Lads outings

    23 February 2017           Lads Day out at Scarborough  The weather forecasters told us to stay at home , why!, because Storm Doris was on her way. But with rail tickets purchased some days before , nothing was going to stop the Lads visiting Scarborough again. So we climbed aboard the 9:03 in Leeds and headed East not knowing what to expect. Our arrival at Scarborough some 90 minutes later was greeted with joy , a little blue sky could be seen , (enough to make a little Boys trousers, according to the old saying ) now our tour of the resort began. A walk along Valley Bridge Road towards the Spa Cliff Gardens taking in the marvellous views from this vantage point, from here we took the old spa cliff lift down to the shore line and our walk along the beach heading for the start of marine drive. After some 10 minutes on the beach a rain shower came along so we made a swift exit and headed for some brief shelter on the promenade. Showers over and our trekking continues

                                    A Days outing in the Capital. 9th. February.           Today brought about a visit to London, courtesy of Vigin Trainlines generous offer! managed to get a fantastic deal on return rail fares to the city. These were purchased back in November. 7 of us were to make the trip, boarding the train at Leeds and Wakefield , we would arrive at Kings Cross just before 10:00 am. Unfortunately our 8th member Jeff having to make other arrangements  He arrived some 30 minutes later , so our wait was wasted on breakfasts for all at a station cafe. Once our group was assembled it was off to the underground, and a tube ride journey to Green Park. Once at Green Park we now made our way towards Westminster, only to find after some 15 minutes we were heading the wrong way, our direction altered we soon found ourselves outside Buckingham palace ,another photo opportunity. Now on to Westminster  the Houses of Parliament and Big Be