Le Tour de Pennines, I mean France, The White House Pub
Le Tour de France had a couple of UK stages this year in London and Yorkshire (see my good friend Deb's York photo blog Ginnels Gates and Ghosts). And even on the Lancashire borders with Yorkshire it seems. I was up at Blackstone Edge above Littleborough on Wednesday and the White House pub was still decked out from when it received the tour -which had passed by briefly in July.
This pub on the Pennine Way is 1300 feet above sea level and in splendid isolation since being built in 1671 as The Coach and Horses. The passing of le Tour is another chapter in its history, which started when "the young bloods of Littleborough having guarded their mail coach from highway men would seek recompense for their labours with vigorous application to strong liquors".
I've eaten many a steak and kidney pie in there over the years. Mighty good they are too.
ReplyDeleteIt looks quite inviting inside, and it's a rather dramatic looking area around the place.
ReplyDeleteI'd take a chance there.
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