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A trio of shots taken from our wee break in the Pennines over the weekend, before the snow fell again. ‚   We had booked our seventh attempt to fly off in a hot air balloon and although a flight launched the day before, our flight got cancelled again as a result of high winds.

Never-the-less we enjoyed a lovely break amongst the rolling hills in the Spring. ‚   We stayed at a Shire hotel by Penrith, just off the M6 and A66. ‚   We ‚  visited the High Force waterfall, which was spectacular after the couple of days of heavy rain last week, plus we ‚  popped into ‚  a beautiful herb garden and watermill at a National Trust property called Acorn Bank.

To all those who mother children of their own, adopted or fostered children, family and cherished pets, Happy Mother’s Day!

I’m just back from a lovely weekend in Dumfries with my family, to celebrate both my 35th Birthday but also Mothering Sunday. ‚   Here’s a picture of me with my mum.

And Spring is definitely here, with the sun shining, ‚  deer leaping in ‚  the fields, lambs suckling from their mothers and snowdrops with crocus adorning gardens.