Post Comment Love 10 - 12 October

Hello there, and welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - a relaxed, friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any blog post published in the last week. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked, comment and share some of that love.

Please don’t link up posts which are older as they will be removed, and if you see older posts are linked then please don’t feel that it’s necessary to comment on those. If you were here last week it was great to have you along, if you’re new here we’re pleased you’ve joined us.

10 October, it’s a date that always takes me back.

On this day back in 1983 I started at what would become my first full time job at a City institution - it seems so long ago, but also not that long ago, surely? It is though, it’s 42 years ago and while I left that employment in 2014, so after a good few years (!!) it’s a date that still sticks with me. During my time there I made many, many good friends - and many who continue to be good friends all these years on. It’s also where I met MOH some twenty five or so years ago. I’ve no idea where any of that time has gone.

I do wonder though if 1983-me would ever have imagined how life turned out, or that I’d be posting pictures of nuts from our neighbour’s garden online, let alone on my own blog. I know that 2025-me is very grateful for the message offering us some chestnuts and some walnuts, with some apples thrown in too though, so here’s that picture.

It’s funny how things work out,

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Interiors inspiration from Yorkshire

One of the things we enjoyed on our weekend trip to Malton was browsing around the independent shops - and there’s plenty of those. What I realised afterwards is that it’s not only the interiors store which provided interiors inspiration, so in this post I’m sharing photos from our mooch around the shops, and more.

But let’s start at the interiors shop Interiors at Nine to Eleven who had planned a ‘yard sale’ for the weekend, but had valiantly moved that inside given the weather forecast - that’s where I found my £1 fabric sample. Around the shop there was a riot of colour and pattern, and I was smitten with the green sofa pattern, MOH less so. I’m less sure about the wallpaper but the bold prints definitely do it for me.

In another section of the shop it was the black and white wallpaper that caught my eye. I think it’s too ‘tame’ for what I have half an eye out for, mainly as I think this will be an even harder sell than the patterned fabric above with MOH who already thinks our house is too white!

Heading back to the stairs and the main shop I did stop and admire the fun carpet, and I mean if you can’t have fun in an interiors shop trying out things to assert your style and brand, then when can’t you?

I kept coming back to these ‘cheeky’ plates by Yvonne Allen, as they just made me smile - and in fact I’ve since bought a set and am keeping up with my ‘making cake era’ just so we can use them, though I did resist the matching cake forks - mainly because they weren’t dishwasher safe and I can’t be doing with that kind of faff, and reminding MOH every time we use them.

Looking around the curios shops in The Shambles we found plenty of tins, too many to make a choice (or even photograph) decanters and a gorgeous wire chicken.

Our next stop was the secret whisky bar at McMillans, and there was plenty of good looking interiors there too, no really there was.

Our hotel was it seemed prepared for the weather with a selection of wellies for use in the entrance lobby, as well as chest of dreams (for me at least) which doubled up for room key storage.

We’d struck it lucky with our hotel room which had a lounge for our use - and with the weather on Saturday, that was very welcome and very much used by us. Though we still didn’t use the TV, something about being away - we just don’t, I don’t know why.

So if you’re looking for interiors inspiration and getting stuck, then think about looking in some less expected places - you never know where you’ll be inspired.

If you enjoyed this post and/or are looking to visit Malton and its surrounding area, then check out all my posts from our impromptu weekend away.

Thisaway or thataway?

Today I’m sharing a more lighthearted look at something that became so important to us as we explored the Gargano Peninsular and quite literally pointed the way ahead as we undertook the routes between our accommodation (our bags were transferred ahead of us) and the circular routes helping us explore our current location.

We became quite adept at spotting them as we walked, and quite often they also lifted your spirits especially towards the end of the walk. No one likes unintended detours, or worse having to retrace your steps, especially when the kilometres have already racked up.

Several of the way markers we so though, did make me smile - like this one, they really didn’t want you to miss it did they?

We were used to following the white and red dash marks on previous walks and holidays we’ve been on, but a few new ones appeared on this trip; the red and white circle above - which wierdly looks like a fish to me, and also some yellow and black markings.

Often they’d appear together.

And on opposing ‘sides’ of the tree. Which I’m sure made perfect sense as you approached the tree from either direction, but standing alongside the tree just spelled confusion.

In the heart of forest they was clearer signage, as you’d expect - no one wants anyone lost in there! It’s also more geared up to day visitors so it made sense, and it was much appreciated as being able to follow the signs without relying heavily on our walking notes was appreciated.

Likewise on the Pilgrim Trail the signage was good, though as this was a move on day we were still checking the walking notes to make sure we didn’t stray off our route unintentionally. Though once we got to the bottom of the valley, with the only way being up we focussed on getting up there rather than the notes!

On this route we did encounter some ad-hoc gates too, not all of them like this one came with modern conveniences!

But it was the yellow and black markings which we followed as we headed up Mount Saraceno as the trip drew to a close, and they didn’t want you missing any turns either.

These were hard to miss, but somehow that last walk was the walk where we needed to retrace our steps - thankfully not by much though. All of the markers are much appreciated by many walkers, so this is definitely a post to celebrate the markers and those that maintain them.

Vive the way markers!