With today being Good Friday we had planned not to do very much. After our late arrival we slept in before going downstairs to complete our check-in. When we arrived last night we collected our keys from a drop box and received our instructions to report to the front desk in the morning. After signing in officially we ventured down to the Chill Cafe (recommended by Jocelyn as she checked us in) for a late breakfast/brunch. We didn't have a very substantial meal on the flight from BRI to CNS so we were starving! We shared a bowl of fruit salad and then polished of a serve each of eggs benedict. Yum. Washed it down with fresh orange juice and I finished with a decaf cappuccino. We won't be eating out every morning though - it's ... read more

With the weather forecast to be excellent today we decided that we really should do something, rather than just sit around under Kath's feet all day!! Albert was off to play golf and we decided that we would visit the National Trust property, Erddig, just over the Welsh border at Wrexham. It only took us about an hour to drive down to Wrexham on the motorway and we were there not long after opening time at 11.00am. Erddig is considered to be one of Britain's finest historic houses and it provides a unique insight into the upstairs downstairs aspects of a British country home. The York family enjoyed an excellent relationship with their staff and there is an extensive collection of portraits and photographs of the hired help that the family commissioned. One of the Yorks ... read more

Today we went rambling over the old Wycoller Estate. This was a destination that I discovered on the Internet after watching an episode of 'Grand Designs' where they undertook a barn conversion. During the show they visited the barn restoration at Wycoller and, when I Googled it, I discovered that we would be in the area when we visited Haworth. I let Janet know about it and between her and her Aunty Kathleen we ended up with a wealth of information to guide us. We started the walk at Pendle's Panopticon. This is a modernistic structure that represents a molecule. In its sides are rounded apertures from which atoms have supposedly tumbled to their fate in the peaty waters of Wycoller Beck far below!!? There is supposed to be one atom (or maybe just a stainless ... read more