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I was lucky enough to spend one of last week’s spectacularly sunny days in the Ribble Valley with Lancashire Food Hero Tours, who offer organised and bespoke visits to all manner of food producers, with demos and, of course, tastings.
Our first stop was Gazegill Organic Farm where their belief that their animals should be given the most natural, comfortable and longest life possible even extends to them naming every single one of their 100 cows!
Friday night’s guest evening at Lancaster Duke’s Theatre saw Rebecca Hutchinson as LV in the Rise and Fall of Little Voice steal the show, ably supported by Eithne Browne as Mari Hoff and Keiran Flynn as Ray Say.
As a resident Scarborian I was eager to see how the on stage drama compared with the original Sam Mendes film shot in Yorkshire’s premier seaside resort in 1992. With Jane Horrocks playing the lead, Michael Caine as Ray Say; Brenda Blethyn as Mari Hoff and Ewan McGregor as Billy, the film had left some lasting memories with me.
The second of this year’s Lancashire Hotshot evenings took place at the wonderful MJ’s Restaurant in Darwen.
What an absolute treat chef Dominic Taylor cooked up. Not wanting to miss out on any of the tempting delights on offer my guest and I agreed to choose differently and neither of us was disappointed.
