Girls On Tour and sundry other adventures

 Day 2 - April 3, 2022 This was the 231st anniversary of Anne Lister's birth so Sally Wainwright invited everyone to join her in laying flowers at the statue since the location of Anne's remains in the Minster are not known.  It was amazing to see the enormous amount of flowers on & around the statue, Sally's speech was very heartfelt and it was such a powerful way to start the day. We had a lovely brunch of scones, cream & jam following the ceremony. Afterward, we accompanied Sally and her friend Laurie Shannon to Sally's black Mercedes "Miss Lister" to see her apply the "ver. fine day" sticker.  The first stop on our Anne Lister & Ann Walker Coach & Walking Tour was to Lightcliffe and St. Matthews Church where Ann Walker lived and is buried. We saw many headstones of people in the lives of both Ann(e)'s who feature in the series. Ann's plaque in the tower was recently restored and is beautiful. Next stop was a bit of an u

Day 1 - April 2, 2022 Our first day began with a walk to The Piece Hall where we saw the Anne Lister statue again and had the great fortune to meet & chat with GJ creator & writer, the brilliant  Sally Wainwright , multi award winning writer of many British series including " Scott & Bailey ", " Happy Valley " (filming series 3 at our hotel!), " Last Tango in Halifax ".  I gifted her a sticker of Anne Lister's words "ver. fine day", often written in her diaries. When I told her that I had a sticker for her car, she said:  "I really want that sticker"! ;o) The next stop was to wander outside of the Halifax Minster where Anne was baptized, worshipped & buried. With such a beautifully sunny day, we decided to walk in Anne's footsteps up the steep cobbled path to see her 600 year old ancestral home, Shibden Hall & estate where the series is filmed. An artisan market was set up outside so we browsed the booths