178 Sunday 18 June 2023 Heptonstall

 This  was  Simon's  choice, a  trip to  the  museum  at  Heptonstall.  I  had  visited the  museum once  before  in  1979 and  knew  there  wasn't  that  much  to  see  but  went  along  with  it  anyway.

We  took  the  train  to  Hebden Bridge. There  was  a  brass  band  festival  in  the  town  that  day.


We  went  over  the  old  packhorse  bridge.


I  warned  Simon  that  the  Buttress  path  to  Heptonstall  was  quite  a  pull.


I  wasn't  wrong.


The  second  part  up  the  steps  is  no  easier.


In  classic LTS  tradition, we  had  a  reviving  drink  and  sit  down  on  the  benches  in  the  little  park  in  the  village centre.


Rested, we  moved  on  to  the  museum  in  the  old  grammar  school.


It's  now  run  by  a  volunteer  trust  rather  than  the  council. There  was  even  less  to  see  than  usual  beause  the  building  was  being  used  as  a  set  for  the  drama  serial  Gallow's  Pole  and  the  uisual  exhibits  had  been  moved  into  storage. I  felt  this  should  have  been  reflected in  the  admission  price.


Simon enjoyed  dressing  up  as  uasual.


I  liked  this   map  chair .


 After  the  museum  we  went  to  the  White  Lion  for  something  to  eat. It  was  very good.


Afer  that  we  walked  down  the  main  street.


We  then  retraced  our  steps  back  to  the  station.



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