Showing posts with label Tour de France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tour de France. Show all posts

Sunday, 6 July 2014

Yellow and Lavender



No they don’t go together!
 YELLOW
In the morning enjoyed the party atmosphere with family and friends for the Grand Depart of the Tour de France in my hometown.  The whole route turned yellow including some of the sheep!
 

 A neighbour's jazz band added to the ambience

 Loads of floats distributing free gifts

 My grandson was really shocked when I encouraged him to chalk on the road




 An actual gendarme











 LAVENDER

In the afternoon, on the way to the coast, visited Yorkshire Lavender with its beautiful gardens, nursery and spectacular views of the Vale of York.    
 The only garden with a notice that asks you to touch the flowers!

 A stress-free zone

 The tune?  Lavender's blue dilly dilly ....

 A lavender maze which made our clothes smell amazing

 Could be in Provence rather than East Yorkshire

Summertime

Just a flavour of the places visited in Yorkshire this summer  Whitby.  Look closely and you may see the many people ascending the 99 steps ...