Mother Shiptons Cave

 

Last weekend we went to Mother Shipton's Cave, here are a few pics (ok, a lot of pics but still less than a quarter of total pics taken) I took while we were out and about.

 

This was the view on the way to the caves. It's such a beautiful area.

 

 

There are loads of carvings and sculptures along the way...

 which is a bit weird, lets be honest.

 

 

 

And this, a coin log, has money bashed in to the sides. According to google, and google is never wrong its either to protect people walking through hallowed ground or a wishing tree. Personally I like the first explanation but that's just me. It also looks like it did come with a hammer attached...

 but not anymore..

 

 

This is the Well Spring, it feeds in to the petrifying well/waterfall and the wishing well beneath.

 

Spot the croc you get 5 points.

 

Oh FYI, the white flowers everywhere... that's wild garlic.

 

 

This is the petrifying well. Objects have been hung from here for years, turning them to stone.

 

 

This is the wishing well, which of course I made a wish in... just in case.

 

 

And a statue of Mother Shipton herself!

 

We also went to the museum.... by museum, I mean a small hut at the end with some of the things they had turned to stone.

 

 

 

 

This one made me laugh.

Just in case you're greedy with wishes, you can also buy unlimited wishes...

 

Not even joking.

 

Water from the wishing well has been bottled and is being sold for £3.00.

 

 

Hope you liked this post, it's more pics than anything.

 

Mother Shipton also made prophecies which have since come true. Find more info on her here.

 

Keep your peepers open for my next one. Tomorrow we head to Scarborough.

My favourite place on earth I think.

 

Gina xoxo

 

 

 



Dear Diary

 

 

I think this is going to be a bit like a dear diary type post because that's just how I'm feeling at the moment. Seems I only ever write in my diary when I'm upset or pissed off and it's usually to just empty my head so that I don't over think things. Which I'm really good at doing.

 

Recently I called an old friend that I don't really get to talk to any more (and you can take old as in know a long time or just old coz he is ha (joking)) because he has recently got back with his wife and she's all OTT paranoid about who he speaks to. So he is literally banned from speaking to anyone she doesn't approve of... being any female... period. Which I can understand knowing their situation. I also respect him for sticking with it because I know he really wants to give his marriage the best shot at working out. Hence why I don't really talk to him anymore, even though I work with him and could call him any time I wanted. I respect him enough to back off.

 

We do speak sometimes, as I said we work at the same company so it's inevitable that it's going to happen sometimes. We spoke the other day and he was the one that pretty much said I'm shit at updating my blog, which is true, sorry.

 

There is so much I cant say over a phone at work and cant say at all by text due to said wife and there's so much I want to talk to him about because he was such a good friend and support for me with my anxiety and panic attacks and just everything else we talked about and I wanted to

say thank you. 

 

 I really do miss him and I hope it's not too long before I get my friend back. We have so much to catch up on, not least of all me kicking his ass on xbox lol

 

It's a different post to my usual but I guess it had to be done, even if it's because I hope he sees it.

 

Gina xoxo

 

Making our house into a home

 

 

 

I've recently been told I'm shit at updating my blog...lol which yea, I'll give you that, I am. Having so many things to do recently updating my blog has kinda fallen by the way side.

 

SO here I am, updating you on what I've been up to:

 

We started decorating the Kitchen, we have tiles finally YAY. Just need to get some wallpaper on these old walls and its done!!

 

 

And we finally got the shower up, with the best shower curtain you've ever seen in your life!

 

 

Little bit obsessed with owl prints at the minute...

 

Next on the list is my bedroom.

Cant wait to do that, I already have the wall paper ready to go.

 

I'm making my best friend's sister a baby blanket so I'll put a pic of that up once its done, she's due in July I think so I cant wait to see her reaction when I give her it. Even my friend hasn't seen it yet so I'm keeping that under wraps until they have seen it but no doubt it will be on my instagram as soon as she sees it.

 

Also if you've been looking on my instagram, you will have these the coasters that I've started making. These are so easy to make!

 

 

There is 4 green for my mum, 2 red so far for my kitchen and the pink will match my bedroom once it's done.

 

So this is why I haven't updated my blog recently, busy busy busy.

 

Gina xoxo