Sabbatical Blog: 9/12 Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge, and Halifax, UK

9/12 Heptonstall/ Hebden Bridge, Halifax
We got some good sleep, and visited the village of Hebden Bridge below. It is a quaint little village. Allegedly this area of England has some of the oldest towns. Towns that date back well before the 1400’s. According to Larry, Hebden Bridge has a large Lesbian population. You probably wouldn’t notice except for the larger number of Aromatherapy shops per square block. There seemed to be a few too many of these for a small English village.

We walked around a bit, and had lunch at AJ’s Fish and Chips. This place was good! And the prices were refreshing, everything was very reasonably priced. The Fish and Chips lunch special was 4.95 ($10 US), and included a large cup of coffee, bread, salad, and Haddock and chips.

After Lunch and browsing a few shops, we headed to the fabled Hospital that we tried so hard to find the night before. Much easier now that we know where we are. We paid a visit to Janine in the Hospital, and visited with her for awhile before Larry got off work. Larry checked Janine out of the Hospital (no formal process, she just lets the nurses know she’s leaving). They are okay with her being gone for 2 or more hours. We headed back towards Leeds (near where we got lost the night before) and had TGI Friday’s (UK style). Our only constraint was family friendly, and this was Janine’s choice since she was craving a Milk Shake. We were okay with anything. The food was as you’d expect, with exception of the milk shakes. They had to be sent back… they were too thin for Traci and Janine.

This is the view of the hills from Heptonstall, where Larry and Janine live. There's no parking in the town, so you have to park up the road a bit.


The little town of Hebden Bridge.


We stopped at a park in Hebden Bridge so Kylie could walk around a bit. While at the park she met a kitty cat that was more interested in chasing birds, but stopped to say hello. And then off to smell the flowers with Traci.


Here's us visiting Janine in her hospital hotel room. She had already been here for a week by the time we got here. Just recently, we learned that she's been discharged home for now.


From left clockwise, Janine, Larry, Me, Traci and Kylie at the world famous TGI Friday's.