A Day Out at Downham

Today is a very auspicious day. If you’ve no idea why, it’s no good looking today’s date up in any of the standard reference books – you won’t find any mention of it in them! You are about to learn something which “not a lot of people know that” It is exactly one year today since I started this blog!

It’s another Sunday afternoon, so we took another trip out in the car. The problem was that we have recently visited Thirk and Helmsley, Pateley Bridge, Ramsgill & Lofthouse, Settle, Ribblehead, Wensleydale, Aysgarth, Kettlewell, etc. etc, so there was only one direction left with some country scenery in it and that was to go towards Lancashire!

We took the road to Colne and then turned off at Barrowford and headed for Downham. Downham is a pretty little village which gained fame some years ago when the film Whistle Down the Wind was filmed there.

We stopped for a meal at the Assheton Arms in the centre of the village. Dot had a Vegtarian Tagliatelle and I had a traditional Lancashire Hot Pot, complete with mushy peas! The food was served piping hot and was very tasty.

We then had a wander round the village, pausing to call in at the Post Office,

and the Church.

There are some magnificent views of Pendle Hill from the churchyard.

This is the part of the world famed for the Lancashire Witches, and I even found one by a grave in the churchyard!

We then drove on through the Lancashire coutryside and eventually headed towards Barnoldswick. On the way we saw some intriguing sights, as well as some signs of Spring!