Lads outings

         16th May 2017 As usual we meet up at Leeds Railway Station, today we are boarding the 10:43 Newcastle train heading for the town of Chester le Street, we will be a group of five. Once we reach this town we have a short distance to walk in order to catch a bus that will take our party to Beamish Musium some few miles away. We arrived at Chester le Street a few minutes after midday the bus was due to leave at 13 minutes past, so it was a rather hurried walk in order to locate the bus stop, a few people gave us advice on the quickest way, but it was too late ,on arrival at the market place bus station, temporary roadworks lead to confusion, all the bus stands had been relocated which brought on an instant panic . Normality was soon re established with a visit to Brenda's Cafe over the road , several missed opportunity to catch a bus came and went , this was all in order to obtain a 25% discount on the admission price to Beamish and a sausage butty, thanks Brenda. Sho

9th. May 2017 Today the lads have decided to visit the north Yorkshire town of Knaresborough which stands on the river Nidd. Our journey there is by train from Leeds, we are taking the 10:29 from platform 3B a ride of some 45 minutes or so. On our arrival at the station in Knaresborough, We were met by Eddie , he had come by different means and was to be our guide for the day.  From the station we now made our way up into the town centre , here we caught a glimpse of the statue of roadway engineer Blind Jack. From here we now headed for the river and the leisurely walk along the valley pathway, we pass under the old stone archway bridge that spans the river at this point. Our walk now takes us some few miles further along the river bank , experience the interesting facts about this particular place and the structures that have been cut into the rock face above us. The wooded area also revealed some interesting carvings wh