Daniel on the trampoline with Zach

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Spring day at Bolton Abbey

Surveying the river, the level is perfect and its looking like it should be a good day..

Jonathan playing a fish:

Looking downstream to Cavendish pavilion

A beautiful brown trout of nearly 2lb

Videos of Zach and Daniel

Links to a couple of videos of Zach and Daniel

Bingley 5 rise locks

Susie and Sophie in front of the locks

Zach enjoyed climbing up the steps and even the narrow walkways across the locks

At the top of the locks

A pathway diverts from the canal side to Bingley north bog with picnic benches provided.  A nice spot alive with bird song and sheltered by the canal embankment.

Back to the car..

Fishing the Ribble with Jonathan Hoyle 19th April

We caught quite a few nice Grayling along with the trout, Jonathan had the best one:

He managed to capture these great underwater pictures of it:

Susie's 9th Birthday Party

Ella and Susie (original image at https://flic.kr/p/njE3BC )

     Daniel with a dolly

Tracey's home made sausage rolls, Yum!

Outside for a bit

Waiting for the food

Gentile Pasta from Italy

Dave and Natasha brought us back some of this lovely pasta from Italy, they were told it is the best pasta in Italy, which I suppose should mean its the best in the world.

I have to say it tasted really good with just olive oil and a few basil leaves.  It is made with special wheat, the production of which is controlled by a single Italian family and air dried in the traditional 'Cirillo' manner which enhances the flavour.

Here is the blurb from the packet:

The pasta Gentile IGP by ancient tradition, still today in the world of advanced technology preserves traditional methods of production used in Gragnano — ‘The City of Pasta‘. In the small factory in Via Pasquale Nastro we daily continue our mission to produce a high quality pasta using Italian semolina enhanced by the ancient and unique natural drying method called ‘Cirillo’. We made the right choice to use an exclusively Italian grain coming from the uncontaminated hills of Basilicata of the Senatore Cappelli variety, thanks to the collaboration of the family Scaraia of lrsina, national exclusivist of the Cappelli seed. Exclusivity that the family friends Scaraia received by the Bolognini Institute in Lodi. The high-quality wheat is then worked with skill and experience in the Farm Mill of Campobasso guaranteeing a constant quality of raw material. The combination of natural drying method and the high quality of durum wheat enhances the aroma, flavour and tenacity of the pasta in its individual formats, making it unique of its kind.

Filey Bay

Click to see large version, view across the bay

Daniel playing with the sand, Natasha and Tracey

Bolton Abbey

Peter and Quincy

Peter, Quincy and Austin

 Susie Swimming

Peter Swimming

Camping At Slenningford Mill near Ripon

By the River Ure

Rainy day trip to York Railway Museum

 Two of the six surviving A4 steam engines

 The last steam engine built in Britain aptly named 'Evening Star'

Pipework of 'The Evening Star'

Zach waiting to ride the Rocket

Hebden

The Waterfall

 Sheep Crossing the stepping stone

Daniel

Peter Fishing Upper Hebden Water

 Descending the steep steps to Upper Hebden Water