Auntie Knows Best

So far, I have had a lovely extended weekend. My Mum and Auntie Jen and Auntie Josie came over to visit on Thursday and left this morning. I was at work on Thursday and, very wisely I might say, left them to go shopping in Leeds. They seemed to rather successfully ‘do’ the shops… Jen and Jose are pretty much demon shoppers, Mum on the other hand has a much shorter attention span. A bit like me really!

Yesterday I took them out to play and we went to Haworth which is where the Bronte sisters lived. We went to have a look around the Bronte parsonage and then had a lovely lunch at a little cafe. Haworth is such a dinky little place and it has retained much of its charm. There are olde worlde shops, in particular the lovely sweet shop with plastic jars full of sweet like bonbons, sherbert lemons and midget gems. The only annoying bit was that we ot a parking ticket because Mum made the ridiculous mistake of putting it upside down so the date and time wasn’t visible. Stupid woman!

Last night we all went out for a fabulous meal at The White Hart pub in Pool in Wharfdale. Not the cheapest meal out but it was delicious. The Mister, as usual, barely managed to get a word in edgeways.

In between all this fun we managed to play the compulsory games of Scrabble. Not that we are all competitive of course! This morning I took them down to Matalan to do a last minute bit of shopping, but on the way we managed to get a complete puncture. I had a bit of a meltdown as I was worried about taking the old people to the airport. Fortunately I called the AA who came out to sort it out, and they removed a 3 inch piece of metal from the tyre! So the nice AA man followed me to the garage where I left the car and then The Mister and I raced up to the airport to say our final goodbyes!

A slightly stressful end to a brilliant few days! It has just made me realise again how much I miss my family, especially my Mum, but I also miss my aunts. We have such fun together and I value their support, love and friendship immensely.

This last photo is the view on the way home from the shops tonight. So, so beautiful and such an intense colour.