Once upon a time

I bought a jumper at a NCT Nearly New Sale. It was a few years ago now but I *think* I paid about £2 for it way, way back in 2005.

You will all have seen Davies wearing it lots. It was officially his and my favourite jumper for the winter’s of 2005

and 2006

and 2007

We’ve taken it all round the country with us, it’s been to Melrose, to Sheffield, to Hunstanton, to Helmsley, to Okehampton, to Manchester, to Brighton, to Drusillas. And the Autumn and Winter Walks it has been sported on are too numerate to mention ;).

But as the weather grew warmer in the spring of 2007 I realised that it was finally coming to the end of it’s time for Davies. It was slightly short in the sleeve, slightly midriff revealing when he put his hands in the air. With an air of nostalgia, to the point I think I considered blogging about it, I folded it up and prepared to say goodbye to it.

Until I realised that all was not lost. Hey the jumper might be (finally) too small for that child but I had a smaller model waiting in the wings. The jumper might have to bide it’s time, it might have to be patient, it might know dark times, long months, days when it felt like it would never again be worn, but mark my words that jumper would once again have it’s day.

And today, dear reader, was that day.