We were in bed by 9.30pm last night and never saw the bells!!

I had the best sleep though!

I have never liked Hogmanay or New Year for some reason.

It turns out I was never a big party girl and it always felt like the one day of the year I was forced to celebrate. Jeez I sound like a barrel of laughs don’t I?!?

I woke about 5.30 for an hour or so and then again about 8.30am.

It was lovely to be up that early on New Year’s Day.

I have to be honest and say this doesn’t feel like a new year at all. Not sure why, maybe missing the bells has a lot to do with it.

This holiday is going way too fast!

I did have a lovely morning not having to be anywhere at a set time.

We had bacon rolls and coffee for breakfast then took the dogs out for a black ice walk!

It was a lovely morning. Quite unexpected as I thought it was going to be wet and windy!

Craig’s mum and stepdad came down to give me my Christmas present as they’d left it at home Christmas Day! I got a fantastic head torch, among other things. Can’t wait to use it.

We then got ready and headed into the village pub for the big village New Year’s Day!

The sunset was lovely too.

The moon is huge.

It’s lighting up the roof of the house at the end.

So pretty!

So happy new year to you all.

I hope 2026 is kind to us all.