Barley is FULL!

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 8:18 pm

Sell up and move to Downham!

CaptainKirk · Post by **CaptainKirk** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 8:48 pm

karatekid wrote:At least you only get it when the sun shines. Car parking in Brierfield around the mosque on a Friday is impossible

The sun makes it worse Karate Kid, but we have it every weekend especially when they organise fell races.

CaptainKirk · Post by **CaptainKirk** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 8:52 pm

arise_sir_charge wrote:I’m interested to know where CaptainKitk goes for day trips.

I assume from his moaning that he doesn’t go anywhere that may in anyway inconvenience anybody that may live local to the place he’s visiting.

How does he get from Barley to the Turf?

I assume he doesn’t take flights from any of the major airports either bearing in mind the issues they have caused for locals.

I visit lots of places and when I do I make damm sure I use the facilities provided. I also do not leave any amount of litter, empty cans, dog crap, etc all over the place

CaptainKirk · Post by **CaptainKirk** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 8:55 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Tourist spot busy on first warm weekend in 6 months shocker

Said tourists spending money... etc.

Pay attention if you are going to comment.
It is busy all the time and is getting worse, regardless of the weather.
You are right though about the two pubs and the Cabin doing well out of it, although that is of no use to anyone else.

Alanstevensonsgloves · Post by **Alanstevensonsgloves** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 8:56 pm

Captain, you'll be pleased to know I'm never going to Barley again. It was nothing like the tropical paradise countless holiday brochures had led me to believe.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 8:58 pm

I haven’t been to Barley since I saw a bulldog fart in the park and it’s anal gape put me off my sandwich.

Ooogeorgeorgeoghani · Post by **Ooogeorgeorgeoghani** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:00 pm

Lord Beamish wrote:I haven’t been to Barley since I saw a bulldog fart in the park and it’s anal gape out me off my sandwich.

That made me laugh , what sandwich was it though

CaptainKirk · Post by **CaptainKirk** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:05 pm

Lord Beamish wrote:I haven’t been to Barley since I saw a bulldog fart in the park and it’s anal gape out me off my sandwich.

I actually laughed out loud at that!

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:06 pm

I'm in full agreement with the OP.Pendle hill is part of our local Heritage and a cracking place to go but if it's getting out of control something has to be done.... You can't just stroll up to Stonehenge anymore or see it from the main road...it's now a commercial cash cow and Pendle hill could follow if it's not respected or numbers monitored.

PaintYorkClaretnBlue · Post by **PaintYorkClaretnBlue** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:06 pm

hampsteadclaret wrote:Out of order that comment I think.

I know Captain Kirk, though not very well. and he is a decent chap.

His OP is polite and if you live in a place that gets loads of visitors on nice days, it will be frustrating to get the sort of situation that he describes.

Just because he lives there doesn’t mean that he owns it. People should park considerately but they can visit where they like. If you don’t like it then move away to a quieter spot! This is akin to people thinking that they own the street outside their house!

Chobulous · Post by **Chobulous** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:07 pm

CaptainKirk wrote:Thank you Hampstead (whoever you may be?!).
The point I was trying to get across was the problems caused by the sheer numbers of visitors.
When I was a lad we mainly had Thompson Park or Stoneyholme for our days out. We did venture up Pendle a few times, after having walked from Burnley.
I don’t know what the answer is as this is only February and it wasn’t even a fell race day.

A day out in Stoneyholme, are you serious? What did that entail, a hike up March Steet and along Oswald Street to the Gas works? A picnic next to the Swift on the coal tips? A safari in Dead Man’s Valley? Do me a favour.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:08 pm

Ooogeorgeorgeoghani wrote:That made me laugh , what sandwich was it though

Ham and pickle.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:11 pm

Chobulous wrote:A day out in Stoneyholme, are you serious? What did that entail, a hike up March Steet and along Oswald Street to the Gas works? A picnic next to the Swift on the coal tips? A safari in Dead Man’s Valley? Do me a favour.

My happiest days spent in stoneyholme as a child at all the places you mentioned. And from there we walked to Pendle bottoms ...remember?

martin_p · Post by **martin_p** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:13 pm

I blame who ever built that ruddy great hill next to the village. It’s grossly unfair on those that lived in the village before the hill was built and couldn’t have envisioned that their homes would be next to a big tourist attraction.

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:22 pm

karatekid wrote:At least you only get it when the sun shines. Car parking in Brierfield around the mosque on a Friday is impossible

Yeah, Morrisons Nelson is same on Friday afternoons. Absolutely ridiculous as a chap only wants to get a bit of shopping in!!!

Ooogeorgeorgeoghani · Post by **Ooogeorgeorgeoghani** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:29 pm

Must admit Barley is silly busy these days but that's testament to the beautiful countryside we have , it's only the same as the lakes and if it brings extra money to the area that's only a good thing for the future of pendle

Chobulous · Post by **Chobulous** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:49 pm

tim_noone wrote:My happiest days spent in stoneyholme as a child at all the places you mentioned. And from there we walked to Pendle bottoms ...remember?

Same here and I think we have had this conversation before. Pendleton Bottoms at the foot of Greenhead Lane. Jack Moore’s monkey etc.
Stoneyholme in the 60s was the best place in the world.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:55 pm

Chobulous wrote:Same here and I think we have had this conversation before. Pendleton Bottoms at the foot of Greenhead Lane. Jack Moore’s monkey etc.
Stoneyholme in the 60s was the best place in the world.

Yes I think that's what the op was trying to say...as opposed to it being a tourist spot.best place in the world indeed for children.Happy days!

Fenwick · Post by **Fenwick** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:00 pm

Jack Moore's monkey. That takes me back. My gran used to talk about that.

CaptainKirk · Post by **CaptainKirk** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:44 pm

PaintYorkClaretnBlue wrote:Just because he lives there doesn’t mean that he owns it. People should park considerately but they can visit where they like. If you don’t like it then move away to a quieter spot! This is akin to people thinking that they own the street outside their house!

PYCB, either you are a bit dim or deliberately misunderstanding what I said.

Garforth Claret · Post by **Garforth Claret** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:50 pm

Jeez if you all go and live somewhere sh*t you won’t have any of these problems. Simple.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:55 pm

Though the thread is v funny, the serious point being made is that nice places only stay nice if people who visit them don't take the ****.

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:02 pm

Lord Beamish wrote:I haven’t been to Barley since I saw a bulldog fart in the park and it’s anal gape put me off my sandwich.

Jesus wept

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:04 pm

Dark Cloud wrote:Yeah, Morrisons Nelson is same on Friday afternoons. Absolutely ridiculous as a chap only wants to get a bit of shopping in!!!

Can't hear yourself think when fuelling the bloody car... Lass in the Kiosk wears headphones ... don't blame her, it would drive me scatty

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:18 pm

CaptainKirk wrote:PYCB, either you are a bit dim or deliberately misunderstanding what I said.

He's a vandal of the highest order and the good people of York can't stand the man!

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:18 pm

Lancasterclaret wrote:Though the thread is v funny, the serious point being made is that nice places only stay nice if people who visit them don't take the ****.

Nice places are only nice if there aren't a lot of other people there when you visit.

The Lakes are the same these days.

Walking the dog around the Ogden reservoirs in Barley on a Tuesday afternoon with no one about, well, it doesn't get any better than that.

Jel · Post by **Jel** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:25 pm

I blame Brexit. Nobody wants to go abroad anymore!

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:50 pm

The only thing that shocks me about this thread is no-one has come out with that immortal phrase ‘bloody townies’. If people don’t want to put up with others visiting a beautiful place don’t spend huge amounts of your hard earned buying a house there. If you have lived there all your life you are lucky, if you are fortunate enough to be able to afford to move there the real locals probably hate you more than tourists because of pushing up the cost of housing.

I did like the ‘barley wine’ post though, real funny.

pauliopaulio · Post by **pauliopaulio** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 1:13 am

Out means OUT!

CardyTheClaret · Post by **CardyTheClaret** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 6:58 am

The ‘Artist’ who came up with the Barley Sculpture Trail posted on Facebook a picture of a tree in the woods covered in bags of dog **** to highlight the littering that goes on in Barley. Ironically, it is the best thing up there and pretty much sums the trail up.

Pimlico_Claret · Post by **Pimlico_Claret** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 7:50 am

Lord Beamish wrote:I haven’t been to Barley since I saw a bulldog fart in the park and it’s anal gape put me off my sandwich.

Just spat my coffee out all over the duvet laughing at that, thanks LB.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 8:00 am

My pet hate is those dog owners that dutifully collect their pooches poo in a nice plastic bag and then just leave it either on the floor or hanging from a tree branch.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:15 am

tim_noone wrote:I'm in full agreement with the OP.Pendle hill is part of our local Heritage and a cracking place to go but if it's getting out of control something has to be done.... You can't just stroll up to Stonehenge anymore or see it from the main road...it's now a commercial cash cow and Pendle hill could follow if it's not respected or numbers monitored.

Now that’s a fence that’ll take some building. Create jobs and prosperity for the area. Love it.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:15 pm

It's only a short hop to Barley.
Take some malt and do a brew, while you are there!

CaptainKirk · Post by **CaptainKirk** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:48 pm

houseboy wrote:The only thing that shocks me about this thread is no-one has come out with that immortal phrase ‘bloody townies’. If people don’t want to put up with others visiting a beautiful place don’t spend huge amounts of your hard earned buying a house there. If you have lived there all your life you are lucky, if you are fortunate enough to be able to afford to move there the real locals probably hate you more than tourists because of pushing up the cost of housing.

I did like the ‘barley wine’ post though, real funny.

Another one for the thick list.
The problem is not with "bloody townies" as you call them, it is the sheer number of visitors and the % of them that either do not know how or where to park or just don't care.
As to your second point: lived in Burnley half my life and the rest in Roughlee and Barley and my wife born and raised in Barley and believe me - not a day goes by without us realising we are lucky to live where we do.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 2:45 pm

CaptainKirk wrote:Another one for the thick list.
The problem is not with "bloody townies" as you call them, it is the sheer number of visitors and the % of them that either do not know how or where to park or just don't care.
As to your second point: lived in Burnley half my life and the rest in Roughlee and Barley and my wife born and raised in Barley and believe me - not a day goes by without us realising we are lucky to live where we do.

Good on ya. Glad you’re a local. Nothing worse than people moving into an area then moaning. The problem with ‘visitors’ is how do you control them. Everyone has a right to visit a place (try Haworth on a good day) so if you get busy days yes it’s a problem. Haven’t been there for ages (Barley) but it is lovely.

I do hope though that they don’t try to ‘solve’ it by building more car parks. That would spoil the place.

By the way I’m not ‘thick’ (ha ha) I’m just a bit facetious sometimes. No offence meant bud.

bob-the-scutter · Post by **bob-the-scutter** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:00 pm

Fortunately I have no immediate plans to visit Indonesia.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:38 pm

bob-the-scutter wrote:Fortunately I have no immediate plans to visit Indonesia.

Uzbekistan top of your list?

PaintYorkClaretnBlue · Post by **PaintYorkClaretnBlue** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:55 pm

CaptainKirk wrote:PYCB, either you are a bit dim or deliberately misunderstanding what I said.

People visiting should park considerately, clean up after themselves and leave the place as they found it. That applies to anywhere, not just Barley. I understand your frustrations in relation to that but to throw a tantrum on a message board and tell people to stay away is just a tad ridiculous.

CaptainKirk · Post by **CaptainKirk** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:16 pm

PaintYorkClaretnBlue wrote:People visiting should park considerately, clean up after themselves and leave the place as they found it. That applies to anywhere, not just Barley. I understand your frustrations in relation to that but to throw a tantrum on a message board and tell people to stay away is just a tad ridiculous.

Can't argue with you. Heat of the moment and all that.

corporal jones · Post by **corporal jones** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:22 pm

arise_sir_charge wrote:I’m interested to know where CaptainKitk goes for day trips.

I assume from his moaning that he doesn’t go anywhere that may in anyway inconvenience anybody that may live local to the place he’s visiting.

How does he get from Barley to the Turf?

I assume he doesn’t take flights from any of the major airports either bearing in mind the issues they have caused for locals.

I know for a fact that that he drives his big 4*4 into town and parks ON THE GRASS VERGE next to TK max! You couldnt make it up!

PaintYorkClaretnBlue · Post by **PaintYorkClaretnBlue** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:24 pm

CaptainKirk wrote:Can't argue with you. Heat of the moment and all that.

No worries mate, like I said I understand your frustrations. It’s the same at Bolton Abbey on a nice day, you can’t move and inconsiderate idiots leave the place in a mess.

CaptainKirk · Post by **CaptainKirk** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:37 pm

corporal jones wrote:I know for a fact that that he drives his big 4*4 into town and parks ON THE GRASS VERGE next to TK max! You couldnt make it up!

I'll have you know that is a working vehicle and I park it there to save blocking the car park - right next to you!!
PS: You're crap at golf.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:44 pm

Oh......its all coming out now. High and mighty cuntry folk causing havoc in town with their gas guzzlers polluting our fresh air.

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:54 pm

Was Pendle Hill not there when you moved in?

CardyTheClaret · Post by **CardyTheClaret** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 8:51 pm

Pickles wrote:Was Pendle Hill not there when you moved in?

Don’t be a dick.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:02 pm

CardyTheClaret wrote:Don’t be a dick.

BurningBeard · Post by **BurningBeard** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:03 pm

Lord Beamish wrote:I haven’t been to Barley since I saw a bulldog fart in the park and it’s anal gape put me off my sandwich.

Legitimately the funniest thing I've read on here. Bravo sir.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:13 pm

BurningBeard wrote:Legitimately the funniest thing I've read on here. Bravo sir.

I think only a few got the subtlety of my joke on the first page of this thread, so I thought I’d play to my audience and go a little less subtle.

BurningBeard · Post by **BurningBeard** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:17 pm

Less subtle works for me, although the other quip raised a smile also.