Selby Canal Walk from Selby Railway Station to Brayton Bridge.
John and I rendezvoused at Leeds Railway Station for the 10:34 to Hull alighting twenty minutes later at Selby Railway Station. The weather was bright and sunny with the likelihood of rain extremely unlikely.
We exited the station at Selby and asked for directions to the canal but the lady advised us there was only a river! We asked a gentleman who by chance was going our way who told us indeed that there was a canal and chatted about his home town as we progressed down the road.
He was a lovely chap and had tattoos all over his arms and face. Nevertheless, he was extremely kind and put us on the right path to Bayton Bridge which would be today’s final destination.
Proving you can’t judge a book by looking at the cover.
We strode purposely on and passed a young family of Swans with five Cygnets that cheered us up as they were lovely and friendly. The walk was littered with benches and after an hour we partook in our lunch overlooking the canal, chatting about the present, past and future and the world is going mad as far as me and John are concerned.
We then walked a little further arriving at Bayton Bridge where there was a picnic area and a boat selling coffees. We sat drinking our coffees chatting to the lady proprietor about the business in general and she said it was doing fine. She also introduced us to her female Alsatian that was almost a year old and had been rescued from some Gypsys that wanted them to fight but they were too nice so they became surplus after being mistreated.
We then returned to Selby by the route we had taken and with time on our side we ventured to the old toll bridge and then into the Selby Abbey for a quick look round. It is one of the relatively few surviving abbey churches of the medieval period and although not a cathedral is on of the biggest.
We returned to Selby Railway Station in time to catch the 14:40 back to Leeds arriving just after 15:00. John catching the 15:18 to Carlisle and disembarking at Bingley. with Colin making his way to the new Corn Exchange to catch the No. 3 to Beeston.
Another great day out proving you don’t need to travel far to enjoy yourselves!
Colin Hendrick Ward5
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