King Cotton

The theatre season is upon us again - Hurrah!! Mel was supposed to go with us to the Lowry on Saturday afternoon but San Francisco beckoned. The play was about the slave trade and also the effect it had on northern towns when the American War of Independence blocked the supply of cotton to England. It was excellent, very poignant in places and really funny in others, particularly God who was played by soemone from TV whose name I cannot remember (we needed Mel!). J was also excited by the fact that we saw the actress who played Thelma in the Likely Lads, long, long ago - she was in the foyer at the interval! We looked round the shops in the Lowry briefly and J bought 2 new shirts. The shops are all discount ones like Cheshire Oaks and Mandy will be pleased to know there is a Karen Millen (?) - perhaps worth a visit when next in Liverpool!
We then drove to Settle for the evening having booked into the Whitefriars Guest House. We went to the Golden Lion to eat and J had whitebait (excellent) followed by rabbit pie (lovely pie, disappointing pastry) and chocolate sundae (just weird). I had vegetable Kiev (rather generous and lots of potato) with red cabbage followed by fresh fruit salad and cream (lovely). The beer was Bomber (following a first round of Wainwright) and not bad at all. The whole lot including 2 rounds of drinks cost under £40 which we thought very good.
Full English breakfast the next morning (after delicious homemade raspberries and stewed apples) preceded the walk (see J's blog!) and cheese and onion toasties at lunch time. A good thing we don't go away every weekend!