Lads outings

 Wednesday  21 October 2020 Sandal Castle - Pugneys Colin, John and Brian met at Leeds City Staion on Platform 6 for the 10:15 to Wakefield. Arriving in Wakefield Westgate in fifteen minutes from Leeds and a ten minute walk up to the bus station to catch the 110 up to the Three Houses Public House almost next to Sandal  Castle.  On arrival at the Castle we ascended the steps to view the castle area and beyond. After a chat with some locals and espying a possible route to Pugneys we set of in an anti-clockwise direction towards the Café where we stopped to eat our lunches in glorious sunshine that the pessimists didn’t predict before continuing anti-clockwise until we reached the path that took us towards the ASDA and our 110 bus back to Wakefield and subsequently Westgate to catch the 14:10 back to Leeds where John sought the Skipton train and Brian and Colin their respective buses to Morley and Beeston.  A little bit about our destination Sandal Castle!   The romantic ruins of this me

  Milner Field and Titus Salt April 17, 2014  By  Bingley Hub Milner Field – Walking in the Footsteps of Titus Junior? In this article our local historian Alan Cattell seeks to add to knowledge of what Milner Field and its grounds may originally have looked like when built 141 years ago. To do so his research has included articles written in the 1870’s, discussion with Roger Clarke the Saltaire historian and identification of maps, architects drawings and etchings from the time. Thanks also go to Bradford Libraries and Shipley College, Saltaire Archives for their time and help. What might Titus have considered? At a time when photography was in its infancy Titus Salt Junior would have had to rely on the vision of his architects and other contractors and their ability to convey design and building considerations to him. This would have been by means of maps, sketches, drawings and stained glass cartoons which gave more than a flavour of what was being suggested or recommended to him. In

Wednesday  16 October 2020 Saltaire.Milner Field 1869 - 1950 Colin and Brian met at Leeds City Staion on Platform 5 for the Skipton train to Saltaire arriving at around 10:45 rendezvousing with John and Allan for a circular walk of around five miles to Milner Field.  After leaving tha station Allan and John struck up a conversation with a local seventy-one year old who had lived in Saltaire all his life and loved the place so much he decided to stay.  We then set off for Milner Field which was about a mile or so from the station passing through Saltaire Park and passing Titus Salt school on the way.  Milner Field was a large mansion set within its own parkland grounds on the northern slope of the Aire valley one mile to the north west of the mill and model village of Sal.taire  in West Yorkshire, England.  The house was commissioned by Titus Salt Jnr, the youngest son of the famous Victorian wool baron and philanthropist Sir Titus Salt, and built in 1869 to the plans of Thomas Harris.

 7th. October 2020. Today with fine weather forecast, the lads have planned to take a canal side walk of about 3plus miles They will start off at Horbury Bridge and follow the canal as it makes its way on towards Wakefield. They will be a group of five which will include John Colin Brian Derek and Dave. They have planned to meet up at around 11:15 . Some making their way by a train and bus Journey , others by way of a car ride. Just before 11:25 their adventure began has they trudged along the tow path, yesterday’s rain was evident in some places but not enough to cause much of a problem. Only a handful of other walkers were encountered on this very pleasant journey, just being outside in the fresh air was more than enough for the lads has they chatted about this and that, it was catch up time. Some interesting sites were observed has the lads walked along , one in particular was a group of swans swimming along like a flotilla of ships, so pleasant to admire. Further along the canal we

 Friday 25 September 2020 Beeston and Middleton Stroll.  John and Colin rendezvoused around 11:00 at Beeston Primary where John spent his formative school years before going to a brand new school on Gipsy Lane called Parkside that we would shortly be passing after meeting up with Brian at 11:20 at Beeston Park opposite The Tommy Wass public house.  Brian was already there so we continued up Gipsy Lane and past mine and John’s old school that John went to in 1957 and me in 1960.  We tried to go go down the PROW (Public Right of Way) but it had been temporarily closed due to expanding the school’s capacity.  We then took a detour across the South Leeds Colf Course that closed down last year and was eventually bought by Leeds City Council which had first opened its doors in 1933.  We entered the woods through the railings and worked our way up to the tram track and scaling a few steps we were in the Rose Garden which my Father in Law  looked after for many years.  We followed our noses ba

 Blog! Wednesday  30 September 2020 Eddie’s Memorial Walk.  John and Colin rendezvoused around 10:45 for the X84 to ilkley via Otley. We would be alighting at Golden Acre Park at around 11:15 in time to meet up with those who were coming.  Ian Piercy, Robert Silburn and Terry Orange arrived followed by Marilyn, Lynne and Allan.  First stop was the Café for a hot drink as the weahther was fairly cool but the rain had fortunately stayed away.  We then strolled to Eddie’s favourite haunt which was the hide. We noticed the absence of any wildlife. The birds had decided that they were no longer being catered for, no feeders were hanging and it seemed a stark reminder of the unprecedented times that were now experiencing.  We spent a few moments reminiscing about the good times that we all had with Eddie’s company.  We returned to the car park just as the rain stated to get heavy. Everyone returning to their cars and John and I waiting for the X84 to return us to Leeds which came after about