24 Clitheroe A d ve r t ise r & Times, Thursday, Jan u a ry 28th, 2010


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. Backridge to offer two lu ck y S c o i ip le s : th e chance of a free roman­ t ic dinner for two, including complimen­ ta r y drinks, on the


.evening of Sunday, February 14th. Located in a converted


bam in the heart of Back­ ridge Farm on Twitter Lane, near Waddington, The Plate prides itself on its food provenance, sourcing much of its food from local suppliers, and this Valentine’s Day chef Brian Healy has created a mouth-watering three- course menu to get people in the mood for love. On arrival, diners will


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be greeted with a glass of fizz and the ladies will receive a rose before set­ tling down at a candlelit table. The special Valentine’s


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It’s ‘bienvenido’ to Spanish visitors


by Duncan Smith


A TOUR of Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park ground was just one of the highlights for a p a r ty of S panish exchange s tu d en ts spending tw;o weeks in the Rihble Val­


ley. Stonyhurst College, at Hurst


Green, has taken p a r t in the Spanish Exchange for the past seven years, seeing i t go from strength to strength. This year the college has been


accepted for a European grant from the Br itish Council to undertake a two-year project. The project is approved by the British Council and the students submit it along with a DVD when completed. The exchange involves 16


“Grammarians”.(Year 10 Stony­ hurst pupils, aged 14 or 15) who are each paired up with a Spanish


partner of the same age. The visi­ tors come to England for two weeks in January, followed by a return visit by the Stonyhurst pupils to the school in northern Spain in March, at the end of the Easter term. The Spaniards are from San


Jose Jesuit School, in Durango in the Basque Country. While stay­ ing at Stonyhurst,- the Spanish group attend lessons with their partners as well as having trips out to places such as historic York, or shopping in Manchester city centre. This year’s activities in college


also included cookery, an intro­ duction to rugby, a historical tour of the college itself and, a little


• farther afield, a Treasure Hunt around Clitheroe and ten-pin bowling in Preston! Other trips designed specifical­


ly to facilitate the progress of the British Council-funded project were to the University of Central


Lancashire (UCLAN), in Pre­ ston, and to the Darwen premises . of specialist metalworking com­ pany 'The WEC Group. These trips allowed the -visitors to learn more about an English university education and what prospects local companies offer for young people in today's world. As an added bonus, the trip to


The WEC Group also incorporat­ ed a tour of Blackburn Rovers’ Ewood Park ground, as WEC is one of the club’s stand sponsors. Several of the Stonyhurst host students are avid Rovers fans and did their best to convert their Spanish partners!- Our pictures show the Spanish


visitors gathered beneath Clitheroe’s library clock tower, ready for their treasure'hunt. They are also pictured with their Stonyhurst hosts enjoying a cookery session in college with Head of Languages Mr Peter Ansell and at Ewood Park, (s)


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Frank’s African adventure


A JOURNEY north and south of the African Zambesi was enjoyed by Clitheroe Naturalists. In 1996 and 1997 guest speaker


Frank Duckett and his wife trav­ elled to where the Zambesi river flows between Zimbabwe and


Zambia. They presented slides of land-,


scapes, birds and animals from a journey.which started in Harare before heading to the lodges of the hinterlands.; .


fABTANo.V4782' Living accommodation was i.


provided in wattle-like huts which were circular with solid floors and enclosed in mosquito nets.


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mals roamed at night along with colourful birds including exotic varieties of hornbill and herons., Also photographed were the enor­ mous nests of weaver birds and


Leopards and other wild ani­


trees were reduced to battered stumps by 32,000 elephants who wandered freely. The Ducketts journey also


included the Karita Dam where many workers died falling into the concrete used in its construction. On route slides were taken of baboons, giraffes, waterbucks and wild dogs with mottled coats. i On both trips Victoria Falls was


reached - firstly in all its might and on the second visit i t was completely dry apart from an area


along the edge, not an easy task as the rocks were broken and scarred by the force of the waters.. . . , r ■ The border from Zimbabwe to Zambia was crossed with croco­ diles and hippos presenting dan­ ger in the Luangwa Valley. Cranes


at one end. The couple were able to walk


in great numbers lined the banks and the river was partly traversed


by canoe. • The last slides were of evening


landscapes, one with an silhouet­ ted elephant. The speaker stressed that espe-'


dally on this type of tour, where animals such as lions and leopards are at such close quarters, you must remain downwind and have faith in the armed guides. Chairman Muriel Carruthers


thanked Mr Duckett for an informative and -visually excellent evening presented with humourous asides.


• The naturalist's next meeting . _


■ -p.m. when T o n y Robinson's theme will be "How to watch ■ wildlife".


at Clitheroe library will be on Thursday (February 4th) at 7-30


Search for photogenic four


DID a stranger ask to take your photograph in Clitheroe late last year? Ian Eastham, of Ful-


wood, Preston, is a pho- ^ tographer currently in ' the third and final year of his degree course at the University of Central Lancashire. At the end of last


October and beginning of November, Ian was in Clitheroe to take pictures of people in the town, who he asked to pose in a specific way. The pictures are part


of a Clitheroe-based proj­ ect he is undertaking for his degree and he has chosen four in particular which he hopes to exhibit a t the Castle Museum


just before Easter. But before doing so, Ian would like to know that the four people in the pic­ tures have no objection to them being exhibited. All four pictures were


taken at the same loca­ tion, next to the archway from Church Walk into Market Place, between the Chicken Deli and the White Lion pub. The people in the four


pictiu-es are: • 9 a man, possibly in his late 50s or his early 60s, with silver grey hair a neat beard, steel- framed glasses and smok­ ing a straight pipe : • an older man, possi­ bly in his 70s or 80s, with silver hair combed to the


right, smartly dressed in a collar and tie and wear- ing an olive green “Regatta” brand anorak • a woman, possibly in


her 50s, with short light brown hair, wearing a white polo neck with a brown jumper over it and a turquoise “Trespass” brand jacket • a woman, possibly in


her early 40s, with very dark short hair, double piercings in her ears, and wearing a distinctive bright yellow quilted jacket, with large but­ tons to the side. Please could you call at


the Clitheroe Advertiser office, view the picture to make sure, and give your permission to use it. ■


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