Hebden Bridge, York

The holiday was fantastic! We stayed in a cottage right in the middle of the country with access to the river and woods from the front door.

The back of the cottage we stayed in

We went on loads of great walks, and despite the worry with the recent flood warnings, the weather wasn't too bad. Willow thoroughly enjoyed herself; I think she's gone off us for taking her back to Aberdeen.

On one of the days we decided to give her a rest due to her arthritis, we were all heading out the door and Gareth threw a bribery-biscuit into one of the rooms for her, she looked at him, looked at the room then shot out the door!

Hebden Bridge itself is a nice place too, talthough it takes some guts to brave the roads as they are rather narrow and take some skill in negotiating by car! Unfortunately Gareth found a shop selling fudge, and has found out they are going online soon. Oh dear.

It was one of those holidays that you need to recover from once you get back from them...

From student bum to just bum...

It was Gareth's graduation yesterday and it went really well. The ceremony was nice - though in Latin so I didn't have a clue what was going on! As with most graduations, your hands are sore from clapping complete strangers and you get a 2 second glimpse of the person you came to see - although my best friend was in the same ceremony, and Gareth's best friend, so a total of 6 seconds out of an hour and a half!

The photo below left is of Gareth and his best friend outside the hall. The umbrellas indicate that Aberdeen's weather held true and merrily rained for all photographs - it was perfectly fine weather during the indoor part of the ceremony. The photo to the right shows a what a true graduation in Aberdeen looks like;

After the years hard work, and last months events, I think Gareth has

certainly earned his degree. We are also off to York tomorrow for a weeks' holiday with Gareth's mum and her partner, so I think the break will do us both good - and then the work for my dissertation begins when I start the tick job and start collecting data... should really start deciding on a title!