Enjoying retirement
In The Red Rose County
Day 1 and a T20 match at Old Trafford (Lancashire thrash Notts). In the interval we walked along to the 'other' Old Trafford as I wanted to see the Hotel Football set up by Gary Neville. We had a drink there...what a tawdry place. I was quite happy however to see the statues of Best, Charlton and Law - proper football heroes. Day 2 and we decided to go back to Trawden from which base we had done our house-hunting. It was as we remembered, a pretty, strung-out village. In fact immensely long. We did the circular walk to Wycoller, with the usual mix for the area of pasture, moors and woods..... There were some very interesting stiles on the route. Here one you had to climb up to. I really must write up something about the huge variety and regional contrast of stiles you can find. This little oasis had been created since we were last here. I can't imagine many visitors. The wood leads you down to Wycoller........ ....where you cross a clapper bridge (last seen in Cornwall)......... to roam around the ruins of Wycoller Hall thought to have been visited a lot by Charlotte Bronte on her rambles ( she walked a heck of a lot further than we did! ). It is only a tiny hamlet, but quite special....... .......we called in the new community pub (for which locals raised 500k), the Trawden Arms. I expected to find a great atmosphere and a warm welcome. But really there was no atmosphere and we felt very much outsiders. Everyone kept to themselves. Not what I expected from a community pub at all. Never mind.
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