Scarborough Trip

                                 Scarborough Trip

25th January 2018.      Another adventure with the Lads, this time to Yorkshire’s East Coastal resort of Scarborough. Today our numbers have swollen to a pleasant total of Eight. The cast members include, Malcolm, Eddie, Alan, John, Derek, Colin, Kevin and Dave. Some of the Lads took the twelve minutes past nine train from Leeds, Kevin caught a train from his home town of Beverley, 
Alan met us at Scarborough, while Dave had the misfortune of traffic problems around Dewsbury and joined the group some hour and fifteen minutes later. 
Modern technology allows us to make arrangements, so there was a great gathering outside the North Bay Fisheries roundabout 1:00 pm. To enjoy a well deserved lunch.
Previous to this the lads had stretched their legs and walked from the railway  station to the Sea Life Center a distance close to 2 miles or so.
From North Bay we all now ventured down to the sea front and began our walk along Marine Drive heading for the Harbour Bar ice cream parlour. We eventually reached this location some Sixty odd minutes later after facing a rather cold wind in our faces etc







. Once the delights of this establishment had been devoured we headed for the beach and another gentle stroll around the South Bay , this extends for quite a distance.










We eventually leave the beach and make a rather steady ascent up through gardened areas, following a meandering pathway bringing us out at a cliff top vantage point which gave us some magnificent views of the resort






. A short respite here before heading back towards the town centre and hopefully enjoy a nice cuppa.
Our drinks were taken in a local McDonalds not our intended cafe, nevertheless it gave us time to reflect upon our adventure here in Scarborough. Drinks consumed it was time to make our way back to the railway station in order to catch our trains back home.
Plenty of discussions were taking place on this return journey about our future adventures , some dates have been pencilled in.
Another great day with the Lads.

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