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<\/a><\/p>\nHalifax’s shopping core is compact and has the expected assortment of shops.<\/p>\n
I found the Borough Market, dating back to the Victorian era. It had a surprisingly Mexican feel to it.<\/p>\n Here’s a bit of the exterior of the market.<\/p>\n I love pub names…<\/p>\n Just a regular old bank. I am pleased that this architectural style isn’t something I’m used to yet.<\/p>\n Here’s another side of the market.<\/p>\n Halifax town hall.<\/p>\n I decided to go to my closed destination as I suspected there would be enough to do outdoors to make the one-mile trek there worthwhile. First, I stopped for lunch at a decent and very reasonably priced Chinese buffet restaurant. I tried some new things, like Mongolian style beef and duck. I was really impressed by the variety and quality of the food, especially the abundance of veggies and fruits. Then, off I went across the North Bridge.<\/p>\n On the other side, I saw my friend Vicki’s dream car. Can you spot it?<\/p>\n How about now?<\/p>\n Double decker buses aren’t exclusive to London.<\/p>\n I started to climb high above Halifax along a busy motorway. The walk was pedestrian friendly, but not obvious. I would sometimes take what I thought was a footpath and then have to double back to try a different approach as the roadway split many times and I’d find myself on the wrong side with no place to cross.<\/p>\n It had been sunny when I arrived, but the promised rain was rolling in and it was getting colder.<\/p>\n I spotted a church on a hill.<\/p>\n I love this billboard’s message.<\/p>\n The city quickly gave way to a rural landscape filled with sheep.<\/p>\n See the sheep looking straight at me? It was a little unnerving.<\/p>\n And voil\u00e0, Shibden Hall<\/a>!<\/p>\n The earliest parts of this home date all the way back to the 1420s and it was heavily renovated by Anne Lister<\/a> in the early 1800s to be more like what a proper Tudor home should be. Anne Lister is considered the “first modern lesbian.” I didn’t think I’d heard of her, but now I’m pretty sure I saw a Sue Perkins thing where she talks about her. Yup, I sure did<\/a>.<\/p>\n I arrived at the West Terraces. From a plaque: “The West Terraces were constructed, along with the South Terrace, by John Harper as part of the improvements he designed for Anne Lister in 1836. Surrounded by mature trees, the Terraces are cut into the natural slope of the landscape and have stone retaining walls.” They held an orchard with all sorts of fruits with different growing seasons so there could be fruit throughout much of the year.<\/p>\n Anne had this Gothic tower added to the house and it became her library.<\/p>\n The gate at the back of the house was open, so I thought surely it would be okay to have a poke around…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n