Enjoying retirement
In The Red Rose County
So, we've sold our house in Cornwall, but are not yet ready to move into our new (for us) house in Clitheroe. Temporary accommodation at Kingfisher Cottage in Trawden beckons for a while. Where on earth is Trawden? Well, it's on the borders of Lancashire and Yorkshire (always my vote for the friendliest part of the country), and is on the Bronte Trail. We usually pick well (last time was an exception), and Kingfisher Cottage lived up to our hopes. The view from our bedroom was great, and just look at the thickness of the walls on this stone terrace....amazing. Over two feet thick. Next day, we drove over to Clitheroe for food shopping. Whilst there we had a quick look at the market..lovely design, stalls around the circular plaza and shops behind. The streets of Clitheroe were just as we remembered, full of independent shops, nice pubs, and the castle often in view. And we couldn't resist buying a couple of different types of sausage from the dozens on offer at Cowman's Famous Sausage shop. To get to Holmes Mill for lovely sourdough and other provisions we walked through the castle grounds looking at their best in their autumnal splendour. Beautiful clear views of Pendle from the top......... And what a lovely day, England's best. We drove over Pendle on our way home, and this was our reward.... Next day a walk from the cottage door through the village and over rather a large hill to a site beloved of the Bronte's - Wycoller Hall (which is on a painting in our living room). I'll let the pics tell the story....... And when we got there, Wycoller Hall was we found a romantic ruin full of atmosphere in a beautiful hamlet with stream, clapper bridge, pack horse bridge, and beautiful Sixteenth Century farm houses...... And we paused in Trawden on our way back at the old Methodist Chapel which had the tiniest graveyard (what you can see is it), and very large monuments...an incongruous combination! I have since read that one of them belongs to Sir William Pickles Hartley who gave the world Hartley's jam.
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