MONDAY 23^RD 

Ian set off on a walk after breakfast around some of the villages and fields.  He was exhilarated when he arrived back and had been walking across fields with the sheep and chatting to various people along the way.  The overcast morning turned into a beautiful day by lunch time.   I had been out and about Hawes looking in the various shops (that took all of half an hour),  and stocked up on some groceries etc. 

We had lunch in a little tea room in the centre and then came back to the cottage for a while before going out later in the afternoon driving further up into the hills and around the tops.  Whenever we stop and walk around people stop and chat.  By the time we started home the sun was setting and because of the smoke around there was some nice colour in the sky.   As we came closer to Hawes the mist had started to move across the valley again and it was really thick when we arrived back. 

The fields are so green and even better when the sun shines.  The dry stone fences divide the little paddocks up and make great patterns.  This is sheep country.