Tomorrow night- can’t wait 🥰

Two more Sheffield folk gigs booked for next year - Filkin’s Drift and Brothers Gillespie 🙌 🎶🎻🎵

Nice, bright pass by the ISS- the skies have cleared here 🙌

Looking forward to this next week… and just a short hop over the Humber bridge too 🙌

Winter Wonderland ❄️❄️❄️

When you meet a friend in the park ( in a snow storm) and he insists on escorting you to work so that you don’t fall. How sweet is that? ♥️ #blessed

Severely ha! 😂🤪🤣

Nice to get in from the cold to the smell of a slow cooker chicken/mushroom curry ( for freezer meals) Last night I made a large cottage pie. Had some for my tea just now ( so tasty!) and 3 lots of that now in freezer. It’s a start to stocking up on winter ready meals😋😁👩‍🍳🥘🍴🍽️

Warming myself up enroute to work. Apple/Cinnamon tea 😋 And a table next to a radiator 🔥 #hyggevibes

Hibernation is becoming more appealing by the minute …😬🥶🌧️🌬️

When you go to take out your rubbish/recycling and a kind neighbour gives you some cherry bakewell bites 😋 About to be enjoyed with a coffee. So delicious ha! #earlyelevenses #naughtybutnice

Thought I’d better make a start… so many things to wrap… that’s enough for tonight! 🎁🧑‍🎄🎄

Nice.. on my birthday 🌝🌕

Think I need to live abroad for the duration of the British winter….😂

Perishing this morning but at least the skies (and trees) are pretty.

Now the temperatures are dropping, think this week is the right time to start batch cooking hearty, wholesome winter meals again to freeze. I’m thinking casseroles,soups,curries, chilli, cottage pies. Plus fruit crumbles 😋 Makes life easier too in the long run. Proper comfort food 😁♥️ 👩‍🍳🥘🥧🍲🫕

Oops. It appears I have already got 20 folk gigs in my diary for 2026. How did that happen? 🤷‍♀️🤔🤭😂🙃 🎶🎻🎺🥁🪗🎸🪕🎶

Sheffield Folk Guides for the next 2 weeks and the December list @helpsheffield.co.uk

After a weekend away and a busy day with work/appointments, I needed to go do a food shop. Glad that’s done and the nice sunset/sky helped. Clear skies later so maybe I’ll get lucky ( if I can stay awake 😂🥱) with tonight’s Leonids peak 💫💫

Bright and very cold morning… could’ve done with today off to recover from the weekend but hey ho 😂😁

The sun will be a most welcome thing but may need thermal clothing in the morning ha 🥶

This purchase was on my list to buy at The Wassail later this month ( didn’t get one the last time). As luck would have it, Hudson Records had a merch stand yesterday at the big bash, so thought I’d grab one just in case I can’t get one at the Whitby wassail on the 29th :-) ♥️

Nice comfort break with this cheery little fella 😁 #gingerbreadlatte

Sitting and sipping hot tea whilst a gang of raucous Jackdaws are heralding the morning is a pleasing start to my Sunday 😁

I can’t really put into words what a day it’s been here in Middlesborough ♥️

Beautiful venue.. packed out too. The fun about to start right through until 11pm

Nice ‘spoons in Guisborough ( Guisborough itself reminds me of Leyburn) Eggs Benny to be enjoyed shortly 😋

All rather lovely here.. :-)

Fabulous evening catching up again with the amazing @ranagri.bsky.social Wonderful music and such lovely, engaging people ♥️ x

Dreadful traveling weather but here safely ♥️ Ranagri on soon. Front row for us of course :-) #wesleycentremaltby #wesleylive

Tomorrow :-) Can’t wait ♥️

Very excited for this weekend’s #folkiebootstime with @anniehornerglis.bsky.social Ranagri gig this evening ( for the 5th time…yep, they’re that good! 🥰) Then onward to Guisborough for a 2 night stay and the wonderful Young'uns Big ‘Boro Bash all day tomorrow ♥️ Bring it on 🙌 🎶🥁🪉🪈🎸🎼

I resemble a drowned rat for the second time today 🫩 but work done, shopping done, parcel collected. Knackering end to a knackering week 😂 Need a hot drink and a short rest now. Then it’s time to bring on the weekend 🙌🥰 ☔️☔️☔️

What thoroughly miserable weather- absolutely hate having to turn out on mornings like this 🫩

Cold wind this morning 🥶

Was half hour late to the Aurora party this morning. Beautiful , starry skies when I went out at 5am. Activity was up to 4:30 am apparently ha. Some brilliant photos out there. Next time…. 😁

Envious of those in the North/North East who had a fab Aurora display last night. It was too cloudy here. It is possible that tonight’s Aurora may be even better but the cloud forecast here is dire 🫩🙄 Pffftt!

Blooming in November ! This single, pretty Cosmos has popped up randomly in my garden 🌸

Taking advantage of a rare free morning. Colouring my hair and started to pack a little case. Early on Friday evening we’ll be heading to Yorkshire to see Ranagri then onward in readiness for the Young’uns Big ‘Boro Bash on Saturday.We have a lovely Airbnb cottage booked for 2 nights. Bring it on ♥️

Wishing my 97 yr old lunchtime lady the best of luck. She can no longer cope at home and has to move to a care facility.We had a lovely (if 🥺) hour together today - I’ll miss her but it’s all for the best. Love her to bits (and she loves me) I will visit her when possible. Bless you Mrs C ♥️ xx

Sheffield Folk Guides for the next 2 weeks- Sheffield local carols start this week! Come and sing these brilliant local carols in a pub. The first session will be this Thursday at The Greyhound, Ecclesfield. see www.localcarols.org.uk @helpsheffield.co.uk

A very soggy but colourful #thicktrunktuesday

Fungi amid the leaves 🍁🍂 #fungi

Pouring with rain. But this adorable, confiding little Pied Wagtail is keeping my spirits up ♥️ #natureismyconstant

Ha ha yes 😂😉

Monday again so soon ha. Damp, breezy start but the day shows promise :-)

No chance of seeing the Moon and Jupiter conjunction tonight- pouring with rain here 🫩

That moment of absolute joy and emotion when your music hero refers to you by name live on the radio. Tim Walker (bless him) mentioned us to Jon Boden who replied and said he’ll be seeing us soon at the Sheffield Carols etc. The smile on my face right now is the biggest it’s ever been I think 😁🥰

Winding down on my last full free weekend until after Christmas. I’ve had intentional rest mixed with feel good things ♥️ Just made this fig and cardamon loaf cake 😋 Glass of wine will be enjoyed later whilst listening to Tim Walker’s radio folk show ( and our lovely Jon is one of his guests ♥️)