Lads outings

18th. July 2017.                Hardcastle Crags  What an interesting journey we had today, this was all brought about by spotting an advert for walks around Hebden Bridge, this was on the notice board at the railway station at Hebden Bridge. So after some interest was shown, we decided to take on this adventure. Four of us lads met at the said railway station, that was John, Colin, Malcolm and Dave. Dave was first to reach the station and had twenty minutes or so to wait for the rest of the Lads, so this time was spent investigating the possible ways of reaching our intended walk. Much to his surprise the Cafe owner pointed out to him a gentleman named Clive who would be of great assistance, indeed he was. He gave us a short but detailed explanation of the best route to take. To our amazement we could catch a bus, right here at the station that would take us part of the way, from this location "Slack Top" a distance of a few miles would lead us to Gibson Mill a poin

        13th. July 2017.        Lads outing to Blackpool  Today we have decided to head west, as the weather forecast for this coastline is the more favourable. We are heading for the seaside town of Blackpool and saviour its delights. Our first aim is getting there, a few options are available we have to decide which suits us best. Colin, Keith and Malcolm are boarding the train at Leeds , John is getting on at Bradford whilst Derek and Dave have made their way to Hebden Bridge and are catching the same train there.  We all finally met up at 10:52 on board the coast bound train, which eventually arrived in Blackpool about twenty minutes after midday. Some ten minutes later we found ourselves walking along the seafront promenade, this area has undergone some massive improvements and was a pleasant surprise.               We soon found some great photo opportunities to take advantage of , so here are a few to share.