The Year Ahead Life can often run away from you if you don’t have a plan. This year I was determined to start off with a plan of things that I wanted to do throughout the year so that I have something to look forward to every few weeks. This list is in no way a complete run down of my year (that’d take far too long) but these are the events which I think will form the highlights: Frances…
It’s Ramsbottom Chocolate Festival this weekend. In it’s 8th year it is certainly going to be much bigger this year than it has in the previous seven. Increasing visitor numbers mean that the festival has undergone a reorganisation according to reports in the local media – exciting stuff! I’ve attended the festival for the last three years, and I love it. The atmosphere is captivating; it’s fantastic to mingle with people who care about producing one of Britain’s favourite treats,…