Number 678 Guest House Rossendale - the blog continues here in East Lancashire

Now it is really time to get things moving in the garden.  The milder weather is here and with everything grows!!!  When we see the daffodils and tulips we know "the only way is up!"

Why, oh why, when I'm terrified of heights did I agree to go climbing at Go Ape?  http://goape.co.uk/days-out/rivington  The practise run was a doddle, my feet were but 6" off the ground, easy peasy.  However, I climbed up the first "real" tree and froze!!  OMG, how on earth was I meant to get down?  Encouraged by my grandson who thought it quite funny that grandma was tree hugging I put my life in the fate of the gods and went for it................ lol, I'm still here to tell the tale.  It took us over three hours to get round the course and there were one or two occasions that I thought myself quite mad.  But there were more occasions when we laughed so much we nearly rolled over. We climbed, swung, crawled, pulled and ziplined ourselves round and I hadn't felt so good in ages!  Go Ape Rivington is just 40 minutes away and so well worth the trip.

So invigorated was I that the following day I conquered my fear of fairground rides and spent the whole day at Pleasureland Blackpool.  The mad mouse was truly mad, how did we not get thrown off at every corner??  I have always hated fairground rides, I'm really not an adrenalin junkie but there comes a time when grandma just has to succumb to grandson's pressure.  Fortunately, The Big One wasn't running so I was saved the embarrassment of that one!  Apart from having my head buried into the back of Cameron all the way round The Avalanche I did extremely well and my pride was kept intact.  Blackpool Pleasureland is just less than hour away and the peace and tranquility of Number 678 is the perfect place to wind down from a busy, hectic and adrenalin filled day.  Look forward to seeing you soon!

Easter fun

Number 678 Guest House - the blog continues

How beautiful life has been here in Rossendale this past few weeks.  Yes, we've had our share of the snow but only enough to make Rossendale even more beautiful! 

Our promise to serve only fresh, local produce when possible went to new extremes with our breakfast visitors this morning.............................

They stayed a couple of hours enjoying their fresh breakfast!

 

Easter was eventful in Rossendale.... over the Easter weekend we had the Rossendale Artisan market on our newly created town square.  The market attracted a few thousand visitors into town of which two of them were us :)   We took advantage of the sunny crisp weather and walked over the back hill and down into town.  It was a lovely walk which took us approx 30 minutes.  The welcoming food tent had a varied selection of foody delights from Italy, Greece, China and of course Rossendale.  Local producers had their wares on sale: clothes, soap, wooden toys/ornaments, jewellry, cakes, bread, kitchen wares etc. etc. such an array.  Our walk back via Newchurch was broken by a well earned rest (!) and a little gargle.

 

Our world famous coconutters once again led the Easter Saturday parade attracting visitors both nationally and worldwide.

 

Easter Monday saw the annual clog cobbin competition held at The Roebuck, Burnley Road East Scoutbottom.  Contestants chuck their "clog" over their head backwards with the furthest chuck winning the title.  Traditionally borne from the local shoe industry fun and frivolity continues all day around this fun loving event.

 

Who needs Easter bunnies with the colourful characters of Rossendale!!

You gotta luv it!