Lads outings

                     Blackpool to Cleveleys   15th. May 2018. The lads outing today would take them to the west coast resort of Blackpool. Their mission was to walk along the sea front from Blackpool Tower to the resort of Cleveleys. A reported distance of some 4.7 miles or so!. Once there they would make the return journey by bus or tram. As per usual the journey starts off at Leeds Railway Station for some of the Lads, others joining the train at different locations in accordance with their own arrangements etc. The train to catch would be the 9:10 Leeds to Blackpool train calling at Bradford Interchange for John and then picking up Derek and Dave at Hebden Bridge on it’s way. The other lads ,Keith Eddie Colin and guest Ian had joined the train at Leeds. A pleasant journey took in the towns of Accrington, Blackburn and Preston before we eventually reached the resort of Blackpool a few minutes after 11 o’clock. On arrival here on the west coast the weather situation had c

MIRFIELD – HUDDERSFIELD  CANAL WALK  RESUMATION 17 APRIL 2018 Today there would be five of us finishing the walk we  had  started  on  27 November 2017. We were rained off on our last attempt but not to be  conquered  we decided to finish what we had started. John, Colin and Malcolm met on a cloudy but not too cold morning at Leeds City Station  for  the 09 : 36 to Manchester that would take us to Huddersfield. Derek catching it in Dewsbury and Keith travelling over by bus from Gildersome  where we  would  all  rendezvous at Huddersfield Bus Station in time to catch the 10:24 Leeds bus to Bradley where we all  dis embarked at the bus stop closest t o  our re-entry point to the canal.  As we began our walk we noticed that there were a number of industrial units interspersed with   green open spaces for recreational activities.   The walk itself was pleasant enough and the path almost dry for the entire stretch. We passed a number of training facilities on the left that could ha

                     Liverpool Trip 3rd May 2018 Our mission today is to visit the city of Liverpool , to encounter the Terracotta Warriors who are on exhibition at the world museum here in the city.  We also intend to explore the Western Approaches H.Q. which is now open to the public here in the city. Today we are a group of six, the members include Malcolm, Eddie, John, Derek, Dave and Colin As usual arrangements have been made to join the Scarborough  to Liverpool train, departing Leeds about ten minutes past nine and calling at Dewsbury some twelve minutes later. Once we are all aboard it’s now time to discuss our future plans, this becoming a rather lengthy process to say the least. However progress was eventually reached with the booking of our rail tickets for our intended London venture the next coming month. This was all achieved via the courtesy of Colin and his iPhone 7 Plus! Now with about 15 minutes of our journey left , it was time to see what was beyond the car