** A Cute Family Photo **

Just the thing to act as a little stop-gap in proceedings !

I do apologise for the lack of updates recently, particularly story chapters etc. I would try to explain away this lull with the excuse of an unexpected bout of hayfever cropping up, but as it happens, there hasn’t been anything particularly exciting to report on anyway … Just the droll of daily life, you know how it is.

But in the meantime, to tide you over, I thought I’d upload this adorable family photo which was taken a couple of years ago, just after our 2nd daughter, Emma’s arrival. Don’t the four of us make the cutest family ? … Mmmmmm, happy sigh.

In fact, it’s such a good group shot of us all together that Rocky and I actually gave copies of this very photo to my Mother-in-Law Sylvie (Rocky’s Mum), and Lady Winifred (my Stepmother), for Mother’s Day the other month. They were really pleased by the gesture as well … Which was a MOST surprising reaction from my stern matriarch, I tell you.

But anyway … Hopefully I should get back on with the business of recounting my daft dolly adventures for you all very soon. For now though, take care wont you.

Love from,

Ella x

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** Happy Fathers Day ! **

Rocky is in the midst of getting ready to celebrate a lovely Fathers Day with our two beautiful girls right now. You see, Ruby and Emma have decided to take Daddy to a local Classic Car Show as his special treat for the day. No doubt so he, along with the cheeky cherubs, can oggle all the lovely vintage vehicles on show. Bless ’em.

Before we leave however, there was just enough time to get this quick piccy of the guest of honour himself with Daddy’s little girls … He truly is their hero, hey … Awwwwww !

As such I thought this wonderful quote was a somewhat fitting tribute …

“Some Super Heroes don’t have capes … They are called Dad”.

How true that is an’all.

But anyway …

I’d best get going now, or I might get left behind … Sheesh. Wait for me !!

But just before I depart, I wanted to express one last …

‘HAPPY FATHERS DAY !!’

To my lovely husband, and to all you special Dad’s out there as well.

Love from,

Ella, Ruby & Emma x

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** Our Family Vacation In The Lake District – May 2016 **

Day 7 – Time To Say A Fond Farewell To Our Lovely Lakeland Hideaway – Sniffle !!

The holiday had seemingly flown by in the blink of an eye. So after many exciting adventures, explorations, and excursions, going home day was here before we knew it … Awwwww .

There was most definitely a cloud of sadness overhead as we packed our luggage and got everything loaded back into our doll car. Mind you, despite our apparent reluctance, we were finished and ready in no time at all. So we had nothing to do but WAIT whilst the humans caught up … Dum-dum dee-dum, in your own time. Urrrggghhh !!

The overlord of our existence is certainly NOT as organised as us dolls I tell you ! Or more accurately should that be, she’s not as organised as my Rocky ? Because to be honest here, I’m a hopeless ditherer myself when it comes to packing … Ahem, yes well. At least I got myself sorted quicker than Holly ! Although Rocky kept saying I was JUST as bad, and that it WASN’T a contest either … Pah, yeah right !

But anyway …

Seeing as we had a little time to kill before leaving, the four of us decided to take one last little walk around the grounds of the holiday cottage to say our farewells … Sniffle. Not that I was a touch emotional or anything … No, course not.

With all the exploring during the week however, I’d sorta forgotten how pretty the scenery was right here under our little plastic noses … What a view, hey ?!

Mmmmmmm 

Before we knew it however, the humans had caught up at last, meaning it was time to set off on the long drive back down south to our home … Oh, ummm, okay I guess .

It’d been a fantastic vacation for the whole family, and as we all waved goodbye to the cottage one last time when we drove past on our departure, I couldn’t help but make a little secret wish that we’d return again another time … Let’s just HOPE the Lord & Master gets the HINT there, hey.

I guess we’ll just have to wait any see about that though.

So that just about concludes the tale of our Lake District holiday. From here on in I suppose it’ll be back to the normal grindstone for a while. But I can always HOPE we get the opportunity for more outdoors adventures in the future. After all, I’m rather well traveled as it happens. For a doll that is .

In the meantime however, I’ll finish of by saying one final fond “FAREWELL !!” to the Lakes and all its many wonders. See you next year, hey. Fingers crossed !

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** Our Family Vacation In The Lake District – May 2016 **

Day 6 – “Toot-toot !!” – All aboard the Dolly-Express ! … Chuff-chuff, clackedy-clack.

We’d been blessed with fabulous weather for most of our holiday. However it seems that almost from the very start of this last day of our getaway, the heavens had opened up. Meaning it poured and poured with rain ALL day long … Ohhhh, what a shame, hey .

Thankfully however, it seems that Rocky had already seen the weather forecast, and as such he’d planned a suitable family outing taking these damp conditions into account. I should’ve guessed by the sneaky smirk his face was sporting that some kind of wheeled vehicle would be involved. But as it happens, it wasn’t until we pulled up at the station and I spied a sign stating ‘Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway’ that it finally dawned we were going for a train ride … Ohhhh, right. Urrrgggh, I should’ve known !

Seeing as it was still chucking it down though, its not like I could think of a better alternative. Besides, the girls seemed rather keen as it happens. Most especially when Daddy bought them a toy train each to play with. Mind you, I think Rocky spent more time driving the little Thomas engines around during the journey … Bless him. Sometimes I wonder if I have 3 children rather than 2 ?

But anyway …

It was nice to get out of the wind and rain, and I did enjoy watching the scenery pass us by, whilst looking out the carriage window on our journey. I think Ruby, Emma, and their father chanted “Chuff-chuff, clackedy-clack” on a continuous loop the entire time though … Mmmmm, great ! Somehow it reminded me of the ‘Chitty-chitty Bang-bang’ song.

But that all stopped the moment the train finally reached its destination at Haverthwaite. After all, there was much more to see and explore now. So the 4 of us got out to stretch out legs and have a little nosey around the stations engine sheds, whilst our train refilled with water and turned around in readiness for the return trip. It was sadly far too wet to get any piccys outside though. To be honest, we just ran straight for cover, but we did get this little group snapshot in the engine shed where it was nice and dry none the less.

You probably cant tell, but the big red engine behind us is not actually a real train at all. It’s made from wood !! … How impressive, hey. The girls thought it was fab indeed, but I must admit, I’m now a tad concerned that Rocky might get ideas about fashioning a train of his own at home … Gulp !!

But that’s a worry for another day. So where was I ? … Oh yes …

Before we knew it, the train was ready to depart again. So we dashed back over to the trackside and boarded just in time … Phew ! Would you believe we even managed to get a seat in the observation deck, right at the back where we had a FAB view of the scenery and the track disappearing into the distance behind us … How cool, hey.

We’d had a lovely day, but when we returned to the holiday cottage and warmed up with hot cocoa by the fire, we were all VERY aware of the fact that our lovely family vacation was now drawing to a close … Awwwww, how sad.

There’s still one more holiday photo left though. But I’ll save THAT until another day  …

P.S. Rocky couldn’t understand why I insisted on taking a photo of him with this sign …. Then he read it ! Hehehehe :p  …

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** Our Family Vacation In The Lake District – May 2016 **

Day 5 – An Adventure Into The Mountainous Countryside – And what do we find ? A Wrynose (Rhinos) Bottom Apparently … Ooooh-errrr !

You’d think that by the 5th day of this fun family holiday of ours we’d be running out of steam and longing for a bit of R&R, considering our many exploits and excursions to date, wouldn’t you ? … No such luck as it happens.

Despite the fact that our week away was gradually drawing to a close, it seems that Rocky and the girls were still full of beans and more than a touch eager to indulge in some more exploration of this beautiful picturesque landscape … Who could blame ’em though, hey ? Most especially when confronted with a breathtaking landscape such as this stunning vista around the bottom of the Wrynose Mountain Pass !

The girls certainly had a good giggle about the fact that this lower level of the pass is honest-to-god called, Wrynose Bottom (Pronounced Rhinos Bottom) … But I must admit, even I had a slight snigger about that one an’all.

Thankfully we had a chance to rest our weary legs during this adventure however, because we opted to drive about for most of this particular day. Phew !! … After all, how else would we’ve managed to reach the Wrynose Bottom here (Snigger-snigger, but I’m NOT laughing at the name again … Honest).

Ahem yes well … Anyway …

As luck would have it, there was a handy little spot to park the car near the bottom itself too. Mind you, it was rather windy there (No, I’m NOT gonna laugh again). So where was I ? … Oh yes. We all got out for a bit of ramble, a quick look around, and a family piccy amidst this awesome panorama. How could we not though ? …. Wowy, hey !!

Before we knew it the time had gotten away from us though, so we had to jump back in the car and head back to the holiday cottage once more.

There was now only ONE full day left of our vacation … Awwww. But that was still one WHOLE day of fun to be had none the less. Apparently my sneaky husband already had something specific in mind as well … Deary me, I dreaded to THINK what he had cooking in that scheming head of his ?! Honestly !!

However that story and THOSE particular piccys will follow another time …

P.S. Check out my ADORABLE Peter Rabbit jumper which my good friend, Rai, made especially for this holiday. Isn’t it just the cutest ?!!

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** Our Family Vacation In The Lake District – May 2016 **

A Fabulous Find In Our Change !

Check out this adorable Peter Rabbit 50 pence coin which we received in our change from a purchase at ‘The World of Beatrix Potter™ Attraction’ in Bowness-on-Windermere.

These coins were specially minted to celebrate the 150th birthday of Beatrix Potter (which is THIS year) and are available to purchase from the Royal Mint in a special collectors packaging, but I never dreamed to see any used in actual circulation. Blimey, hey … How cool !

This is certainly a favourite souvenir from our adventures in the Lake District this year, I must say. More on the few remaining exploits from our holiday will follow another day though ….

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** Our Family Vacation In The Lake District – May 2016 **

Day 4 – A Pleasant Ramble Through The Forest … But I Cant See The Wood For The Trees. Are We LOST ?!

Having had a well earned rest during our seaside excursion, by the 4th day of our holiday my twisted ankle was thankfully feeling much better again … Phew ! But my inquisitive daughters and their intrepid father were itching for some more excitement and adventure by now. Hmmmmmm, here we go again …

What better place to satisfy such a craving however, than the very forest area in which our holiday cottage was situated !? … Now there’s a plan indeed !

But would my plucky family think the same though ?? It was time to find out …

As it happens, the girls were rather more keen than I anticipated, and Rocky had no objections either … O–kay, I wasn’t quite expecting that. Ummmm, what now ?!! … I guess we’d better get going, hey.

So with minimal preparations the four of us headed off into the depths of this lovely woodland wilderness, on an impromptu expedition into the unknown … Ooooooh !

Grizedale Forest is a 24.47 km² area of woodland in the Lake District, situated between the lakes of Coniston and Windermere. It is made up of a number of hills, small tarns (such as our own Lake Dolly) and the settlements of Grizedale and Satterthwaite, which is only about 1.5-ish miles from our holiday cottage in the VERY tiny Hamlet of Force Forge.

The forest itself is supposedly an ideal place to go walking in the shelter of the trees, and is also a haven for wildlife. Being home to the only remaining indigenous woodland herd of red deer in England. There are also roe deer living in the forest, while the birds include buzzards and barn owls, as well as red kites, thanks to the recent Grizedale Red Kite re-introduction project.

With this in mind, Ruby and Emma were enthralled with the idea of trying to spot as many creatures as possible on our journey … Bless ’em, hey. Whilst we weren’t actually lucky enough to see any deer though, we did see many lovely birds on our travels, which the little cuties were eager to point out to Rocky and I at every opportunity. They found the whole woodland adventure VERY exciting indeed.

It was a wonderful day filled with some lovely family bonding moments. Mind you, I was a tad concerned at one point that we may end up getting lost in the depths of this seemingly never-ending forest … All this green and trees started to look rather samey to me after a while, and I didn’t have a clue where we were to tell the truth either … Ummmmm, Eeeeek !!

But I never let-on about my concerns to the girls though … I hope ?! …. Hmmmm, but anyway ….

Thankfully Rocky has a GREAT sense of direction, so he’d been carefully maneuvering our route the entire time to take us on a nice little circular tour which ended up right back at the holiday cottage where we started … Phew, nothing to worry about after all !

Not that I was panicking or anything … Ahem !

Back to my point again though …. It was strange to think that we were over half way through our vacation now, and I must admit I was a little sad about that realisation in some ways too … However, on a more positive note, it was nice to know we had a couple more days of adventure still to come none the less.

More on all THAT another time though ….

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