Matt, Sis and Mel on the sofa
The Old Man's 70th Birthday, Pontefract, West Yorkshire - 29th January 2005
It's the Old Man's 70th birthday, so there's a get-together at Eastern Court Chinese restaurant in Pontefract to celebrate. Before the dinner, we meet up at Katie's house for some present opening. The next day, Nosher heads back to Suffolk the long way around, driving from Pontefract across the moors out via Glossop, and then back across through Chesterfield to pick up the M1. Along the way, a young dry-stone waller is spotted in the village of Hoylandswain, on the Halifax/Penistone Road.
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The Old Man and a surprised Katie
Morris the cat
A cat looks at Matt, who's allergic to cats
The Old Man gets a present
The Old Chap reads a bit of one of his presents
Matt and Sis
Folding up napkins in Eastern Court
Sis grapples with chopsticks
The Old Man
Posing with Mel
Katie and the old man
Food appears
One dish is a pile of scallops in shells
Katie grabs some food
The old man gets a cake and a handshake
The Old Chap cuts his cake
In Eastern Court
A final toast
A young lad does dry-stone walling
A stone wall at Hoylandswain
Ferrybridge power station is visible in the distance
Dry stone walling
Picking up the next stone
There's a big hole in the wall to fix
Another look at the pile of loose stones
Scout Dike resevoir
Autumn leaves, still hanging on
A Yorkshire gate
A farmhouse, and a field dotted with sheep
Another dry stone wall
Aircraft contrail and wind turbines
Sheep on a field
Vehicle A is parked up by a wind farm
A wind farm and a windswept tree
Snake Pass in Derbyshire
A very deep stone bridge
A babbling brook
The moor looks like the tors of Dartmoor
The twisty church steeple at Chesterfield
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Matt, Sis and Mel on the sofa
Matt, Sis and Mel on the sofa
The Old Man and a surprised Katie
Morris the cat
A cat looks at Matt, who's allergic to cats
The Old Man gets a present
The Old Chap reads a bit of one of his presents
Matt and Sis
Folding up napkins in Eastern Court
Sis grapples with chopsticks
The Old Man
Posing with Mel
Katie and the old man
Food appears
One dish is a pile of scallops in shells
Katie grabs some food
The old man gets a cake and a handshake
The Old Chap cuts his cake
In Eastern Court
A final toast
A young lad does dry-stone walling
A stone wall at Hoylandswain
Ferrybridge power station is visible in the distance
Dry stone walling
Picking up the next stone
There's a big hole in the wall to fix
Another look at the pile of loose stones
Scout Dike resevoir
Autumn leaves, still hanging on
A Yorkshire gate
A farmhouse, and a field dotted with sheep
Another dry stone wall
Aircraft contrail and wind turbines
Sheep on a field
Vehicle A is parked up by a wind farm
A wind farm and a windswept tree
Snake Pass in Derbyshire
A very deep stone bridge
A babbling brook
The moor looks like the tors of Dartmoor
The twisty church steeple at Chesterfield