We have just spent a very pleasant afternoon visiting Astley Hall in Chorley. We back on to woodlands that back onto the parkland attached to the hall. It was originally Elizabethan but is much changed, still having the most fantastic Jacobean ceilings and lots of spooky legends about a white lady. Oliver Cromwell stayed here during the Civil War. It's a lovely place well worth a visit in its own right but recently they have renovated the walled garden and refurbished the coach house to be an exhibition space, they also have a lovely tea room with delicious cakes! They still have exhibitions in the main hall and that is where we ventured today. My dear friend Isobel is a member of the embroidery group 'One Step On' and invited us along. I would recommend a visit to anyone who enjoys experimental and traditional hand and machine work. The exhibition is open Saturday and Sunday until 30th October and is well worth a visit. Lots of pieces took my eye but I was allowed to take a photo of the wonderful stumpwork piece by Sandie Mayer called Woodland and Wetland. The detail is exquisite and you can spot a little owl hidden in the leaves.
We have just spent a very pleasant afternoon visiting Astley Hall in Chorley. We back on to woodlands that back onto the parkland attached to the hall. It was originally Elizabethan but is much changed, still having the most fantastic Jacobean ceilings and lots of spooky legends about a white lady. Oliver Cromwell stayed here during the Civil War. It's a lovely place well worth a visit in its own right but recently they have renovated the walled garden and refurbished the coach house to be an exhibition space, they also have a lovely tea room with delicious cakes! They still have exhibitions in the main hall and that is where we ventured today. My dear friend Isobel is a member of the embroidery group 'One Step On' and invited us along. I would recommend a visit to anyone who enjoys experimental and traditional hand and machine work. The exhibition is open Saturday and Sunday until 30th October and is well worth a visit. Lots of pieces took my eye but I was allowed to take a photo of the wonderful stumpwork piece by Sandie Mayer called Woodland and Wetland. The detail is exquisite and you can spot a little owl hidden in the leaves. 
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