Just got back. Its absolutely jammers, carpark full, cars parked all over the place.

Are residents drives full or is their still room to park?

The owners of the Coffee/snack Cabin in Barley will be millionaires before this Covid finishes.

I went at 9am Monday morning and it was filling up then.
Apparently Saturday was chaos, near gridlock some weekends.

We live in such a beautiful area with so many stunning spots to go for a walk. Never fails to amaze me how limited most people's knowledge of what is on offer seems to be. Feel sorry for the residents of Barley but also pleased in a way because with all the clueless idiots hitting the same spots it's very easy to have a nice walk in solitude!

Matter of time before Barley becomes a World Heritage Site and so additional car parking will have to be created to cater for the demand.

Is the cabin open for takeaways? They make a mean bacon and egg butty.

welsbyswife wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:19 pm

We live in such a beautiful area with so many stunning spots to go for a walk. Never fails to amaze me how limited most people's knowledge of what is on offer seems to be. Feel sorry for the residents of Barley but also pleased in a way because with all the clueless idiots hitting the same spots it's very easy to have a nice walk in solitude!

I said the same to the Mrs, that and Towneley park.

I've heard. similar to Stone Henge, they're going to put the main paths underground.

welsbyswife wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:19 pm

We live in such a beautiful area with so many stunning spots to go for a walk. Never fails to amaze me how limited most people's knowledge of what is on offer seems to be. Feel sorry for the residents of Barley but also pleased in a way because with all the clueless idiots hitting the same spots it's very easy to have a nice walk in solitude!

Me & the missus went up Weets hill from Todber passed only 2 people, 2 separate individuals, a bloke on the way up a woman on the way down but both, strangely, were dressed in virtually identical long black capes that came down to long pointed boots and both of their hoods came to a Pointed peak.
I said to the missus maybe Pendle hill is too packed by day and the witches, and wizards maybe, hang out on Weets til nightfall
It was admittedly a miserable day weather wise, the track up was like a little river and the dip on coal pit lane was knee height flooded.
I bet though Barley was still rammed that day.

mikeS wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:29 pm

Is the cabin open for takeaways? They make a mean bacon and egg butty.

Yes it is.

bodge wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:19 pm

Matter of time before Barley becomes a World Heritage Site and so additional car parking will have to be created to cater for the demand.

Plans in for multi- storey I've heard.

What have I told you people!!!!!!!

Seriously, it is a lovely place with lots of walks (and not just the hill).
But, there are many cracking walks all over the place and not far away and far fewer people if people just did a bit more research.

Sorry, on twice - learning here.

Maybe people just like a walk up Pendle and aren’t bothered if there are others around enjoying a walk too?

conyoviejo wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:24 pm

The owners of the Coffee/snack Cabin in Barley will be millionaires before this Covid finishes.

This time next year.

Last time I went some local old fart was grumbling because I popped a bag of dogmuck on his bin.

Never satisfied.. I'll leave it on his lawn next time.

fatboy47 wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:46 pm

Last time I went some local old fart was grumbling because I popped a bag of dogmuck on his bin.

Never satisfied.. I'll leave it on his lawn next time.

Perhaps if you had put it in his bin

Tell me where you live and I can leave some crap on your bin next time we are passing.

Problem with Barley is there are to many of those clapped out old cottages that take up good parking spaces denying us 4x4 owners easy parking so we have to park on drives, knock them down, build a few blocks of flats everyone's happy, the locals get decent flats with running water,flushing toilets and pebble dashing we get more parking.

fatboy47 wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:46 pm

Last time I went some local old fart was grumbling because I popped a bag of dogmuck on his bin.

Never satisfied.. I'll leave it on his lawn next time.

Had you decorated one of his trees with it you’d have been fine and dandy

CaptainKirk wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:30 pm

Pendle Hill yesterday morning, about half ten.JPG

Which one is you Captain ?

Not sure where all the people are coming from. There's much nicer walks closer to Manchester and Leeds.
Locals must be aware of beaten tracks away from all the townies too surely?

What do they expect if they buy a house there? On one side of them is Pendle Hill, that my kids and dog love to walk up so they can be the tallest people around, and the other side is the car park from where the walk starts.

It's like buying a house accross from a school and then complaining about the traffic at drop off times.

The problem in Barley is that Pendle council opened the sculpture trail and proceeded to advertise it all over the north of England without investing in any of the infrastructure of the village. Add to that all the TV shows full of the ghost hunting clowns. So, what was a pretty little village for local people is now being ruined. Double yellow lines and electronic barrier on the car park. There’ll be a ******* McDonalds next.

Helsby Hill was almost deserted yesterday. Lovely walk with absolutely fabulous views across the Mersey Estuary and as far away as the Welsh Hills. Well worth a visit and not a snack bar in sight.

CaptJohn wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 14, 2020 8:41 am

Helsby Hill was almost deserted yesterday. Lovely walk with absolutely fabulous views across the Mersey Estuary and as far away as the Welsh Hills. Well worth a visit and not a snack bar in sight.

But a helluva walk to get there when you’ve parked up in Barley...

CardyTheClaret wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 14, 2020 8:13 am

The problem in Barley is that Pendle council opened the sculpture trail and proceeded to advertise it all over the north of England without investing in any of the infrastructure of the village. Add to that all the TV shows full of the ghost hunting clowns. So, what was a pretty little village for local people is now being ruined. Double yellow lines and electronic barrier on the car park. There’ll be a ******* McDonalds next.

Yep, no-one went to Barley before that sculpture trail opened. There was no reason to.

They are building a McDs in Barley? That would be a well good move

welsbyswife wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 14, 2020 9:12 am

Yep, no-one went to Barley before that sculpture trail opened. There was no reason to.

Of course they did, not really sure why you're wanting to be a dick about it.

The new McDonalds will complete Barley. Hope it's a proper old-fashioned sit-down McDonalds so I can park up and enjoy it properly.

Ptgclaret wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 14, 2020 7:45 am

What do they expect if they buy a house there? On one side of them is Pendle Hill, that my kids and dog love to walk up so they can be the tallest people around, and the other side is the car park from where the walk starts.

It's like buying a house accross from a school and then complaining about the traffic at drop off times.

and similar to folk who regularly complain when a match is on (never at the moment) despite moving to Admiral Street for example in the last year. Complaining the football club is in a residential area. It's been there years, long before you moved into the area.

CaptainKirk wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:31 pm

Sorry, on twice - learning here.

Muppet

How rude!

corporal jones wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 16, 2020 10:19 pm

Muppet

You shouldn’t disrespect a superior officer

Didn't stop them coming though.

There's a nice field to sledge in kids!
But Dad, what about the sheep?
It's alright son, we'll soon scare them away.
Remember, it's your right to sledge, walk, park, litter, ****, etc anywhere you want to.

There aren't enough facilities for people going for a day out. It's crying out for a KFC.

Thing I like best about the good people of Barley is at this time of year they always grit their drives so you can a get a cracking parking space when they drive to the shops . Yes they are lazy and should walk also carbon footprint concerns so selfish springs to mind I encourage my friends kids to throw snowballs at them for even more fun.

Looks like good sledging in Barley.

As, the police say, get there early folks because the parking gets taken up quickly.

Happy sledging!

I might get there early tomorrow morning with my burger van and park up in that gateway halfway up.
Should make a killing befy McDees turn up.

I hope that the BRA (Barley Republican Army) start planting bombs on stupidly parked cars.

With the dog poo freezing so quickly, it’ll make it easier to pick up from the front gardens there

The Barley residents are a right set of moaning old gits..Too many witches living there. Time they were burnt at the stake..

Just driven over there and put a few police bollards out for my parking tomorrow, I'd advise others to do likewise perchance the locals think they own the roads.

Strange folk...

Just park your car in front of one of their drives leave em penned it

No chance of it being towed away in this weather

Wellsy1882 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 02, 2021 11:24 pm

Just park your car in front of one of their drives leave em penned it

No chance of it being towed away in this weather

Better still..park it on their drive.. It not illegal.

All the usual *****, with the same ******* jokes.