End of Year Update

It's now five months since I injured my legs; tore various tendons and ligaments in my knees. This week, for the first time since it happened I've been able to go out of the house without wearing any strapping or braces on my legs. Another month and I should be back to something like normal...we shall see. Whatever my state of recovery is though I think I'm going to be reluctant to go on any challenging walks on my own.

Thurnscoe, Elsecar Heritage Centre, and Wentworth

A local day out with my support worker today, only going as far as Elsecar and Wentworth, about the same distance from Doncaster as Barnsley is. To begin with we went for breakfast at The Highwayman pub and then got to Harrison's Antiques Centre at Thurnscoe just as it was opening at ten o'clock.

We contined to the Heritage Centre at Elsecar where I was hoping there was going to be a Christmas market or fair there, but although I saw online that it was going to be held yesterday and today, it was actually only held yesterday.

We then drove up the hill to Wentworth where I had a delicious cream tea at the tearooms in the village.

There was more disappointment when we reached the garden centre where I was hoping to get a rabbit pie or a game pie from the butcher's there, but the business had closed down.

Just to finish things off for the day the antiques emporium at the other end of the village doesn't open on Mondays. 

Meeting Friends In Leeds

I met up with a couple of friends in Leeds this afternoon; we didn't stray too far from the railway station because I was worried that my knees might start hurting - they were fine though.

The photos I've taken therefore only feature a small area of the city.

We went to a tapas bar for some lunch and then to a bar where my friend Damo paid £48 for this cocktail tree.