A Postcard from Clitheroe

We had to get to Preston yesterday to meet our son at the bus station there. 

He was travelling home on the Megabus from uni in Aberdeen.

We were very concerned about the journey in the snow, which was 6 inches deep on the P.P. 

We had to dig out the little car, to get to the big car behind it, and then had to use a brush to clear tons of snow off the roof. I packed wellies and some extra food provisions just in case, because I'm a worrier. I was dreading our journey on the M6 and even more worried about our son's journey down through Scotland and Cumbria.

We needn't have troubled ourselves, as we were amazed to find that there was barely a white flake beyond Liverpool as we travelled north

This is Wirral snow still on our car bonnet, surrounded by green fields near Preston. 

We had allowed so much extra time for our journey, we arrived with hours to spare, so we were able to pop into Clitheroe nearby.

We had lunch in Qzine, a great little place down Swan Courtyard, before heading to the most amazing wine shop, D. Byrne & Co. This place is packed to the rafters with every wine you can imagine, and the rooms go on forever through a warren of cellars.

Mr. B. was in his element, and chose a few bottles of French wine to savour over the coming Easter hols.

Next stop was Cowman's famous sausage shop which has an equally overwhelming array of sausages. Quite daunting really, but we came away with relatively safe choice of 'pork and apple' and some big chunky beef ones too. 

Clitheroe has some great shops, but we didn't longer any longer because temperatures were sub-zero and we scurried back to the car.

How weird is this display? It was a barber shop. Very odd.

Clitheroe Castle is at the end of the High Street. Must come back one day and climb up there for a view of the town.

On our way back to Preston we stopped at Huntley's Country Stores .... which is serious Food Heaven .... deli, farm butchers, bakers, fishmongers. The  full works!

We didn't have time to do it justice, so it's on my 'must-do' for our next trip. 

I didn't even get a chance to look in this place.

Meanwhile, back on the P.P. we've got more snow,  and I've got a mountain of washing to do!