Lads outings

Tuesday 17th. September 2019.     An outing with a Difference  Today’s outing was a chance for old comrades to meet up in the pleasant and peaceful grounds of Golden Acre Park. A location situated on the outer fringes of north Leeds, a place that comes highly recommended by some of the lads but little known to others. An X84 bus will take a handful of the group to this location, while others make their own way there. What a pleasant surprise as we gathered in the car park on arrival at Golden Acre.   The group now extending to almost a Bakers Dozen has they steadily made their way out of the car park and took the pathway that leads under the main road and into the park land area. What a delightful setting, glorious flower beds surrounded the cafeteria building with ample outdoor tables available on the patio which was blessed with warm September sunshine. Pleasantries exchanged and a brief drink enjoyed it was now time to explore these grounds, a gentle stroll alo

Thursday 5th. September 2019.   The Two R’s Walk. For today’s adventure the lads are heading for the East Coast of Yorkshire again. This time they intend to attempt the cliff top walk from Ravenscar to RobinHoods Bay a total  distance of some 5 miles or so. As usual the lads all meet up at Leeds Railway Station, only this time  a little early than  normal . The reason  for this is they need to catch the 8:21 train heading for  Scarborough, this is in order to make the connection with the seven minutes past ten bus that will  take them to the village of Ravenscar, the bus schedule to this location is very infrequent hence the  early start. As the lads begin to gather on platform 12 their attention is drawn to the departure boards The time schedule for the train to Scarborough is showing a delay of some 5 minutes or so, this  eventually grows to 15 minutes by the time the train leaves Leeds, every minute is crucial at this  stage of their adventure. The closer they g