Now you may think the tittle of this artical a bit stange --A POSTCARD from ROCHDALE  well I would to as you wouldn't expect to  be able to feel like you had been on holiday in the heart of Lancashire but let me explain . In an effort to spend some time together, as I as you know work nights and the wife works in retail we only really spend time together on a Sunday . We both have traveled extensively around our fair county and have been to most places so nothing really suprices us UNTIL NOW .

Last Sunday while trying to deside where to go the wife said what around Rochdale way ---Nowt much I thought so I looked on the Internet and found HOLLINGSWORTH LAKE VISITORS CENTER . So off we went over OWD BETTS  ( the A681 ) to Rochdale then hit the HALIFAX Rd and after about 2 miles turning right up SMITHYGATE and end up at our destination .

What hit me was a strange feeling as here is a LAKE which was a hive of activity looking so tranquil it wouldn't have been out of place in the lakes  Looking up you could see the busy M62 overhead with cars ,Wagons etc  going to and fro between the ROSE counties . A fantastic walk around the lake was followed by the best chips I had tasted from a chippy that wouldn't look out of place on the Prom at BLACKPOOL --Then a as the rain began to fall we took refuge in a pub called THE BEECH situated on the edge of the lake ,choosing to sit outside under a large parasol ---I honestly felt so relaxed and calm in the surroundings I could have been on holiday ---But HANG ON THIS IS ROCHDALE . I would certainly recommend you seek out this fantastic corner of our PALATINE county you will be as amazed  as me... We then took off and headed to YORKSHIRE over to Halifax for more sights and headed back over the tops  though to  HEBDEN BRIDGE  then TODMORDEN ---Burnley and back home to OSWALDTWISTLE ----A fantastic day with great suprizes   ---Only wish I had taken the CAMERA ---But then again I WILL BE BACK to see if I was DREAMING .