Marbury Picnic

Pleasant wander around Marbury with old chums Tone and Pene. Had a picnic next to an old wonky piano in the sheltered picnic area. Maybe we should have moved because children started to whack the keys in a most unmusical manner! Imagine John Cage crossed with that Northern comedian with the rubber face? Anyway, we stayed and consumed our sandwiches and crisps. Later popped back to our back garden for tea and biscuits ( the birthday cake now all gone!) .

Marsden and Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Nice few days in West Yorkshire. More sorting of Dave's stuff. Tooka day off to wander round the YSP to to be amused by the Erwin Wurm exhibition which was terrific and not somebody I'd known really. He has a nice sense of the absurd - dancing sausages, dancing suits, wonky cars, bendy lorries, hot water bottles with feet etc. It cheered us up despite the rain. Also very nice installation in the chapel by a New York artist - piles of broken wood made into an impressive structure. We had a snack in the cafe and then more wanderings around the smaller galleries to see some lost wax workshops and prints in another gallery. 50 acres to explore but the rain put us off and we headed back to Marsden via Holmfirth - where Last Of The Summer Wine was filmed. Had a scone, cream, jam and tea in the infamous Sids Cafe. Thought it would be full of tourists but very quiet. Popped into a few shops to dodge the rain.

Walk To Local Park

Very humid - so short walk to park and up the hill to the bench to look at the clouds. Wasps, bees, butterflies on the thistles.