTc79La05TymutIdcSdsUoMSvQTGA3uR7F135faUZmKRf9Bw-kD_qNKYv5Z9gqnVXKysFmnT58_pX0aSNPYw/s400/S1055948.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I had a chat with some of the passengers waiting for a train, they were going to Pickering!<br /></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpOarEhMlbsajbqJtfBKiQtImIO8odiVTuH36m2b-JWNDEk8BVx0gpmrFMMca5kDdU6U0QWXnmXlburO-1J5gihPfBppoievsm10sorPXtDEVaBp0ldPJjs0KX7ZnIlSYnjQi_iuM6xA/s1600-h/S1055954.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpOarEhMlbsajbqJtfBKiQtImIO8odiVTuH36m2b-JWNDEk8BVx0gpmrFMMca5kDdU6U0QWXnmXlburO-1J5gihPfBppoievsm10sorPXtDEVaBp0ldPJjs0KX7ZnIlSYnjQi_iuM6xA/s400/S1055954.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We watched some of the trains<br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4bXdGtFxt9YkAfFf-XDXg874VmrFmjW8J8efNO-gdRGG-aQ_QQRoP_va3XZ1tDaYJhQyObN88qRuSnLYaxAw3DkHFEQ6hVnHcJ_z7wkTEDqrTqKDyujUWps3k2Onrz-D-3y0kVNvXt8/s1600-h/S1055951.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4bXdGtFxt9YkAfFf-XDXg874VmrFmjW8J8efNO-gdRGG-aQ_QQRoP_va3XZ1tDaYJhQyObN88qRuSnLYaxAw3DkHFEQ6hVnHcJ_z7wkTEDqrTqKDyujUWps3k2Onrz-D-3y0kVNvXt8/s400/S1055951.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy doesn't like having his photograph taken, can you tell?<br />If you look into the window you can see my reflection!<br />Mummy was holding me whilst she took the photograph.<br /></div></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">It was good to get out as we hadn't managed to get out on the motorbike last weekend.<br />It was mummy's birthday and on Sunday we had to do some shopping for Grandma as she wanted a new laptop.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MlUcD2-iEqi2vQ7VIjVMBXtQfFjq48_bQMwVIV6K-KaXLOMUe8gGUnImc1KYq_6gvmWhjUwmfEqOI4N015rZVKuhm0R5fNrzoN8ERzEZVphr5RgfDacXFAh5zwOzdyDv4ffsJHDIzpw/s1600-h/Whitby+3.7.09+001.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MlUcD2-iEqi2vQ7VIjVMBXtQfFjq48_bQMwVIV6K-KaXLOMUe8gGUnImc1KYq_6gvmWhjUwmfEqOI4N015rZVKuhm0R5fNrzoN8ERzEZVphr5RgfDacXFAh5zwOzdyDv4ffsJHDIzpw/s400/Whitby+3.7.09+001.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />One of mummy's friends, Auntie Julie couldn't go to the big party so she took Mummy and me to Whitby on Friday!<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWtB6GEaFgp95IDCBXBtMKDddFODagrhP5eP7AcvwoDBVggt3OSYiKghjdhShKvq5kacNCzSeTW9u6t_N958mmk95zLmj_UXq5t4bTmssZ-goGV-7EjhoM5XjIgB-1n83u3KViaYJpYQ/s1600-h/Whitby+3.7.09+009.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWtB6GEaFgp95IDCBXBtMKDddFODagrhP5eP7AcvwoDBVggt3OSYiKghjdhShKvq5kacNCzSeTW9u6t_N958mmk95zLmj_UXq5t4bTmssZ-goGV-7EjhoM5XjIgB-1n83u3KViaYJpYQ/s400/Whitby+3.7.09+009.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We had a luvly lunch then we went on a boat ride out to sea.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKQz24Z9KnVy0WcR7t0n_s9200COfZKCcWQe3xCqsPsFIVtWCj_YWC74JCq0kxWTTZMYG_OVeP6JKPCpW46iqT-xSDF0cK4qVJNFV39VeY85xFUbhx94HAKPvuQ2U-YTvCg0Y55C4DGs/s1600-h/Whitby+3.7.09+010.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKQz24Z9KnVy0WcR7t0n_s9200COfZKCcWQe3xCqsPsFIVtWCj_YWC74JCq0kxWTTZMYG_OVeP6JKPCpW46iqT-xSDF0cK4qVJNFV39VeY85xFUbhx94HAKPvuQ2U-YTvCg0Y55C4DGs/s400/Whitby+3.7.09+010.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Auntie Julie and I had a good talk about stuff<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OgNbSmLPFKBjj-Gyuhr9gEHShsX82TMss_nkIJpOV5QjAFYuOEBBvU7q5veP-imtEKuunQHGPzBe2Df-gDOiDwp8ccE1RHRpyoD4gVSj4ExIuQHkpTZVRp4loEvRVpUtatR_9w3tX9E/s1600-h/Whitby+3.7.09+026.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OgNbSmLPFKBjj-Gyuhr9gEHShsX82TMss_nkIJpOV5QjAFYuOEBBvU7q5veP-imtEKuunQHGPzBe2Df-gDOiDwp8ccE1RHRpyoD4gVSj4ExIuQHkpTZVRp4loEvRVpUtatR_9w3tX9E/s400/Whitby+3.7.09+026.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I tickled Auntie Julie, she laughed!<br /></div><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2534ya0yWkIp4LwkXlGLjoTDemfLoeI0d8NnUhCURg_IGnnyQwU-TnCn_qFxbDuxSphO_d7BTcGajuQ21Rk1tw-JY5KvXRKFWw_Hm6KOM2xGncUfieEQ7FZRpFHSc3lLrPX3QS2OfOek/s1600-h/Whitby+3.7.09+020.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2534ya0yWkIp4LwkXlGLjoTDemfLoeI0d8NnUhCURg_IGnnyQwU-TnCn_qFxbDuxSphO_d7BTcGajuQ21Rk1tw-JY5KvXRKFWw_Hm6KOM2xGncUfieEQ7FZRpFHSc3lLrPX3QS2OfOek/s400/Whitby+3.7.09+020.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">You can see The Marine, this is where we had lunch.<br />Auntie Julie had a crab sandwich, mummy had mackeral.<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_0oBfi3DD9TNg3tXZYO6bzX1bjIZPYN8HLeTqxhefaEbdhk7rOE0zJXeGzxzED7ftlWzs7AX-HQddsEB14pefVUl37OhrRL0QJ5UPm8Z2In4RDARz5VgQRGUuqiQ1b1nDVaCLUkuMgE/s1600-h/Whitby+3.7.09+023.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_0oBfi3DD9TNg3tXZYO6bzX1bjIZPYN8HLeTqxhefaEbdhk7rOE0zJXeGzxzED7ftlWzs7AX-HQddsEB14pefVUl37OhrRL0QJ5UPm8Z2In4RDARz5VgQRGUuqiQ1b1nDVaCLUkuMgE/s400/Whitby+3.7.09+023.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here you can see St. Mary's Church next to Whitby Abbey.<br />There are 199 steps up to the Abbey! I think I would prefer to fly!<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNDRr-NhP0ivIw_yC92OYVORiSA1Zav03nXGCVU48NxPXUfccfuO4eObu_Me1SQhd5Ss2Svqa81DutpTIfjcKk5LLwpGbLeT051N-IsorztDBcPATuF5yJ6Q0cSj7K2PogBftPnEnWOo/s1600-h/Whitby+3.7.09+033.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNDRr-NhP0ivIw_yC92OYVORiSA1Zav03nXGCVU48NxPXUfccfuO4eObu_Me1SQhd5Ss2Svqa81DutpTIfjcKk5LLwpGbLeT051N-IsorztDBcPATuF5yJ6Q0cSj7K2PogBftPnEnWOo/s400/Whitby+3.7.09+033.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />We had a great day!<br />The weather was a bit iffy and there was a huge downpour which we missed!<br /><br />Yesterday we had to get some new tyres fitted on the motorbike, so later on when Daddy finishes work we may get out for an adventure. Mummy has said however she wont go if it is too hot as the bike gear can be very very hot! It is OK for me you se, cos I ride on her back but mummy gets grumpy when she's too hot so it would be better not to go me thinks. We'll see eh?<br /><br />For more Odd Shot Mondays <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://katneyskaboodle.blogspot.com/">visit Auntie Katney</a><br />For more Camera Critters<a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mistysmusings.com/"> visit Misty Dawn</a><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpICUZJpV5ERHO85iqPaXD7pWqxTQDFambjp7XaJlffTwJUmPgMgwLoTF4bJVt1kpV9DocRG5lZ7yVfzXiBNilvO32btWTh9NO7VtZD1Lo7VrXckBU1XrQsKqxklnVL7c8h1hFkgPCZzU/s1600-h/Whitby+3.7.09+054.JPG"><br /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><br /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676952557449798733.post-49541730973888181702009-06-29T02:15:00.000-07:002009-06-29T02:24:12.506-07:00Monday Monday!<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheQc6NyOiov344mSexh_liQFfRKx3YRl1Ixb6vda073MbcOUbk30xSoGHJpyySTTf1yZmJuKPkTS6AGr5dUrHhCAry-IhW1QwCgVmZ-IKCoJkCD8BWROskLOyKrhkfubzM7BjZHlqxoZg/s1600-h/Assen+2008+159.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheQc6NyOiov344mSexh_liQFfRKx3YRl1Ixb6vda073MbcOUbk30xSoGHJpyySTTf1yZmJuKPkTS6AGr5dUrHhCAry-IhW1QwCgVmZ-IKCoJkCD8BWROskLOyKrhkfubzM7BjZHlqxoZg/s400/Assen+2008+159.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br />Well there wasn't a bike adventure this weekend as it was mummy's birthday BBQ on Saturday night, Daddy was working. Hopefully I will get out for some fresh air next weekend, we'll have to see.<br /><br />However we did do some talking about our forthcoming adventure.......we are going over to France on July 31st! Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!<div>We will travel over to Ijmuiden, Holland on the Ferry (Sunday evening) and travel through Belguim arriving in France on the Monday afternoon! I know we are heading to the Loire Valley and visiting Auntie Dorothy & Uncle Keith at some point!</div><div><br /></div><div>The photograph I am showing today was taken last year at Ijmuiden when we were waiting for the ferry! Daddy had a bad back so I was keeping him company!</div><div><br /></div><div>For more Black and White pictures<a href="http://monochromeweeklytheme.blogspot.com/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"> see here</span></b></a> (Monochrome apparantly is the posh word!)</div><div>For more odd shots <a href="http://katneyskaboodle.blogspot.com/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;">see here!</span></b></a><br /><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676952557449798733.post-60379730226208677682009-06-27T00:53:00.000-07:002009-06-27T01:30:53.039-07:00Assen 2008<div style="text-align: center;">Photo Hunters and Camera Critters!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Flags!</div><br /><br /><div>This time last year, for Mummy's birthday we went to Assen. We like the ferry journey from Newcastle over to Ijmuiden. We will be going on the same ferry later this summer when we tour France!<br /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQt3ZW5JX1DuriGkT85LqDqv8yfEpCBcQPCCx3sSw4o-CmNYNmr0ekJQT6WOjXb3ieaY7VZvZxsLuxZIlMeFkELI7Lgyx0leGAstnMkF0Cy-EFmmfuz4E97DGobUmJZY94c975UsApCk4/s1600-h/Assen+2008+083.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQt3ZW5JX1DuriGkT85LqDqv8yfEpCBcQPCCx3sSw4o-CmNYNmr0ekJQT6WOjXb3ieaY7VZvZxsLuxZIlMeFkELI7Lgyx0leGAstnMkF0Cy-EFmmfuz4E97DGobUmJZY94c975UsApCk4/s400/Assen+2008+083.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Wherever I go I meet new people. Last year was no exception when we went over to Assen for the Moto GP round. Sitting in front of us were some james Toseland fans. James comes from Yorkshire and we have met him on many occasions. He knows me very well!<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibGaxRz8RN-wAhp9yZto5r0fP-utTqPDdxHHWAMipzA2ZhINFb8o-8Ngdn3LM5epgH89rQFZEvaQUidcFpXkO217mRd5AHrI3XjK7tcpqi3CsYvSDUwWZjQAHd7u4SgxlGtMd79nPBAIo/s1600-h/Assen+2008+084.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibGaxRz8RN-wAhp9yZto5r0fP-utTqPDdxHHWAMipzA2ZhINFb8o-8Ngdn3LM5epgH89rQFZEvaQUidcFpXkO217mRd5AHrI3XjK7tcpqi3CsYvSDUwWZjQAHd7u4SgxlGtMd79nPBAIo/s400/Assen+2008+084.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Here I am with Mummy and Daddy! Mummy isn't that short, Daddy was standing on a chair! lol!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLh2gdFyAhbBI7HsNfBFbMUXqfv18Z4VU4j7wi-K2q43fzWTcmtQ8Jwd31TJxHbvBm3q3cWcl4LlB0dN7Kqt28XKSvEwCkrdGef15MYmsbDtjwxP6lovjZNssf0zcvDyaH-dCxHnPdT8Q/s1600-h/Assen+2008+065.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLh2gdFyAhbBI7HsNfBFbMUXqfv18Z4VU4j7wi-K2q43fzWTcmtQ8Jwd31TJxHbvBm3q3cWcl4LlB0dN7Kqt28XKSvEwCkrdGef15MYmsbDtjwxP6lovjZNssf0zcvDyaH-dCxHnPdT8Q/s400/Assen+2008+065.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Here is James in action!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sSxZvCyD0-YnvudpIJqd_EpdRV3q_baNExdNgNMcdYvLyvS0-FvZqrrRginU56bCLtiBcyDUZKRhmtVIGYSAUlsHnAdUkHHbMg7qwdYhQG9nFDfLy23Dh2Q64JxJ_X_S-VSG4cz2nSU/s1600-h/Assen+2008+049.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sSxZvCyD0-YnvudpIJqd_EpdRV3q_baNExdNgNMcdYvLyvS0-FvZqrrRginU56bCLtiBcyDUZKRhmtVIGYSAUlsHnAdUkHHbMg7qwdYhQG9nFDfLy23Dh2Q64JxJ_X_S-VSG4cz2nSU/s400/Assen+2008+049.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;clear: both; ">Valentino Rossi had a problem in the first lap and dropped back to 10th position! But being the star he is each round saw him clambering back another position! The crowd was really behind him! I think he came in 4th! One rider run out of petrol about 5 yards from the finishing flag and another rider, Colin Edwards got 3rd position! </div><div style="text-align: left;clear: both; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;clear: both; ">To see more camera critters visit <a href="http://camera-critters.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><b>Misty Dawn </b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;clear: both; ">I hope you have enjoyed my Flags post, part of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><b><a href="http://tnchick.com/">Photo Hunters project by tnchick!</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;clear: both; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;clear: both; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676952557449798733.post-14561582120937787852009-06-26T00:14:00.000-07:002009-06-26T00:18:08.570-07:00Looking up to the Sky!<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYY-JKivPiJ95yRr64h1xcTZoFITXXwM5mJInFe0ukhH-k1LdQ6LCv-0KKS4DH4ZOq4r8cPijw896hCOyO-8qB6TTyx6guFdQgIbKa445XzHupgYbOgEm3E2Z2hjIQL6PC-E0WNOEQ9cE/s1600-h/Duck+043.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYY-JKivPiJ95yRr64h1xcTZoFITXXwM5mJInFe0ukhH-k1LdQ6LCv-0KKS4DH4ZOq4r8cPijw896hCOyO-8qB6TTyx6guFdQgIbKa445XzHupgYbOgEm3E2Z2hjIQL6PC-E0WNOEQ9cE/s400/Duck+043.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br />As a very special Skywatch Friday jesture I would just like to thank<a href="http://david-mcmahon.blogspot.com/"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;">Uncle David</span></b></a> for mentioning my blog in his posts of the day awards. I was truly humbled as to receive such recognition for my new blog is really humbling.<br />On behalf of all bloggers out there I would like to say a big thank you to Uncle David cos he takes time to encourage us all out there and it is always nice to say Thank You!<div><br /></div><div>When you look up at the sky do make a wish for a blue sky on Saturday cos it is mummy's birthday BBQ and we have lots of friends and family coming round!<br /><br />For other skies<a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com/"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><b>visit here</b></span></a><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676952557449798733.post-69620752146232823672009-06-23T01:33:00.000-07:002009-06-23T09:19:47.693-07:00W is for....My World Tuesday!<div style="text-align: center;">Parliament Square, Ramsey IOM</div><br /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMAOd8kayfnlEUnblBgPuStZLcvrbJ8hazv876SVvRASOUIXfk2atq8rHvkVl8MvE2fat86UKV479XSAeMHRKzbggKIlkYwVhA_zIEq7HB6KoBJpRhGVJ9_qU5CHOJJbhv3wH6CfS5yw/s1600-h/ttDSC_0045dandj+(1).jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMAOd8kayfnlEUnblBgPuStZLcvrbJ8hazv876SVvRASOUIXfk2atq8rHvkVl8MvE2fat86UKV479XSAeMHRKzbggKIlkYwVhA_zIEq7HB6KoBJpRhGVJ9_qU5CHOJJbhv3wH6CfS5yw/s400/ttDSC_0045dandj+(1).jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><br /></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">This is me on the back of mummy. Daddy is the rider. This photograph sums up my world, as seen from the back of a motorbike. </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">I have to thank <a href="http://dailyphotoisleofman.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><b>Babooshka</b></span></a> for taking this photograph.</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">It pretty much sums up my world. </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">You would be amazed at the things I see and the people I meet. </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER">Over the next few weeks I will share my world with you!</div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><br /></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><br /></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><b><a href="http://showyourworld.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;">To see other worlds, see here</span></a></b></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><b><a href="http://abcwednesdayround3.blogspot.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;">To see other ABC worlds, see here</span></a></b></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><br /></div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676952557449798733.post-88320341422047907442009-06-22T00:14:00.000-07:002009-06-22T00:36:17.873-07:00Odd Shot or What?<div style="text-align: center;">Me, yesterday in Thornton-le-Dale</div><br /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1ruH7ZofeOdlk1SNfTNgHToYI2TW4wq3d5IN9sgdGn4OYxVNKGVnYtrlIM2QCnXUEDIRt1KcpMFlqVqfWuMt47aLaUQcaFwFJKfPj2KajS2DWYmwZA7I34wbwXdudiaHq0y9P44x65U/s1600-h/Duck+004.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1ruH7ZofeOdlk1SNfTNgHToYI2TW4wq3d5IN9sgdGn4OYxVNKGVnYtrlIM2QCnXUEDIRt1KcpMFlqVqfWuMt47aLaUQcaFwFJKfPj2KajS2DWYmwZA7I34wbwXdudiaHq0y9P44x65U/s400/Duck+004.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday Mummy, Daddy, Auntie Trish and Uncle John went out for a little bike ride.</div><div style="text-align: center;">To be honest after the 500 miles we did in the Isle of Man the short afternoon ride out was very welcome! We just went on the roads near to where we live, so we went along the moor Road, via Pickering.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqslNrejIPplYEAqMfpuI1SY9-0slJdwRMINEFXUIMgH4Uaj5NUl8QPtqpzJLqp2QxQN9OV2nreRxxIHNgJBb1Jws9skaMRPDQD7-_13zC9CDC7CDuUish_sWFacdS6uuEEmut8kzr0gE/s1600-h/Duck+008.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqslNrejIPplYEAqMfpuI1SY9-0slJdwRMINEFXUIMgH4Uaj5NUl8QPtqpzJLqp2QxQN9OV2nreRxxIHNgJBb1Jws9skaMRPDQD7-_13zC9CDC7CDuUish_sWFacdS6uuEEmut8kzr0gE/s400/Duck+008.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Frome left to right, , Daddy, Auntie Trish and Uncle John and me at the front!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSRJ2XTl1akCXaxu5BA7n36-cqBmxevSdYAIrLnTSgryw6oFnZ3p5aPEI2howLyzV0KJsWWIr1GUSrgrx4h7UBMoTRSORsijLOKVoked_uypsN_u6mTlgz7R5_-RniGqJ4R_5BfIGAWQ/s1600-h/Duck+007.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSRJ2XTl1akCXaxu5BA7n36-cqBmxevSdYAIrLnTSgryw6oFnZ3p5aPEI2howLyzV0KJsWWIr1GUSrgrx4h7UBMoTRSORsijLOKVoked_uypsN_u6mTlgz7R5_-RniGqJ4R_5BfIGAWQ/s400/Duck+007.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had some gorgeous scones with jam and cream. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Uncle John threw some crumbs for the birds!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivTE6xg2EKhm4v8phgADOSHVCIG0Afhyphenhyphen4NsgVqgtH6LIhiBG-zTqWUXQzXUFq1XD-17xtgzM7MmRX9Ogy41vDtblzWepDsj_10UjMxuXDBGwjZZRIkYH5t3dFTtabuBXtqXEDQZgBxpCM/s1600-h/Duck+010.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivTE6xg2EKhm4v8phgADOSHVCIG0Afhyphenhyphen4NsgVqgtH6LIhiBG-zTqWUXQzXUFq1XD-17xtgzM7MmRX9Ogy41vDtblzWepDsj_10UjMxuXDBGwjZZRIkYH5t3dFTtabuBXtqXEDQZgBxpCM/s400/Duck+010.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHH5s4AIhfA1pPSp5dF894jAIxxpdcv2QR1OohEUQz9S-YytFg0aOjTg-U_2uSCWZNwOfzBoYPvFhqLnDZOwaiTnSBImoN4mtjhabKDKjtHaccgUDRiFCEJKQMiQcn0VR9p6F2c09TmPs/s1600-h/Duck+011.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHH5s4AIhfA1pPSp5dF894jAIxxpdcv2QR1OohEUQz9S-YytFg0aOjTg-U_2uSCWZNwOfzBoYPvFhqLnDZOwaiTnSBImoN4mtjhabKDKjtHaccgUDRiFCEJKQMiQcn0VR9p6F2c09TmPs/s400/Duck+011.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBuDX5jQf_lreDvSslmbDjxJKQI0nYy4eFcscStiW8Caatz7ygN4VTTM4itDrI6a5TVVgBdbMk0yjfB61NLYkUgkqsUHKxFLEPQtTFzvTuNTyxjscDqJyZWT0l8TdNrK-tid3mcgK2ok/s1600-h/Duck+006.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBuDX5jQf_lreDvSslmbDjxJKQI0nYy4eFcscStiW8Caatz7ygN4VTTM4itDrI6a5TVVgBdbMk0yjfB61NLYkUgkqsUHKxFLEPQtTFzvTuNTyxjscDqJyZWT0l8TdNrK-tid3mcgK2ok/s400/Duck+006.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We went for a walk in the wood.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I saw lots of other ducks!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had a little chat with some of them!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXABS5MIMSLlw4aTM6264mFeMBVCASeTaqb3mHY8XZ9dRsZKqPiVR6f49ZaKsXrlz9Sxwz_jw_9WFZqXYH40J3OKvuB8S68MohQ80W1Stke_fgnpX3reJmikIy6zin6-lC24hKZeMLj0w/s1600-h/Duck+017.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXABS5MIMSLlw4aTM6264mFeMBVCASeTaqb3mHY8XZ9dRsZKqPiVR6f49ZaKsXrlz9Sxwz_jw_9WFZqXYH40J3OKvuB8S68MohQ80W1Stke_fgnpX3reJmikIy6zin6-lC24hKZeMLj0w/s400/Duck+017.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRb8TlRJP37sR9DvEWSAjWUt_YE4ckjYfGZppr2PqOCFYodmS0mEEMYpAPU43SWMokZhQ_vm_HPDdQ3MFI6TPWBrAe4dUOivy4awck3XhJSwF09pcnEnz57UK6Q4Hvkst0xHb01mtHwE/s1600-h/Duck+021.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRb8TlRJP37sR9DvEWSAjWUt_YE4ckjYfGZppr2PqOCFYodmS0mEEMYpAPU43SWMokZhQ_vm_HPDdQ3MFI6TPWBrAe4dUOivy4awck3XhJSwF09pcnEnz57UK6Q4Hvkst0xHb01mtHwE/s400/Duck+021.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkU48BG7_VLPyNZ2dag879Bj4g8fschTs0l7GqglfOP5OmZRtVyhCpq5yAOLV3jf-0usKS7q7Xm9rsJdXO0JyywEwujfwCi-dzxp9GUKr6eQlhTkWQaFRWQC-VOKC1tZIhLSIhGW1Qetk/s1600-h/Duck+030.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkU48BG7_VLPyNZ2dag879Bj4g8fschTs0l7GqglfOP5OmZRtVyhCpq5yAOLV3jf-0usKS7q7Xm9rsJdXO0JyywEwujfwCi-dzxp9GUKr6eQlhTkWQaFRWQC-VOKC1tZIhLSIhGW1Qetk/s400/Duck+030.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We saw some tiny ducklings swimming along!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATm1pk3EByMuUYHFNTx8GL90lYPEU5RsGraEyrM-0BRbTdJ8K8q5h0oS8DYY-ACrhHs0GDQuhchF7n3lAsBoiZDwNgn1j7pA1bbRtsy_jf3IBamV5BiQB09Fmn7HWgruv5xmBUvZ_RcM/s1600-h/Duck+031.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATm1pk3EByMuUYHFNTx8GL90lYPEU5RsGraEyrM-0BRbTdJ8K8q5h0oS8DYY-ACrhHs0GDQuhchF7n3lAsBoiZDwNgn1j7pA1bbRtsy_jf3IBamV5BiQB09Fmn7HWgruv5xmBUvZ_RcM/s400/Duck+031.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yZNYgzhYcBye0GFESsYetXhYOVlFwpfY0pS_MXPATSOSnj1W6an9cE2tcNjrid_RcwVi2SFnJ1O50QbvjCE3vnTzVAF5YhDG1EaqqLp6fZmYhOkTDugF03rNA2o77NfnYZQVInhL3aw/s1600-h/Duck+032.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yZNYgzhYcBye0GFESsYetXhYOVlFwpfY0pS_MXPATSOSnj1W6an9cE2tcNjrid_RcwVi2SFnJ1O50QbvjCE3vnTzVAF5YhDG1EaqqLp6fZmYhOkTDugF03rNA2o77NfnYZQVInhL3aw/s400/Duck+032.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJA7hqdlruaB93q1J3pot6GrfBLFvXqVbiX0bIGVOA4SDzsg2J8fkT9fNfuHNUL_RBohowy1ICmcj7MxRdAZObFGCyXZIubREBprh4ERZSokz_5qpbPR7HdXkr46_9KLCVqnMd8Ptj7-8/s1600-h/Duck+036.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJA7hqdlruaB93q1J3pot6GrfBLFvXqVbiX0bIGVOA4SDzsg2J8fkT9fNfuHNUL_RBohowy1ICmcj7MxRdAZObFGCyXZIubREBprh4ERZSokz_5qpbPR7HdXkr46_9KLCVqnMd8Ptj7-8/s400/Duck+036.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We went to the Chocolate Factory and the man told me about his chocolates.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisL_RgDszs1LA8E8Zw26yAxSfXN5ph2WYRWO5kKp1j8Hq539hb2LhtcczVWvES4dXxdaUZ-Qd5p_gDBV-2DBaF3Ng8501G79NdGfMM7nsvDXcfCoO2aGGqqDytuMGcftcZFO1YtcucF6Y/s1600-h/Duck+040.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisL_RgDszs1LA8E8Zw26yAxSfXN5ph2WYRWO5kKp1j8Hq539hb2LhtcczVWvES4dXxdaUZ-Qd5p_gDBV-2DBaF3Ng8501G79NdGfMM7nsvDXcfCoO2aGGqqDytuMGcftcZFO1YtcucF6Y/s400/Duck+040.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I saw some chocolate geese!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I told Joe about them when I got home, but we thought they looked more like ducks!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_yQ1tIvCKjIo51qsO5JyWV8YATBohWbXq0UaRtCoG7c2yIfwgOCvdpVbIP10g3dR9sOeL1E2uU_GgxywMvPQP3Oxd_4Ol_CeIreorl6iHpxXbiI7hdMM2aGddeTzmKvsO329vJs1_sg/s1600-h/Duck+041.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_yQ1tIvCKjIo51qsO5JyWV8YATBohWbXq0UaRtCoG7c2yIfwgOCvdpVbIP10g3dR9sOeL1E2uU_GgxywMvPQP3Oxd_4Ol_CeIreorl6iHpxXbiI7hdMM2aGddeTzmKvsO329vJs1_sg/s400/Duck+041.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We then went to Scarborough.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy and I did some looking out to Sea!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-s4ieq8_x30LamMVUS8iamgj1DuMHuFK0N6-ZjM-IA6AuWaEUwVNr9dDcJhact9WA1TRxOnPm2yCYpMXLG2b93RX6td82XQIZbUNEfghWlOeahNNmpnGp8KyjyIwoEkLgujwtn1qs4c/s1600-h/Duck+042.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-s4ieq8_x30LamMVUS8iamgj1DuMHuFK0N6-ZjM-IA6AuWaEUwVNr9dDcJhact9WA1TRxOnPm2yCYpMXLG2b93RX6td82XQIZbUNEfghWlOeahNNmpnGp8KyjyIwoEkLgujwtn1qs4c/s400/Duck+042.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Whenever we go to Scarborough I always look out to Flamborough Head and say "Hello" from <a href="http://flamblogger.blogspot.com/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;">Auntie Chris!</span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hbEiO6smfUcuNZQpjtT9urBvSCJmZOOUKzlvpj0R5F5DJQaFFyR2vPSeGz1TXRgmLpZ6B8ecwbX8I2LuaT-MZn_Y4-T52Enmsrj2XmNiukkX1WDEkOiHB4RNEsWNAUTLtpAipreue60/s1600-h/Duck+043.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hbEiO6smfUcuNZQpjtT9urBvSCJmZOOUKzlvpj0R5F5DJQaFFyR2vPSeGz1TXRgmLpZ6B8ecwbX8I2LuaT-MZn_Y4-T52Enmsrj2XmNiukkX1WDEkOiHB4RNEsWNAUTLtpAipreue60/s400/Duck+043.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>So my first contribution to Odd Shot Monday! Hope you enjoyed my new blog and will visit me again soon! </div><div>For other odd shots <a href="http://katneyskaboodle.blogspot.com/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;">visit Auntie Katney here</span></b></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The Duck!</div><div>Quack Quack!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676952557449798733.post-30543512549371368712009-06-21T03:25:00.000-07:002009-06-21T03:27:51.222-07:00Hello Critters<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkdZ3smaRFAVM2LUhfBFsHV4nvqKIA5yNic5UqLZSx-Gva7tXvHcmkPfjSjoyAn2te2_bIAG_S_eSiJXEcIDWcSMvgf8fIDy8OqTM9pC6SHjDmAh_bonqwXQ6q8C2AsD-DF6hmJkUGnE/s1600-h/31,05.09+020.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkdZ3smaRFAVM2LUhfBFsHV4nvqKIA5yNic5UqLZSx-Gva7tXvHcmkPfjSjoyAn2te2_bIAG_S_eSiJXEcIDWcSMvgf8fIDy8OqTM9pC6SHjDmAh_bonqwXQ6q8C2AsD-DF6hmJkUGnE/s400/31,05.09+020.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br />I am thrilled to be here this Sunday! Today we are hoping to go out on the motorbike over the moors to Pickering, a lovely little village called Thornton- le-Dale.<br /><br />Watch this space!<br /><br />For more critters <a href="http://www.mistysmusings.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">visit Misty Dawn here</span></a><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676952557449798733.post-71359504929283139702009-06-16T00:09:00.000-07:002009-06-16T06:53:23.241-07:00Phew! TT 2009<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8zP5OAIvqcs7sB6n5jQdZnB-BEwsHpmSYXus62AnEI-1n648FhaCylr6h68yvb6Z2K4vS7KeQoAqwtJJ4hVFjpKOrOtpUlXhYEvkzqu7TzoNCtEeUeUdOvYLVL_LMCV4h5somqouj20/s1600-h/IOM+2009x2+005.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8zP5OAIvqcs7sB6n5jQdZnB-BEwsHpmSYXus62AnEI-1n648FhaCylr6h68yvb6Z2K4vS7KeQoAqwtJJ4hVFjpKOrOtpUlXhYEvkzqu7TzoNCtEeUeUdOvYLVL_LMCV4h5somqouj20/s320/IOM+2009x2+005.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br />Here I am on the ferry as we left Heysham!<br />Always pronounce Heeeeysham, NOT HAYsham!<br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQN2-xjxJJRe44U0hHWnzmr6OKhQzWGdXaVIhaLfLog2WilB9OWA0YUU46d5QpvrprIBwfymDBUg9_7ZHaRYxcX8NImtNKNxE7qiI1UP1oYxgZMzF3OJX6F5LASckCJnoTT1EQUTwA4ww/s1600-h/IOM+2009x2+015.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQN2-xjxJJRe44U0hHWnzmr6OKhQzWGdXaVIhaLfLog2WilB9OWA0YUU46d5QpvrprIBwfymDBUg9_7ZHaRYxcX8NImtNKNxE7qiI1UP1oYxgZMzF3OJX6F5LASckCJnoTT1EQUTwA4ww/s320/IOM+2009x2+015.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br />The very first night we had a lovely meal at Chequers in port Erin.<br />This is Gerry!<br />He said mummy had luvly hair! Daddy was watching him! lol!<br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw5zpsa4kID_VDhb_Q4SsubExD0bgZtwg2l-CMyYDDJxLkq00Hectt5QLtYgF9SstUGzaXDVbXXEhNK68KlJRsXwOInwVncp76788vB-TlPPDwMGyOLMKfdTiMTs4nz_joVfXWQL2nV3k/s1600-h/IOM+2009x2+124.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw5zpsa4kID_VDhb_Q4SsubExD0bgZtwg2l-CMyYDDJxLkq00Hectt5QLtYgF9SstUGzaXDVbXXEhNK68KlJRsXwOInwVncp76788vB-TlPPDwMGyOLMKfdTiMTs4nz_joVfXWQL2nV3k/s320/IOM+2009x2+124.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br />Our friends on the Honda stand always look out for me!<br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU4rhAzZga1WLm8_skESNgOaWN_Th6fyaU9ieehyphenhyphentJEFQ7oVvn3y1d1XsNv8flXZOUoq6RUUPZqkfYhFOwW61VOXT6oQbJU-MBQH_qCqZsVWLuQO9G4V83cR1JLc0epjZSf5fEeOiOgEk/s1600-h/IOM+2009x2+125.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU4rhAzZga1WLm8_skESNgOaWN_Th6fyaU9ieehyphenhyphentJEFQ7oVvn3y1d1XsNv8flXZOUoq6RUUPZqkfYhFOwW61VOXT6oQbJU-MBQH_qCqZsVWLuQO9G4V83cR1JLc0epjZSf5fEeOiOgEk/s320/IOM+2009x2+125.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><br /></a></div>Here I am with mummy and daddy! LOL!<br />What a mad bunch we are!<br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsLj9B2EGcC5HkvEpVXT4XP9tZe-1zw7fvLAziK_P7wWvnspE7J5wVHMvyxH5ZmjBKs7xlODSt8YuNQkM_f2K4Tll8d7UyhNKbQnq3JjWfN_SbZ2kEW676ZLPdY8qiCCcZjigg2qBgLY/s1600-h/IOM+2009x2+220.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsLj9B2EGcC5HkvEpVXT4XP9tZe-1zw7fvLAziK_P7wWvnspE7J5wVHMvyxH5ZmjBKs7xlODSt8YuNQkM_f2K4Tll8d7UyhNKbQnq3JjWfN_SbZ2kEW676ZLPdY8qiCCcZjigg2qBgLY/s320/IOM+2009x2+220.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br />Here I am hanging out in the paddock.<br />This is Ian Locher who I know from Scarborough Road Races!<br />This was his 100th race at the TT!<br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2eDQAopY2KoR_cP_xzz1sEIecXdTKjCqS7umQdxcCgIrQngHbrvkVMMnmAhVf_D9Te1i4tYPp_t9IknmIeGBJJeuzAFbBewA1FgJhE-6zUZ81Ro6cMjyVSj69Iezml7XUCzjmfx8ijw/s1600-h/IOM+2009x2+225.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2eDQAopY2KoR_cP_xzz1sEIecXdTKjCqS7umQdxcCgIrQngHbrvkVMMnmAhVf_D9Te1i4tYPp_t9IknmIeGBJJeuzAFbBewA1FgJhE-6zUZ81Ro6cMjyVSj69Iezml7XUCzjmfx8ijw/s320/IOM+2009x2+225.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br />Jamie Whitham was one of the commentators!<br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhVhVX_ruabwzE6BmELhBrfCw1DsUk5VCZPRvOqVOUAQtvdjgMYyVilxIrJQro8wEkK-xAJqq2csugy2_g_CQFISTlOjys5xspE646lFLJeaLjpIhgcnLF2k95S6o1bOg0qSuFpxywXA/s1600-h/IOM+2009x2+179.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhVhVX_ruabwzE6BmELhBrfCw1DsUk5VCZPRvOqVOUAQtvdjgMYyVilxIrJQro8wEkK-xAJqq2csugy2_g_CQFISTlOjys5xspE646lFLJeaLjpIhgcnLF2k95S6o1bOg0qSuFpxywXA/s320/IOM+2009x2+179.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br />On Saturday we had a train journey!<br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1kYTdD8roOlZ6U6L_n4qR9IPusP1rB-DD4v-a3JGAUJ6Fi-HWBhTKE184rY-rKc2IxMZbTp9WkTKrmFy2nc0Z0L4DyT8kH9Q2L7DgY9MQAkLbSV6K0grwDGsgv50PDXoVSkdNwYe4EFs/s1600-h/IOM+2009x2+184.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1kYTdD8roOlZ6U6L_n4qR9IPusP1rB-DD4v-a3JGAUJ6Fi-HWBhTKE184rY-rKc2IxMZbTp9WkTKrmFy2nc0Z0L4DyT8kH9Q2L7DgY9MQAkLbSV6K0grwDGsgv50PDXoVSkdNwYe4EFs/s320/IOM+2009x2+184.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Daddy nodded off as we waited for the train to Laxey!<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCrBkRf07zFAdlLXWFaG-VstOuWbsiUZzk44f-cC-_oq3ruFwQXNzIedxyfm6ZfzkJDm-lpfc-nqigwDGVrPWH3-fgep1L38oqf8VfigXBd-FSsVHm36_pAmW22nMWs2RXutY4dWF3FBE/s1600-h/IOM+2009x2+201.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCrBkRf07zFAdlLXWFaG-VstOuWbsiUZzk44f-cC-_oq3ruFwQXNzIedxyfm6ZfzkJDm-lpfc-nqigwDGVrPWH3-fgep1L38oqf8VfigXBd-FSsVHm36_pAmW22nMWs2RXutY4dWF3FBE/s320/IOM+2009x2+201.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div> </div><br />Here I am going up the mountain railway!<br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66QHoUUQIL9D4e-y4EZAORm6R0GQQco-BAVwMHGCcKDmJ9s8D55gYn27u8m75pRm0g-474iDJepDZHCsP4suZePW19mOK27BcSZCJnL2xJ-GDC2uQA6NDXAFAURDwk2fxhyphenhyphenDSPI9v88w/s1600-h/IOM+2009x2+333.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66QHoUUQIL9D4e-y4EZAORm6R0GQQco-BAVwMHGCcKDmJ9s8D55gYn27u8m75pRm0g-474iDJepDZHCsP4suZePW19mOK27BcSZCJnL2xJ-GDC2uQA6NDXAFAURDwk2fxhyphenhyphenDSPI9v88w/s320/IOM+2009x2+333.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Sunday came all too soon and it was time to go home.<br />Can you see me on the back of our bike?<br /><br /><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10