Another Great Gathering

 Wednesday 13th July 2022.                 Another Great Gathering 

Yet another Uncle Tom Cobleigh scenario for the lads today has they took the old grey mare so to speak, to Roundhay Park on the outskirts of Leeds. The idea behind this adventure was to meet up with an old workmate of the lads , Tim Kearney. He struggles with his mobility and finds it rather difficult to walk very far. So John being John has arranged for a number of the lads to rendezvous just at a few minutes after 11am outside the Mansion House in the grounds of Roundhay park, a relatively short distance from Tim’s home, his wife would dropping him off there. The rest of the lads would be taking the No 2 bus from the city centre all apart from Keith who was coming by car. Just before Brian, John , Colin ,Malcolm , Derek and Dave boarded the bus , eagled eye Brian spotted another old work colleague at the bus stop, the person in question was Doug Mackintosh , so a quick hello to this chap was in order and he was so pleased we had done so. Then Along came the old grey mare and we trotted off to Roundhay.

It was a pleasant sunny late morning as we arrived at the park entrance and it remained so throughout our stay. We managed to rearrange the seating requirements for all eight of us has we sat drinking and chatting out on the patio just in front of the Mansion House, what a pleasant and delightful experience for us all, plenty of banter about the old days spent at Thackray’s , seems strange that any work projects were fulfilled. With time drifting on it was now farewell to Tim and thank him for his company etc, Keith also had an appointment to take care of, the rest of us took a short walk in direction of the Bandstand before returning to the entrance gates and consuming an ice cream from a nearby vendor, then it was climb aboard a No 12 bus and journey back to the city and then take our respective journeys home.

Yet another great day out with the Lads 

Cheers Everyone.