Lads outings

25th. July 2019.             Crich Tram Museum  On what turned out to be a record breaking temperatures day all across the UK and Europe  The lads have decided to take a train journey to North Derbyshire and visit the renowned venue of the Crich Tramway Village as it is now know. Here they will experience the thrills of both seeing a great collection of vintage trams and take a nostalgic ride on one of the dedicated trams operating on this particular day. To get there the lads will travel on the 9:08 train from Leeds to Nottingham, leaving the train at Alfreton and then taking a local bus operated by Littles to ferry them to the museum at Crich a journey of about twenty five minutes or so. Today’s group of lads will involve Colin Malcolm John Derek and Dave the other have different arrangements. As they arrive at Alfreton the time is approaching 10:35 and the local number 140 bus is due to leave a few minutes after 11:00....

18th July 2019.             Ilkley and the riverside walk For their adventure today ,some of the lads have decided to take just a short walk along the riverbank in the picturesque town of Ilkley. The lads will number just four,  those being Colin John Malcolm and Dave. Three of us will take the train from Leeds, John making is way to Ilkley by way of bus. All hoping to meet up around 11am. This is indeed what happened, from the railway station we took the short walk down towards the riverside and began our relatively short distance stroll following the river upstream for a couple of miles or so. The weather forecast went slightly adrift with some unpredicted rain at one stage so a swift run for cover was initiated. Rain showers over we continued our walk passing through meadow land until we reached the riverside again, we followed the river for about another half mile or so before we decided to turn back , retracing some of our steps for ...

25th June 2019.              Visit to the city of Chester  For their adventure today the lads have decided to travel to the county of Cheshire and visit the historic city of Chester. Although the journey may be somewhat lengthy it proved to be worth while. Yet again the adventure started off at Leeds railway station for some of the lads others joining at different locations along the way.The group will consist of Colin Keith Malcolm then John Derek and Dave, all hoping to reach the city just after midday, which is indeed what happened. The weather forecast for today’s adventure looked rather bleak with heavy rains due for most of the day, someone must have said their prayers last night, for on arrival at Chester the rain had already been and gone. Although dull at first it  became more brighter as the day progressed. After a train journey of almost two and a half hours the lads were ready for lunch and this was enjoyed in th...

13th. June 2019.       Eden Camp Experience  For today’s adventure the lads are heading for East Yorkshire to experience what Eden Camp has to offer. This was a former P.O.W. Establishment which was built to house mainly Italian prisoners although some German where also interned there. The site is situated near the town of Malton, so the lads will take a train journey from Leeds then a short bus ride from the station at Malton to the Camp Site. A group of seven for today’s outing will include Derek  Dave  John  Colin  Keith and Eddie along with a  guest appearance of John Howarth a former member of the Thackray workforce. The lads have planned to catch the 9:21 train at Leeds then all going to plan hop on board the  10:15 Coastliner Bus which should drop them off just a short walk away from the Camp. This is indeed what happened. The lads had come prepared for rather inclement weather according to forecast predictio...