Anyway, the drive was a bit scary as we really were totally lost, but the scenery was amazing. There were sheep wondering across roads, and in one of the small villages we drove through, a Shetland pony grazing on someone's front lawn. We were both glad to have found the campsite though, and I set about cooking us some dinner, while Miles showed his masculine side, by setting up the barbeque he'd bought us to keep us both warm in the evenings.
Yesterday morning, we drove up to Whitby, and had a walk along the seafront and through the old town.
Then we drove South to Robin Hood's Bay, where we decided we might make it down the hill, but definitely wouldn't make back up, so stopped for ice cream instead. 
These photos don't do justice to the beautiful weather we had all weekend. After such a gloomy summer it was really nice to get outside into the sunshine.
After Robin Hood's Bay we drove down to Scarborough, wandered through town and bought some food for the barbeque. Miles cooked me a delicious dinner back at the campsite> Unfortunately I've got some work to do this evening so I had to leave York early this afternoon, so we left the Moors and headed back to York late this morning, had some lunch, then I came home. Ah, I should mention that Miles is leaving York at the end of this month. He's been accepted onto a pilot training scheme, so he's moving to Coventry for 5 years. I'm going to really miss visiting Yorkshire, but it'll be much easier for me to visit Miles as Coventry is so much closer than York.I arrived home to an email from Nic to say that her Peanut's gift had arrived, so I can blog it at last!
So, here's the cardigan:
And the booties:
And here they are with the trousers I bought to match:
It's a good thing Nic likes stripes! I've been knitting the second front of Katherine's wrap cardigan on the train to London today. I don't think it should take too long, I've only got the sleeves left to knit after this piece is complete. 
I've knitted about an inch of the hood now so I'm hoping to finish it by the end of the coming weekend.
Progress on this has halted for a while, as I received a couple of commissions. My ex-flatmate Ellie has an older sister who lives in Perth, Australia. She recently gave birth to a daughter, Maria and her Mother emailed me a couple of weeks ago to say she had struggled to knit a cardigan for Maria, had a couple of balls of yarn left over, and could I knit a hat to match the cardigan. It's knitted in Rowan Denim yarn, has been washed this evening to shrink it as instructed and is currently drying before being sewn up.
Commission number two is from Pumpkin, whose sister (in Michigan) is expecting a son in October, and is having a baby shower in early August. We went shopping for yarn on Friday night, and I've been knitting so much on this jacket today that I'm now feeling rather dizzy! The sleeves, fronts and back are knitted and have now been joined to knit the yoke and hood. 
I'm going to try not to be sidetracked by other projects this week so that I can hopefully have it finished by the end of the week. Although with this new skein of Koigu hanging around, that may be a problem! I bought this to make some matching socks or bootees, but...I. Must. Resist. Hmmm.
Speaking of my new job, when I left my old job I was given what many a knitter would love to receive:
4 skeins of Lorna's Laces Lion and Lamb, colourway 'Vera' waiting to be knit into a Clapotis. Perfect. I just have a few other things I *must* knit first!
