Lads outings

27th February 2020.              Scarborough Trip It was all aboard the 9:27 train travelling from Leeds to Scarborough , for yet another visit by some of the lads to this East Coast resort.  Just a group of four left the city of Leeds, they will be Derek ,Dave , Colin and John, they are meeting up with Alan who is already in Scarborough. On this train journey the lads where able to see at first hand the drastic flood conditions that surrounded the area of the city of York and beyond. The overflowing river Ouse and the vast amount of submerged farm land stretching out as far as the eye could see, such terrible conditions out here at the moment. Similar conditions could be seen as the train traveled on towards Malton and Seamer. Their train arriving  at Scarborough a few minutes later than scheduled, the time was now 11:00 am. Yet again the weather conditions have been kind to the lads, it was a fine and sunny day that greeted them on their arrival,  although a chilli

6th February 2020.                Walsden Wonder Walk For today’s adventure the Lads planned to visit the far reaches of West Yorkshire and head for the village of Walsden, then take the Rochdale  canal towpath walk back towards Todmorden and then on to Hebden Bridge. Should be about a distance of some 6 miles or so. What a delightful experience it turned out to be, first surprise for the Lads was a return visit to the group from Brian, who unfortunately has had to miss out on a lot of our previous outings, glad to see him join us for this adventure. Along with Derek John Malcolm Colin and Dave it will be a group of six that take on this journey. They will make their way to Walsden by means of a train journey and arrive just after 11:30 am. It’s just a short distance from the railway station to the canal here in Walsden, so the lads soon got into their stride and were off in the direction of Todmorden, they had been blessed with a rather nice sunny day, a joy to be