Tea for Two at Selby

 Wednesday 15th June 2022.                 Tea for Two at Selby 

It was a return trip to Selby for a couple of the lads today, the two being Colin and Dave the rest of the gang having other arrangements unfortunately. So it was aboard the 10:41 train from platform 15 b Leeds Station heading for Hull that Colin and Dave began this return journey, arriving at Selby some twenty minutes or so later. This time it was just a relatively short distance to the canal footpath as the two of them made steady progress along its meandering water course heading in the direction of Brayton Bridge.

Today’s weather conditions were rather warm and sunny with a temperature of around 23 degrees in prospect, so with this in mind it was steady as she goes. Several benches are situated along the first few hundred yards of this section of canal and came in useful upon on our return journey. Meanwhile on this outward track it was a pleasure to be out in the countryside enjoying the tranquility of these surroundings. With the warm conditions starting to take effect the two lads now decided to find a suitable place to sit and partake in a canal side picnic, it was just after midday as they began consuming their various meals, a few other walkers passing bye now and again enjoying this section of canal waterway, at one point they caught a glimpse of an otter as it swam alongside the opposite bank in search of food etc. Twenty minutes later and the lads decided not to progress any further, but to return back in the direction of the town and maybe explore some of its delights. This proved to be a more taxing effort on the two of them so a few resting places were sought so to speak. Eventually a decision was made to just take a coffee break at the railway station cafe and then take a somewhat earlier train journey back to Leeds, this is indeed what happened the lads catching the 13:40 train. Upon reflection the warm weather conditions played a significant role in the lads Adventures today cutting short their intended exploration of the town of Selby. Even so it was good to be out there in the fresh air enjoying each other’s company.

Cheers Lads.