VOMIT ON THE STREETS OF WHALLEY…

….Cliviger, Barnoldswick, Chipping etc etc August 2023. Whalley. Whalley had looked such a genteel little village when we arrived. Hardly a soul, free parking by the Martyrs church, black and white quintessential Englishness, parish church dating back to 628 (AD), and a main street majoring on jewellery and bridal make-up. The highlight, breakfast pastries at… Continue reading VOMIT ON THE STREETS OF WHALLEY…

YOUR GUIDE TO THE BEST BED AND BREAKFAST IN AN ABBEY NEAR CLITHEROE (THERE’S EVEN MADRI).

August 2023. Whalley. In the Spring of 1997, fresh into my first Finance Director job, I joined an expedition from St Albans to Whalley (via a tick lunch stop at the Red Lion in Kegworth), where the two main NHS bodies responsible for learning disability services were comparing notes at Calderstones “Hospital”. One of my… Continue reading YOUR GUIDE TO THE BEST BED AND BREAKFAST IN AN ABBEY NEAR CLITHEROE (THERE’S EVEN MADRI).