So I did manage to go to the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance. When I emailed my friend Steve about it, he told me he could not go, and how much it was going to cost me to go via public transport, and I knew I would not make it, and especially if I had to travel there myself.  But then Steve  emailed me back, saying he changed his mind and could go and ( Read more... )

Here is Terry's post about the Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing Festival - it was our third rushcart event visited, but 2nd event actually danced at as a side.

Well then! Sowerby Bridge. Or as my neighbour’s little lad called it, Soapy Bridge. They invited us verbally at the end of last year’s rushcart. I put it on the calendar. A week before this year’ ( Read more... )

Back in January, I was invited out to the pub with Ang for a drink after we had spent the day at the Marsden Infant and Nursery School helping the young kiddies make their Imbolc masks. It was then when I told her about the Great Western - a pub on the road towards Diggle and Uppermill only about 3 miles away from here where a boggart had been seen ( Read more... )

Terry has again, written up a blog piece about Upton with hilarious results. Of course, this makes it seem easy for me, coz then i don't have to write up my own blog piece. But here I will write my own blog piece first, it just does not have to be as long.

Mark, Dawn, Jo and I left a bit after 10am on Friday morning. After visiting the Outdoor store ( Read more... )

Back on the 7th December, my friend Caitlin who invited me up to Marsden spoke with me about my socialising within the village, when we caught up one afternoon. I'd been a bit bored and in need of social interaction. That night she sent me some links on FB and people to meet, and even suggested that I go to an event called 'Story Tailors' which was ( Read more... )