Lazy Sunday Afternoon

As it was a nice sunny day, we decided to go for a walk around Oakwell Hall Country Park near Birstall. All traces of the snow and ice that has blighted these parts for the last couple of weeks has vanished except fot a small mound were the snowman had been.

Oakwell's a place we often visit during the year. It's nice to see how everything looks in different seasons. The daffodils are up but havn't decided to open their heads yet but there are plenty of snowdrops and crocus in flower. One or two trees have blossom on them, but most are still in bud just waiting for it to get a bit warmer. There's no frogspawn in the wildlife pond yet, but it won't be long before there is. Mother mallard and her husband were showing off their three little ducklings in the duck pond. The formal garden behind the hall, is looking splendid at the moment. The gardeners have worked wonders on the garden, trying to recreate what they would have looked like in the 17th century. They've succeeded. Prince Andrew came to open them this week and was impressed.

As it was Mothering Sunday, I treated the wife to a cream tea from the tearooms. It was warm enough to sit outside and have it. I even bought the kids an ice-cream.

Getting soft are'nt I?