Later that evening I ventured out to check on the weather. The mist had cleared and the sky was like black velvet with sequins sewn into it. The Milky Way was beautiful, I don’t usually see it as clear because of all the light pollution, but this night it was perfect. The Great Bear stood out so that it couldn’t possibly be missed and I managed to find Cassiopeia, the W shape.

I felt as though I was in a Planetarium because the horizon was flat, we were on the highest point. As I looked the horizon had a faint glow above it provided by the lights of the various built up areas surrounding The Long Mynd.

Next morning the mist was back with a vengeance and I bravely (or so I thought) walked along the footpath until I could no longer see the van. I then walked another 10 paces and fairly flew back to warmth and safety.

The weather forecast was not good and we still had the dratted Stratus cloud (will I ever get to page 3 Cumulus?), in fact we were actually in it that morning, so we decided to spend a few nights at home and catch up on some visiting and also plan our next outing.

Thursday, it was still dull but dry and we visited Janet at the Threshing Barn. It really is a kaleidoscope of colour and today we ended up helping to wind wool into balls and skeins. Pat became very proficient at estimating the weight of each ball but declined to wind into skeins using a niddy noddy. The yarn was in glorious colours all hand dyed by Janet, if you’re looking for an unusual gift, you can buy scarf kits for knitting or even sock patterns and wool if you’re feeling brave.

At one point Pat was being nagged by myself and Janet plus 3 customers, he had a wonderful day! It especially took a turn for the better when we managed to fly the kite and camera. Dave, Janet’s husband, was interested in the photos and we think we got a couple of good ones for him. When we first let the kite go, Miss Piggy, a massive porker, ran into her sty obviously frightened. I went over to console her and she scuttled out to me almost grinning. She was grunting away quite happily and as I scratched her head the grunts became less and she almost melted into the wall, she was in piggy heaven and if she could have purred I’m sure she would have done.

Christmas is coming and I’m really going to have to get some spinning and weaving done because I’m plucking up courage to approach a few shops that I hope will sell some of my bags and jewellery .

I’m concentrating on spinning for the next couple of days and trying to build a Christmas stock that I can show. We’re also getting ready for a possible trip to the South East next week and we will be watching the weather very carefully.