Brendan and Marsha live in the Bahamas, like all the time because they Bahamians. From time to time they visit all their relatives and friends in the British Isles which means one hell of a route logistics for someone. They arrived en train at Todmorden International (platform two) with just one item of hand luggage each. These Mary Poppins wheeled cases are continuously producing clean clothes where ever they go.
Now, mainly because they take better (or is it just more) photos than I do, all the one coming up are either taken by Bren or Marsha.
Esmé was around and so we went on a very short walk of which Marsha took the above.
We had visited the working textile museum mills at Helmshore (Haslingdon) and Queen St. (Burnley) a few weeks ago. B&M were most keen to see at least one of these and we chose Helmshore which was both a woollen and a cotton mill at different times. It started as a fulling mill for the wool trade in the late 18th century. In the middle 19th century it was transformed into a waste cotton recycling mill. Below is one of the nine or so carding engines.
We took the train to Mytholmroyd for a meal at the renowned Aux Délices. Interestingly we had to change at Todmorden to catch the train that stopped at Mytholmroyd because it didn't stop at Walsden. This is a curious development in Northern Rail's timetable planning.
It was a beautiful meal and a review has been placed on Tripadviser.
Bren & Marsha were extremely helpful. I wanted to lift the last of the Santé potatoes at IF so M&B helped me do this in quick style.
On Sunday the relatives in the upper Calder Valley arrived to exchange tips and tricks on their individualised digital devices.
Whereas others managed meaningful conversations.
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