In 1981, our friend, May, had an idea. Why don’t we leave
our children at home with obliging family members and go away together
somewhere nice for a Saturday night? We went to Faenol Fawr, near St Asaph in
North Wales. Since then, there have been 56 weekends away over a period of 35
years. It turned out to be a very good idea, indeed.
We have visited the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, North
York Moors, Peak District, Cotswolds, Malverns and Wales and lots of places in
between; staying in hotels, inns, guest houses and occasionally with other
friends.
We have country-walked, town-trailed, tow-pathed,
lake-steamered, climbed, cycled, caverned, discoed, footballed, bird-watched
and partied our way round our incredibly varied and wonderful country.
The common factor has been the laughs we have had - in some
cases, prolonged, side-splitting, can’t breathe any more, type laughs.
In October 1997, we stayed in Haworth at the splendid
Ashmount Guest House. We walked to Top Withens farmhouse and rode on the
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.
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