This morning I set off to the shop that does printing on clothes and mugs to see if I could get a mug printed for Darren to take to America. He had asked me to paint one for him at the studio, and I still intended to, but as if is a pretty complex design thought I would have one done from the design sheet as a 'back up'. Once the mug was ordered I went to the studio and spent over two hours doing one side of the mug. It has actually turned out better than I thought it would but the proof of the pudding will be when it is fired, and I still have the reverse side to do yet!

I did take some pictures whilst near the Grand,it was a lovely morning again, has been good all day actually.These steps are scary, maybe one day I will attempt going down or up them, I did say maybe!

The Grand was obviously a spectacular building in it's day, is still impressive, but sadly it is in need of a lot of restoration to bring it back to it's best.

Not sure if this boat is a dredger, but it was going very slowly quite near the shoreline

The castle and old town looked  like a picture postcard today in the clear morning light.

I went to town to collect a couple of items and get some drain unblocker as the shower is not draining well at the moment. Collected the mug, won't put a picture but more precise that my version! Making toad in the hole for tea tonight.