After our very comfortable night at the beautiful hotel
in Bury, Manchester, we had breakfast and left the hotel to walk around the
famous Bury Market.
Most of the shops
were closed but we managed to find a nail bar, where I had my nails done with
shellac.
The ladies were all Thai, and I
really could not understand much of what they were saying... a Manchester accent, mixed with a Thai accent
is impossible!
My nails look lovely, and when she heard I was from SA
she did some freehand nail art on my ring fingers free of charge. Beautiful!
Leaving Bury, we drive towards Clitheroe, which is a
little village in Yorkshire.
We walked through a flea market type of place, and
bought a little miniature pie each for lunch.
Very hilly town, but small with a
few cute shops. I bought a nice woven
woolen scarf, I am so freezing here, the wind is icy.
Paul found a sausage shop with the biggest selection of sausages you have ever seen!
The area is absolutely beautiful, very,very green. Miles of hills covered in green grass, stone
walls dividing the farms.
Lots of sheep with different colors painted in their
backs. Really funny. Some herds have a
splotch of green, others red, not sure what it means, if it is a way to brand
the sheep or if it is a way to differentiate sheep on one particular farm.
We also pass through a little village called
Gargrave, next to a canal, where we saw some narrowboats.
We then head off towards Kendal, stopping off for a pint
for Paul and a cup of tea for the civilized better half, at a beautiful country
hotel called "The Plough".
Arriving in Kendal around 4pm, we are totally taken aback
by how beautiful it is. Quite a large
town, but no big shopping centres, all small little shops lining the main
streets, hundreds of them.
We book into
our hotel and then go for a walk, wandering through the streets, enjoying
shopping and seeing all the different merchandise.
We discover a little Italian Trattoria, and Paul goes in
to chat to the owner who does not speak any English. We think we are going to
go there for dinner. Looks delish... but
on our return to our hotel, we decide to just eat in the hotel restaurant, as
it is so cold outside to walk back into town.
We have brought all our suitcases into our room and I am
now going to sort out our clothes for the next few days.
Another day has ended and we have had fun! Beautiful
scenery, friendly people and amazing things to see!
Miss u all.
Xxx
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