XI festive countdown

Today's number is number 11 and is brought to you by.......Legs eleven.... December 11th is the 345th day of the year which means there are only 20 days left til 2015!  It also means only 10 more days until the longest night and the turning of the seasons towards the light.
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My first offering is of a wonderfully noisy vintage bus we came across one summer's evening in 2011 (there is that number again!) We'd been camping and having eaten our evening meal felt that the lovely light should not be wasted so went for a stroll along the country lanes. As we went along we could catch strains of a rumbling noise. Was it a tractor? No the boys countered - they thought it was a tank! Himself and I felt it was a farm vehicle. The debate gently raged between the four of us as we strolled along, then suddenly this brilliant old banger of a bus full of jolly folk trundled along towards us! Dilemma solved!

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The next two photos hark back to my advent offering for the 8th December for we return to that lovely sunny walk along Walshaw Reservoir where we found the numbers ground into the stone - but through time and weathering, their functionality had all but been forgotten  and a beauty all of their own shone through.

Both my offerings have lashings of sunshine and summery goodness while outside we are finally encased by wintery weather.  I drove home last night through heavy hail and sleet and flooded roads.

Brrrrrrrrrr!

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Joining up with Julie every day as we celebrate the chrimbly count down :) 

Why don't you take a look and see who else has joined :)