Wednesday 13th March 2024. Plan B. Revisited With a forecast of possible heavy rain today’s planned walk was abandoned in favour of a return visit to the Ten Pin Bowling establishment in the Merrion Centre Leeds. A suggested meeting time of 11am was put in place and this is indeed what occurred. It would a group of 7 that would take up residence upon lane 12 , those being Brian, Colin, Derek , Dave, Glenn, John and Mark , they would contest 2 games , which proved to be both entertaining and enthralling to say the least. As the first frames began , it was evident that Glenn had participated in this sport before and he proved to be a formidable competitor, Derek, Brian and Dave giving him a good run his money, the other lads struggling to find any sort of rhythm during this first game. It was a totally different outcome during the second game, with John finding his mojo and putting together almost 3 strikes in a row he wen...
Walk to a Waterfall Yet again we started our outing by meeting up at Leeds railway station, in time to catch the twelve minutes past nine train heading east to Scarborough. The journey takes about 75 minutes. On arrival at the station we now cross the road , in order to take the Whitby bound bus to the village of Cloughton. From here we take the lane that leads you to the coastal path, this time we are heading north. A bit of a downhill uphill start to this pathway but eventually it evens out and then lends itself to great views of the surrounding countryside. Although a fine sunny day was forecast this part of the journey was rather cool with the odd prospect of a lite shower, some 30 minutes on and the sun appeared, this brightened our spirit as we trekked towards Hayburn Wyke. On approaching the cliff tops near to this location ,we could just about make out the Waterfall as it c...
2016 January 14th. Leeds to Carlisle train journey. Dave's first outing with the Lads . This was a chance for me to meet up with the Lads, first point of contact was Leeds railway station. Once formally introduced to each of them, we now boarded the train heading for Carlisle, this was exciting for me and probably for the rest of the Lads. Overnight snow had blessed us and was giving stunning views of the countryside as we headed north. On arrival at Carlisle, we took a walk down by the riverside to see what damage the winter storms had done, not a welcoming site. From here we headed back towards the centre to explore some of the older buildings and then had a meal in the customery J.D.Weatherspoons establishment. Now back to the railway station and our journey home. What a joyous day I had, meeting a bunch of great Lads, little did I know what was to follow? A catalog of events that tested our endurance,friendship, spirit and sens...
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