CHORLEY. Saying It With Flowers.

It was the weekend of the annual flower show and naturally I hadn’t been sice last year. Shows like this are the sort of events I really enjoy. Outdoors, demonstrations, plenty to see and hear, plenty fun to be had.

It was the weekend of the annual flower show and naturally I hadn’t been sice last year. Shows like this are the sort of events I really enjoy. Outdoors, demonstrations, plenty to see and hear, plenty fun to be had.

As any readers of these ramblings of mine will know I do like a market, a proper one where you can buy things you need as much as things you want. Not an imposter that is only one in name, a glorified shopping mall and food court, generally sitting where a proper market used to be. One of my favourites is Chorley. I had a couple of things to collect […]

It was a busy day yesterday, a dive up to Newcastle and back, so today’s pace is a lot slower and easier. Faffed around the house a bit first thing, then seeing this big bright yellow thing in the sky, it wasn’t an egg yolk so it must have been the sun. That decided it, I would go out for lunch. I chose Chorley and one of my favourite eating […]

Well I never, there’s a big yellow thing in the sky, I think it’s called the sun. It’s been a while since I last saw it in these parts. Taking advantage of this I took a ride out to Chorley, I had stuff to do, people to see and food to eat Being Tuesday it meant that not only was the market hall open but the Flat Iron market was […]

It was one of those “don’t really want to do much” sort of Saturdays but as I may have said before, I don’t like a day going to waste as you don’t get a refund on any unused ones.

I took a ride over to Chorley yesterday evening, it was the second night of the always entertaining Chorley Live music event, where shops, pubs and squares become venues for live music and the spoken word. It’s a great night out and has a fixed place on my calendar. There’s a mix of music types and performance, just get your entry wristband, it’s £5 and covers both nights Some Links […]