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The hypnotic, rhythmic blows of axe on wood drew us ever closer to the abandoned house #derbyshire #love_derbyshire #walk #hike #getoutmore #peakdistrict #peakdistrictnationalpark #instasky #instalike #instamood #instagood #instagram #igers #ig_sky #ig_shotz #ig_nature #igersmood #lonely #house #spooky #hauntedhouse (at Longshaw Estate)
...and there, from the darkest pools of the cemetery quiet of the woods, movement. #derbyshire #love_derbyshire #peakdistrict #peakdistrictnationalpark #walk #hike #hikingandhappiness #instalike #instadaily #igersdaily #instasky #instamood #instagood #instanature #igers #ig_sky #ig_shotz #ig_nature #igersmood (at Ashover, Derbyshire)
The sun sets on a wonderful week at Scarborough #yorkshire #love_yorkshire #scarborough #sunset #sunrise_sunsets_aroundworld #sky #skyline #skylovers #sky_sultans #skylovers_clouds #sea #seaside #seaview #clouds #cloudporn #igers #ig_sky #ig_shotz #igersmood #ig_nature #igersoftheday #igsneakercommunity #igersdaily #instadaily #instalike #nofilter #nofilterneeded (at North Bay Beach)
Returning Home Today
We're all off home today, after a week in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. I must say that I feel more knackered now than when we arrived and, dare I say it, looking forward to getting back to work. Having a three year old and a two year old, both of whom sleep less than a city that never sleeps, is exhausting (common knowledge, I know) and no warnings from those who trod the path before you can ever illustrate this fact. One has to experience it to fully understand what a ridiculous journey parents set themselves up for when they do the underpants Charleston.
Our final morning in Scarborough for another year. Not so many spectacular sunrises this year, but dramatic skies aplenty. #yorkshire #love_yorkshire #scarborough #sea #seaview #seaside #sunrise #sunrise_sunsets_aroundworld #sky #skyline #skylovers #sky_sultans #skylovers_clouds #igersdaily #igersoftheday #ig_nature #igersmood #ig_shotz #instasky #instagram #instagood #instamood #instalike #instadaily #igsneakercommunity (at Scarborough Seafront)
Descending Regularly Like a Guillotine on Some of the Best Days...
...is what tends to scupper them. I'm currently putting my two-year-old to bed with Mozart to calm her (Christ, I'm so revoltingly bourgeois) after a wonderful day in Scarborough. I've taken both the kids out this afternoon for a few bus trips - they're NUTS about buses - to give my wife and her mother some Quiet Time and, all of a sudden, I'm struck by how unworthy I am of such a family; how useless I am as a father; as a husband, etc. Now, my rational side tells me I'm being fucking ridiculous but, whatever it is in my rib cage that tells me otherwise, wins hands-down. It convinces me that they would all - in point of fact everyone - be better off if I didn't wake the following morning. This, I know, intellectually, is bonkers. I rationally know I'm a decent enough chap, if measured against the actions of others, and that I think about how to "parent" two bright children and how to be a "good" husband, but this shitty anxiety overrules all of that. I'm in bits this evening. I need a few beers. Thanks for sort of "listening", Tumblr. I know no-one out there really gives a monkey's whatsit, but I reckon this heart/brain splurge helps. Cheers.
In Just a Few Words...
...but, before I get there and it shows up on Tw@ter, I have to make a sentence last long enough so it doesn't register with people I know. Christ, I'm struggling today.
A rare (look at me: old, bald, funny-looking and distinctively grim) photo of my wife and me. I believe with all my molecules that she's the most beautiful, wonderful woman and I have NO CLUE what I have done to deserve her and our beautiful children. She is fiercely intelligent, grounded, collected, practical, patient and tolerant. Me? I'm just an arsehole from Matlock. #yorkshire #love_yorkshire #scarborough #scarboroughcastle #holidaymood #holiday #sky #castle #igersdaily #igersoftheday #ig_nature #igersmood #ig_shotz #instasky #instagram #instagood #instamood #instalike #wife #beautifulgirls #redhair #red #love #truelove (at Scarborough Castle)
Lone carrion circles a desolate, dilapidated residence long fallen into the realms of local ghost stories and tales of fear & death #yorkshire #love_yorkshire #scarborough #sea #sky #skyline #skylovers #sky_sultans #skylovers_clouds #clouds #cloudporn #cloudzdelight #instasky #instalike #instamood #instagood #instagram #igers #ig_sky #ig_shotz #igersmood #ig_nature #igersoftheday #igersdaily (at Scarborough Seafront)
Overheard on a Bus
Lady with Hat: I meant to ask, Jean, love, how's Libby's...you know...? Jean: Libby's what, Sue? Sue: You know! Her *mouths and stage-whispers* 'Lady Issues'? Jean: Oh, that. Yes, well, nipped, folded and tucked back up nice and tidy. She's like a new woman. Saw her the other evening with a gin in one hand, a vol-au-vent in the other and Arthur Bytheway chasing after her like she was Lady Muck... Sue: Well, I'll be! What was in the vol-au-vent? I never did find out. And I'm still not sure if she was referring to Arthur Bytheway, or Arthur, by the way.
It is 6am. The kids have been up half an hour already. I've got CBeebies on for them and this was the sunrise. The sun has now been entirely obscured by heavy cloud, which is unfortunate, because the sun always alleviates how bad I feel. Obviously, I love my kids - goes without saying - but I have had only 5 hours of sleep peppered with disturbing dreams again. I feel a little weary.
Reasons to wake up: I admit that sometimes my anxieties make me wonder if waking the following morning might be better for everyone I know. Awful, isn't it? I have two beautiful children, and a kind, intelligent, caring and supportive wife who loves me (for some reason) and, yet, even though my rational mind argues vociferously against it, whatever is contained within my rib cage seems hell-bent on telling me otherwise. What a mess. But you see beauty like this? That's worth waking up for. #yorkshire #love_yorkshire #sunrise #sunrise_sunsets_aroundworld #igersoftheday #ig_shotz #igers #ig_sky #instasky #instagram #instagood #instamood #instalike #igersmood #igersdaily #anxiety #anxious #anxietydisorder #keepgoing #reachout (at North Bay Beach)
My daughter, Harriet (Harry), watched the sun rise this morning. She's 21 months old and incredibly independent and "wilful". The sun through the glass was - even at this ridiculously early hour - was warming. I have a beautiful, wonderful wife, two beautiful, wonderful children, a job I love, and fantastic friends. Even though I know all this and, intellectually, understand that my feelings are a chemical imbalance and are, as such, irrational, I still experience rather pronounced tremors and sweat to an unusual degree. It's bonkers. Anyway. There's the sun rising on another day where the sweet release of death has not breathed its kiss into me during slumber. Ho hum.
Sometimes - just sometimes - having children who wake up at the Sparrow's fart has it's advantages #sunrise #sunrise_sunsets_aroundworld #yorkshire #love_yorkshire #scarborough #sky #skylovers #sky_sultans #sea #seaview #ocean #igers #ig_shotz #igersmood #igersdaily #igersoftheday #instasky #instagram #instagood #instamood #instalike (at North Bay Beach)
Come and play with us, Danny... #yorkshire #love_yorkshire #scarborough #stackablesapp #hotels #creepy #architecture #sky #blackandwhitephotography #igersoftheday #ig_shotz #igers #instagram #instagood #instamood #instalike #holidaymood (at Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
People Are Strange...
Two true stories here. They're not long so, if you happen to be reading this, bear with me: The next-door neighbours of my sister-in-law put some baby furniture and the like outside on the pavement with a sign that said, "Free. Please help yourself." Someone took the sign. Second true story. I had a friend who owned a bunch of properties in Leeds which he rented out to students. One summer, he was clearing one out and replaced the old, reasonably tatty sofa with one from IKEA. The old sofa was placed on the pavement with a sign that said, "Free to a good home." It sat there for two days. On the third day, my old friend changed the sign to say, "For sale: £200 ono. Ring doorbell if interested." It had been pinched within half an hour.