Takeaway Heaven

After a couple of truly spirit sapping trips to local chip shops, where all you seem to get served is reheated chips and curious fish of doubtful parentage, it's a real treat to be able to report that fine frying is alive and well in some areas.

The Village Chippy in Eccleston, near Chorley, is one of those specialist chip shops that doesn't stray too far from the core of our national dish but, then again, it doesn't need to. We happened upon it by chance, the chippy in Croston, where we were stopping for the night, was closed for a couple of weeks, so we had to spread our net a little further and what good fortune that we did! The fish of the day was haddock, which will always get my vote, and I've rarely tasted better; the chips were just right too.

Certainly worth stopping off if you're in the area around lunchtime or early evening, I predict a return visit there for us in the near future.