Karen Wright: A long weekend of family and celebration
My birthday often falls around Easter or at least in the school Easter holidays and this year was no exception. I was lucky that both my daughters were able to travel to Wakefield this year and take advantage of the long weekend.
We had a really lovely few days. On Friday afternoon my youngest daughter arrived from Oxford on the train and as the Chantry chapel was open that afternoon, we stopped by to take a look around. I have visited before in fact I have even cooked in the chapel but Vanessa had never been in and as she is a Doctor of Medieval history she was interested. After the chapel we made another stop at Sandal Castle, it’s always nice to admire the view from the top and it was a fine afternoon so we could see for miles.
In the evening we met up with my other daughter for a pub meal and we chose the Dam Inn at Newmillerdam as the venue. We had a good catch up and made plans for the rest of the weekend.
On Saturday during the day we all did our own thing, Vanessa went to the Hepworth and she said it was well worth a visit. In the afternoon my little grandchildren arrived at my house. It was their first visit since Christmas so they were bursting with news. The breaking news was they are getting Guinea pigs, at last some much longed for pets. A couple of friends joined us for a bite to eat in the early evening, nothing fancy, I made lasagne and salad with a chocolate Easter cake for pudding which was very moreish!
Easter Sunday was very mixed weather wise, we had storm Dave, sunshine and some sleet. It didn’t bother us so much as we had indoor plans as my Mum had very kindly booked at table at the Castle pub as my birthday treat and we had a lovely round table by the window overlooking the bowling green.
We enjoyed our three courses with wine and coffee, I had roast beef with a huge Yorkshire pudding, I always opt for a roast if it is a Sunday. We lingered over the meal before saying our goodbyes once again and just like that our Easter weekend was over, all good things come to an end but roll on the next get together!