Another few snatched miles of local walking – drifting north, away from home, maybe even away from 50… My ‘no pubs next to stations’ rule is easy to follow at Burscough Junction, as the ‘Junction Hotel’ is derelict, though a notice on the door referring to ‘peaceful re-entry’ by the owners suggests it might soon [...]
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Peaceful re-entry
Posted in Local walks, sidetrips, Whithorn Unbelieving Pilgrimage, tagged blood tub, rufford, ship inn on October 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A romance without Burscough Priory
Posted in sidetrips, Whithorn Unbelieving Pilgrimage, tagged burscough, edge hill, hop vine, ormskirk on October 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“IN the pale moonlight, the Wanderer lifted the latch of the field gate and crossing a meadow, passed through the woodland. The day had been an eventful one, the times were unsettled, the markets unreliable–verily it was a comfort to a tired mind to walk the meadows at nightfall.” So begins A Romance of Burscough [...]