Enjoying retirement
In The Red Rose County
Always great to have visitors, and nice to show Julia and Allan the Trough of Bowland. We started with a drive to Kirkby Lonsdale parking as usual at Devil's Bridge and walking along the beautiful River Lune to the Radical Steps. Unfortunately Ruskin's View is still inaccessible due to land movement but we got an inkling....... We walked through the grounds of St Mary's and popped inside....... visited the characterful Swine Market.... enquired at the Sun Inn (where Ruskin stayed) about food (not available)..... .............which was good because we then found the fantastic Avanti where we had lunch outside and felt as though we were in the middle of some little French or Italian town (the service was a bit peculiar)........ After lunch we strolled through the town admiring the buildings and streetscape....... Next was our drive through the heart of Bowland to Dunsop Bridge (the centre of GB according to the Ordnance Survey)......we were the only people there.... apart from a mother and two children exercising llamas on the village green (just what you would expect)......... Last stop was the Inn at Whitewell for a drink on the beautiful terrace overhanging the river. Another day we walked to Mitton through woods and fields......... ....we didn't go to The Three Fishes or to the Aspinall Arms........ but to Mitton Hall Hotel for lunch on the rear terrace.......... we then caught the Number 5 bus (a new one to us)....to Whalley where we went through the grounds of St Mary's........ ................to the Abbey, one of the richest in England in its day. We had never exlored the grounds before (we thought you could just look at the gatehouse with our English Heritage membership), but it was a revelation and we will undoubtedly return. Our last jaunt was to Houghton Tower which we enjoyed despite the guided tour being rather basic.....a beautiful and historic place undersold and lacking a little imagination and flair in presentation. A brilliant week and we were lucky with the weather............
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