I went to this session for the first time last night, although I'd heard about it a while back.
It's an Irish tunes session, and I found it very warm and welcoming, and enjoyed the tunes a lot. The landlord is very supportive of it, and gave us some free food which was kind of him.
Apparently the session here has been regular for over 20 years. I'd definitely recommend it and will go back whenever I'm in the area again.
I have visited this session a couple of times. It was friendly and polite! The pubs, village and all that is very quaint and picturesque et cetera…
But being a non-car driver I got there by public transport. I easily got the train to Hebden Bridge but then the story gets troublesome! The first time I looked at the map and saw a windy road to the village and pub about a mile long. No problem! BUT this road winds up the steepest hill you can imagine! I got there but phew! The next time I caught the ‘bus from the station up to Heptonstall. They seemed to run fairly regularly by remote rural standards (one an hour) http://www.wymetro.com/NR/rdonlyres/B0C98206-8E54-4E00-91E5-B00235CBF6D8/0/00E_hbd_bustimetable.pdf and made getting there less of an Olympian effort!
I hastened to add that a cab is the onlyway out of there after the session is done. It cost about £30 to Colne, Lancs which is pretty good. It can cost that from the Blythe in Catford to SW19.
Yeah, I made the same mistake with the road up to Heptonstall. I knew the road would be steep, but I decided to walk up the hill anyway, with my accordion on my back, as I didn't feel like waiting 15 minutes for the bus. I certainly worked up a sweat getting up there!
By the way, I noticed that you spelt 'bus with an apostrophe... is that an abbreviation of omnibus? I think I'll start using an apostrophe there as well!
Wilf
Tuesday night Irish session
I went to this session for the first time last night, although I'd heard about it a while back.
It's an Irish tunes session, and I found it very warm and welcoming, and enjoyed the tunes a lot. The landlord is very supportive of it, and gave us some free food which was kind of him.
Apparently the session here has been regular for over 20 years. I'd definitely recommend it and will go back whenever I'm in the area again.
# Posted on December 28th 2011 by WilfDell
Good Yorkshire Session!
I have visited this session a couple of times. It was friendly and polite! The pubs, village and all that is very quaint and picturesque et cetera…
But being a non-car driver I got there by public transport. I easily got the train to Hebden Bridge but then the story gets troublesome! The first time I looked at the map and saw a windy road to the village and pub about a mile long. No problem! BUT this road winds up the steepest hill you can imagine! I got there but phew! The next time I caught the ‘bus from the station up to Heptonstall. They seemed to run fairly regularly by remote rural standards (one an hour) http://www.wymetro.com/NR/rdonlyres/B0C98206-8E54-4E00-91E5-B00235CBF6D8/0/00E_hbd_bustimetable.pdf and made getting there less of an Olympian effort!
I hastened to add that a cab is the onlyway out of there after the session is done. It cost about £30 to Colne, Lancs which is pretty good. It can cost that from the Blythe in Catford to SW19.
I hope to visit again very soon!
# Posted on December 29th 2011 by yhaalhouse
By 'windy' I meant 'in a winding way' not 'exposed to the elements'!
# Posted on January 1st 2012 by yhaalhouse
Windy Road
Yeah, I made the same mistake with the road up to Heptonstall. I knew the road would be steep, but I decided to walk up the hill anyway, with my accordion on my back, as I didn't feel like waiting 15 minutes for the bus. I certainly worked up a sweat getting up there!
By the way, I noticed that you spelt 'bus with an apostrophe... is that an abbreviation of omnibus? I think I'll start using an apostrophe there as well!
Wilf
# Posted on January 22nd 2012 by WilfDell