Heading south to Harrogate...

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Visiting Chesters Roman Fort and Museum along the way
and arriving in Harrogate with plenty of time to visit the first "British Wool Weekend" where I spent some time at the Shetland Sheep Association booth 
and met Cluny Chapman of Highfield Textiles.
and where I tried my hand knitting on Ingrid Wagner's giant knitting
needles - donate a pound to Breakthrough Breast Cancer and you get a go -
she made it into the Guiness Book of Records in 2010 with these
enormous needles!


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