Pete Aldcroft writes for the Allendale Lions Club: “After sparkling for over four weeks at the heart of the village, the Allendale Lions’ 25 [foot tall] Christmas tree was skilfully removed today by Nigel Baynes, Margaret Stonehouse, Stephanie Atkinson, Doug…
Year: 2019
A paler shade of green
I wouldn’t want to hazard a guess as to how many people, gazing at the front of the village’s beloved institution, the Allendale Co-op, would be able to say just what’s different this year. Of course, it’s the shade of…
“Winter’s not over ’till the snow’s gone from the dykes”
Ancient words of wisdom from the north country, for sure, but just for now, we’ve not really started winter, let alone looking to the end. So it’s still a good time to be building those stone walls, and today neighbour…
Back to Work . . .
With a hymn of praise in my heart for the local mechanics and engineers who keep us on the road, I ambled carefully on into Allendale, nursing the baby wheel (80km/hr maximum, or 50mph to you and me) which I’d…
New Year’s Day 2019
8:00am The remains of the fire The work commences to clear away the smouldering embers of the revelry. Special thanks to Stephanie Atkinson for these morning photographs to kick off this daily diary. The plan is to ‘sketchify’ every image…