Where the North wInd blows

I'm off up North again :) This time to the West side of the country to visit Eldest and his Northern Girl and (my) Older Sister.
Hoping to have time for a quick ramble in the Pennines and maybe a wander round lovely Lancaster City. I suspect I may also see some more snow :) If I'm really lucky, I may see it while rambling. And Lancaster being a small and wonderfully greystone place, seeing it there would be pretty good too. Failing that (there's a cloud over Lancaster at the moment and a drop of hail and some raindrops forecast for Saturday) then I will hope for something interesting in Manchester :)
So I'm currently packing, in my usual 'take everything I might ever need just in case' fashion and there's a huge heap of absolutely essential things on the dining room table :)
The rest is in my bag upstairs - except the boots, the tripod, the bungy bag, the brolly, the hat (Oh! mustn't forget the hat - there's wicked cold winds up there), the kitchen...nonono I don't need that, I won't be doing any cooking...but I will need the rubber gloves and the apron....

Ok. Now I need the glasses which I just packed at the bottom of the extra bag!
Enough of this.
I forgot to show you these sweet babes

And these chirpy blue tits
And what with all the packing and forgetting things, it would be wise to consider water

Ah! Peace.
I wish you all a peaceful weekend and the best possible weather :)