Day 1 - Blogabond

Today Rachel and I went for a walk around Worsthorne and into the neighbouring fields. Worsthorne is mediaeval and has some very old houses in it. We walked up this narrow street and through a gate and onto a muddy track with a small stream flowing by it. This track was apparently an acient mule track to haul in salt to Worsthorne. It dates back to mediavel times as well. The flat stones are original.

Medieval mule track into Worsthorne

We followed this path over a few fields surrounded by stone walls. It was very muddy. The stone walls had these gates called 'kissing gates' because they can go either way. I suppose it would be easy to meet up in the middle.

Kissing Gate

After we had walked half a mile we reached the village of Hurstwood. After that we carried on out to a reservoire and back in through a small wood.

I've not seen a single other tourist so far. The weather isn't exactly warm, but not as cold as I thought it might be. As far as I can see, it is a very monocultural community where we are. People are quite friendly and say hello when we walk past them.

We went to a place called Towneley Hall in the afternoon. The oldest part of the house was built around the 1400's. The Towneley's were Catholics and there were apparently 7 different priest's holes in the house used to hide the priests from the Anglicans. The house rambled all over the place and there were little stone passages going everywhere. It is used as an art gallery now and there were heaps of massive paintings all over the place.

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Abby Benton on January 17, 2008 from Worsthorne, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: UK

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