War of the...

...tulips

As we'd stayed in beautiful Yorkshire for our holiday, I thought we'd have an adventure across the border for the day. Actually, its with a good pair of boots and a flask Lancashire is only walking distance away, although maybe not with the children.

It was a gorgeous drive over the hills, firstly to Clitheroe, where the children had a great time hunting dragons in the Castle Museum; a picnic lunch and a play on the swings; then we followed a sculpture trail alongside the river Ribble.

I couldn't resist stopping to photograph the beautiful tulips that had been planted around the tree in the middle of Newton when we drove back. Our final stop was in Slaidburn for tea, cake and icecream in the sunshine.