Friday Fun Day with Smiles.

  Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

Angela here again to show you what I've been up to this week.

We've been away for part of the week and only just got back so although I have lots to show you it will be next week for it all appears but here's a clue.

We've been out on our travels to see some old friends that my hubby used to work with in a very different part of the country.

If you know anything about Lincoln where we now live you will now that we don't have hills like this as most of Lincolnshire is very flat.

Some of you may recognise the Cat and Fiddle which is well known in this country as it stands at the top of the peak District and is much loved by walkers. 

This will explain it better......

The Cat and Fiddle Inn is a former public house in the English Peak District, close to the border between Cheshire and Derbyshire. It sits on the A537 road from Macclesfield to Buxton, which runs across a high and remote area of moorland. A section of the road is known as the "Cat and Fiddle Road" after the inn. The building is some 1,689 feet (515 m) above sea level, and it was the second-highest public house in Britain before it closed in 2015 (the Tan Hill Inn in Yorkshire is slightly higher).^[1] In 2020, it reopened as a distillery, shop and bar.

And here we are arriving at Maccelsfield.

More to follow next week.

The dogs were pleased to see us back as they have been in Kennels for a few nights.

Daisy's examining the garden to make sure everything is as it should be.

See you again soon.

Have a great weekend everyone and

 thanks for stopping by.

Leave me a comment and I'll pop over to see what you've been up to this week too.

Angela x

Friday Fun day

 Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

Angela here again to show you what I've been up to this week.

I have a few more photos from our trip to Matlock Baths today.

We started the day with a walk through the market at Matlock itself and then made our way to the station.

Past the Station Masters house and across to 

platform 2. Part of the Peak Rail.

And here's our train arriving!

  

How beautiful is this?

The steam trains that run on this line are all old shunting engines often used by mines.

We didn't see it that day but there is one called "Waleswood" which is from the area where my husband lived near Kiveton Park.

The engine was built in 1930 and taken to Kiveton Park Collery near Rotherham South Yorkshire in 1962  (we would have been 8 years old at the time) and later in 1972 (the same year that I started college) it was moved again but due to problems it stood for some time in the rain until it was put back into working order in around 2019.

It's a very lucky engine as there are many more that we saw left only to be used for spare parts.

                                       

Originally it looked like this......

And now like this, what a smarty!

All the work here is done by volunteers.

We got off at Rowsley where there is a cafe and small museum.

Many of the old advertisement signs have been preserved.

This is hubby waiting for the train to set off.

Don't know who this was but she was obviously enjoying the journey.

It all felt so civilised, peaceful and slow, loved it.

If you are lucky enough to visit it at the weekend they also do afternoon teas on the train which are booked in advance of your trip.

But we're back to real life now and gardening!

And that's just the beginning.

Who ever wanted a big garden! 

Oh dear think it was me!

Have a great weekend everyone and

 thanks for stopping by.

And if you would like some more smiles you just need to pop over to see what our other friends have been doing this week at Annie's for
"This Week's Smiles" and you can also share your  smiles too.

Angela x