Meet my friend, the Unicorn

No, I've not stepped into a mystical realm.  I really did meet Mr Unicorn.  At the Ashover May Carnival in Derbyshire.  Here he is:



This has to be THE most hideous picture of yours truly I've seen in a very long time. Never mind, we're all friends here aren't we! 

 
Ooh I do like a good May Day event.  Mr Unicorn and his fellow Morris dancers:

Garland Girls from Chesterfield and their lovely embroidered aprons:

Shame that the bric-a-brac stalls weren't up too much. Mind you, Little Miss J and P struck lucky on the tombola. Look what she came away with:

Well, it has to be better than the tin of sliced carrots which was the last tombola prize I won!  Little Miss was very disgruntled, though, as you can imagine.  The slippers fit neither me nor Mr J and P so they'll be going in a charity shop bag and I'm sure they'll make someone very happy.

We had a fabulous time in Derbyshire.  We went for a walk in Dovedale which is very lovely but was very busy.  Look at the amount of people wanting to go across the stepping stones:

There was even some art we could admire as we strolled along:

Mr and Little Miss J and P sitting on a tree trunk across a river.  This made me very nervous I can tell you.

There was even some climbing to be had.  Not by me, though, I like to be on terra firma, myself (preferably on a pavement, and ideally just about to enter a charity shop - that's my kind of terra firma!).

Little Miss on the top of Robin Hood's Stride



Grafitti from 1885 on Robin Hood's Stride





There wasn't a great deal of bargain finding while we were away (bargain hunting, oh yes, but no finding).  We went to a massive car boot sale near Matlock but I didn't get a sausage.  Very disappointing.  However, the previous week, we were in Cumbria, visiting Grandpappy J and P and I did manage to bag two pairs of 70s curtains at £1.99 a pair from a charity shop.

Feel free to salivate over these:

mmmmmmm

Flowerytastic

My favourite colour combo

Drooooool

Magnifique n'est pas?  Better than a silly old pair of memory foam slippers doncha think?

On a final note, I went to a whole THREE jumble sales last weekend.  Here is just a little teasing picture of my haul (posing with my previous buys namely the basket and Fortnum & Mason hamper). 

 

See you next time, dear readers when I shall reveal all in delicious detail.   TTFN.  xx