Wine, food and travel with Clare
New discoveries, old favourites - a blog full of wine, food and travel adventures.
Monday 7 October 2024
Rocamadour
Monday 30 September 2024
Citè de Carcassonne
Thursday 19 September 2024
The Longest Yarn
We saw this on BBC Breakfast and really wanted to see it in person especially after our recent holiday to visit the Normandy beaches.
The Longest Yarn is a knitted tableau of 80 scenes from the D-Day landings. The work is incredible, so many clever knitters giving colour and texture to the scenes.
Each scene is housed in a glass case giving a bit of reflection on photos but you can see the amazing skill from these I took on our visit to Southwell where it is on show until the end of September.
My favourite scene was Pegasus Bridge, it was amazing to see it knitted and looked exactly as we saw it. The scene with the full bridge, the cafe and the gliders brought a tear to my eye as I relived the story of those brave men.
A massive congratulations to everyone involved in this stunning project, espevially the knitters. The web site has details of the companies that are helping move this important exhibition around the UK, there is also a list of dates of where it will be .... The Longest Yarn is definitely worth the long queue!
Sunday 15 September 2024
Rennes-le-chateau
It does however make me want to rematch The Da Vinci Code, reread The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail and watch Henry Lincoln's videos on YouTube.
As well as Bèranger Saunière's life there are many theories about the geographical position of this mysterious village in line with other historic locations nearby .... but that's another story!