90 Sunday 24 October 2021 Towneley Hall

 Molly  joined  us  again for  our  next  trip, Simon's  choice  of  Towneley  Hall , Burnley. we  parked  near  the  bottom  of  the  park  at  the  Burnley  end. Simon  and  Molly  went  looking  for  a  tree  to  climb  but  didn't  find  one.


We  walked  up  the  long  drive  to  the  Hall.


 We  went  into  the  Museum. They  didn't  charge  for  Simon  and  Molly.  There  was  a  mummy.


I  loved  the  stuffed  otter  in  the  wildlife  section.


I  also  liked  the  bear.





With  Hallowen  approaching  , some  of  the  displays  had  been  augmented.


There  were  some  medieval  vestments  from  Whalley  Abbey.


 We  saw  a  replica  of  the  head  of  Francis  Towneley  who  was  executed  for  his  part  in  the  Jacobite  rebellion  of  1746.


Simon  and  Molly  had  a  cuddle  in  the  chapel.


 We  moved  on  to  the  art  gallery.



We  also  saw  the  priest  hole.



We  looked  round  the  gift  shop    where  Simon  bought  a  classical  ambient  CD.  We   then  had  lunch  from  a  mobile  pizza  stall  near the  fountains.


We  were  hoping  to  play  pitch  and  pitt  but  the  course  was  too  wet. We  decided  to  move  on  to  Thompson  Park  in  the  hope  of  hiring  a  boat. Despite  the  website  saying  it  was  open  till  the  end  of  October , the  boating  lake  was  in  fact  already  closed. Simon  and  Molly  went  over  to  the  playground  instead.







We  then  headed  for  home.

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