Barley - 24th June 2012

Barley in Lancashire is a beautiful village with stone buildings and trees and green fields. It is also located in the heart of Pendle, famous for the Pendle Witches and the resulting witch trials of early 1612, something that you will have to read about elsewhere.

On this day we were attending The Pendle Faeries Mad Hatter's Tea Party, so I was dressed up and my face was painted.

Not quite Johnny Depp

It was a fun event, but it also gave us the opportunity to spend an hour exploring a couple of villages in the area.

The multi-level village hall, complete with scaffolding. This was where the event was held.

The Nelson Waterworks building, built in 1930.

 

The weir under the roads at Barley.

Had some nice food and drink at The Pendle Inn

The Barley Mow is the white building on the right that can be seen in the background. This is the place I would like to go next time we visit Barley. And there is more to see, but we were running out of time.

Where next?

Whalley - 7th April 2012

Whilst attending a 'Fairy Fayre' in nearby Billington we stopped at the village of Whalley in Lancashire.

This is the old police station, which now appears to be a private residence.

There is no shortage of places to have a drink and a bite to eat. The Dog Inn...

...De Lacy Arms...

 

...The Swan Hotel...

...and the Whalley Arms. I'm sure there are more nearby.

In the background is the parish church and Whalley Abbey. We didn't have time to explore so this is the only photo I have so far.

Looking south down King Street.