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...

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 d...

                     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 ...

         20th March 2018. The lads outing today was to take on a unforeseen change of plans! Our journey started off in the customary way! We all meet up at Leeds Railway Station in order to catch the relevant train that would carry us to our required destination. Today our intended journey should have taken us to the East Coast resort of Scarborough aboard the 9:12 train, from here we would catch the Whitby bus , then walk along the beach to Sandsend and back. Little did we know this  was all about to change. The train journey was fine with Colin, Malcolm, John, Derek and Dave about to experience a sudden change to their arrangements. Arrived at Scarborough about 10:40 just in time to catch the X 93 Whitby bus , all safely aboard and off we  go, less than a few hundred yards into our journey we suddenly here this all mighty crashing sound, had something hit the bus or had we collided with an obstacle of some sort! ...

          Ribblehead Walk.            13 March 2018   The Lads adventure today would take them northwest, aboard the train heading for Carlisle. Only this time they would leave the train at Ribblehead , in order to explore the magnificent Viaduct  that was constructed in this seemingly wild moorland. Their journey would begin yet again at Leeds Railway Station, the train to Carlisle was due to leave at 8:49 aboard were  Colin, Keith, Malcolm and Dave , the fifth member John would be joining them at Bingley. The arrival time at Ribblehead was expected to be a few minutes after 10 am. So it was time to relax and enjoy the views of the Yorkshire countryside, although most of the time we saw nothing but flooded fields and farm land with the many snow capped hills far off in the distance. Upon reaching Ribblehead we were greeted with somewhat of a rather cold and misty outlook, nevertheless we began our adve...

GREENWICH VILLAGE (LONDON)  THURSDAY 1 MARCH 2018 It was a bitterly cold morning when Eddie and m yself  met up in Leeds City Station for the 08:17  train  from Leeds to London via Wakefield Westgate where we were to meet up with the final adventurer Derek. The weather had decimated our travel plans with John and Keith unable to get into Leeds and Dave struck down by a back injury. The train Journey was to last a little bit longer than the schedule d  10:35   our  arrival going out to 11:10 but  the journey was pleasant and comfortable with lovely snow scenery on either side. A  quick visit to the rest room we were on our way.  First,  we took the Northern Line (South) to  Bank   where  we changed  onto  the DLR (Dockland Light Railway)  and  headed towards Lewisham for our final destination at Island Gardens. Unfortunately, the train only went as far as Mudchute  so  we had to c...

    22 February 2018 Today sees the lads heading north west to the Coastal port at Heysham , this is a main ferry terminal taking passengers to the Isle of Man. Our journey there will be by train, a rather lengthy experience to say the least, however the time passes swiftly when in the company of these Lads. Today they number six which includeds the following, Eddie, Keith, Derek, John, Colin and Dave. Our arrangements are to board the train at Leeds Station round about 10:15 all apart from John who will join the train at Bingley. Once aboard this train it takes us several attempts to find suitable seating arrangements. This achieved we can now  relax and enjoy the ride through this lovely part of the country, passing station after station on our way.At one of these stations, Carnforth , we are treated to the site of numerous relics of railway rolling stock etc. We eventually reached the port of Heysham about 12:45 , the weather at this point ...