A CASTLE, WITCHES & AN OLD ROMAN VILLAGE…

Sunday, October 9, 2011 – Garstang.

 After a few days of crap weather, Friday, October 7^th was sunny and bright so Geoff took me, via the country lanes, to the Ribble Valley even though the clouds started out looking “moody”:

Then across the River Ribble:

Into downtown Clitheroe, a pretty town (they had a  food festival recently so still had flags criss-crossing the streets):

Clitheroe Castle:

A stop for coffee (mocha) and a scone with butter, jam and clotted cream in The Emporium:

Clitheroe is famous for their Cowman sausages,

Out of 60 kinds of sausages, I chose #53:

They also have a famous wine shop “D. Byrne & Son”  that has tons of wines from all over the world:

Then back out of the city to country lanes and villages:

Pendle Hill area--well known around here for the Witches of Pendle trials in the 1600s--10 were hung for witchcraft--these days it is popular around Halloween to walk the hill in the night sky:

The road winding up the hillside in the distance is the “Nick of Pendle”:

We wound our way around, up and over the Nick of Pendle:

The bridge to Ribchester (rebuilt after a flood in 1770):

Streets and Interesting buildings & sights of Ribchester  on the River Ribble (not much of the Roman village left from the Bronze Age):

The White Bull pub (the portico columns holding up the white bull is from the original Roman village):

Back to Garstang for a sunset that made the clouds glow (more than this picture shows):

It was an absolutely beautiful and interesting day from start to finish!   Been rainy ever since but we did get to go spend a lovely evening dining with some of Geoff’s friends who have a mansion home in Wrea Green—the tour of their home was interesting—some beautiful old original woodwork from when the mansion was the village vicarage.   Good food, good friends, good times!

That's it for now...

Love, Geoff & Sue (on streets of Clitheroe) oh, and by the way:

Happy 81st Birthday to my sweet Momma tomorrow, October 10, 2011!