Lancashire - Day 2

It was raining this morning, so after breakfast we went out on a road trip in Barry's car.

We first stopped at the village of Whalley, parked and went for a stroll. We wanted to visit the the Whalley Warm & Dry boot shop, but it's closed on Mondays.

The rain got heavier so we didn't walk for long.

We drove on to Clitheroe, where we went for coffee and cake at Caffe Nero. The rain stopped so we decided to go for a walk. We first went up to Clitheroe Keep, a small castle which has a good view of the surroundings. We walked round its grounds, including the labyrinth.

We then headed to the Tourist Information office at the station, where we got a leaflet about the sculpture trail in Brungerley Park and Crosshill Quarry. We went round all the sculptures.

We went for lunch in Maxwells bistro near the station. We had nachos and Katsu Curry loaded fries. They were huge portions and very good.

After lunch we drove to the little village of Wycoller and went for a walk as it had stopped raining and the sun came out. It has some quirky stone bridges and ruined Wycollar Hall, thought to be the inspiration for Ferndean Manor in Charlotte Bronte’s novel, ‘Jane Eyre’.

We walked up to the "Atom", an panopticon sculpture on the side of the hill.

We went back to the house for a rest.

Later we went out for a meal at the Emmott Arms in Colne. Since we had such a big lunch, we didn't need much. Shirley had a sun blushed tomato salad, Scott had garlic mushrooms and some onion rings.