Wednesday 10 August 2022
Meanwood Valley Trail
Malcolm, John and I rendezvoused at Infirmary Street for the No. 1 to Holt Park alighting at Woodhouse Moor to start our walk on the Meanwood Valley Trail.
We found the starting point which was the Statue of H R MARSDEN on Woodhouse Moor and exited onto the road below which we followed until we found Delph Lane onwards to Woodhouse Ridge where we picked up the Meanwood Valley Trail.
Fortunately it was heavily wooded and shaded for the most part and we managed this leg without too much trouble but after our lunch break it became apparent that to get to Golden Acre Park was not going to be possible at least today which we all agreed.
We decided to use John’s contingency plan of breaking it down into two stages due to the intense heat which had now reached 30° Just after midday.
We had our lunch on a Civic Trust Talking Bench donated by Leeds City Council at the side of Shaw Lane which was ever so peaceful and discussed our future plans for visits to The Wetherby Whaler at Wakefield for the birthday meal, Hornsea and Skegness.
Fully replenished we continued on towards the beautiful Meanwood Park which was full of residents who were enjoying the sunshine whereas we unfortunately now having to endure it.
Whilst we were in the Park John espied an ice cream van and we stopped for a cool-down break which more than confirmed our decision to stop at this stage.
We finished our vegan ice creams John and Malcolm enjoying Rhubarb and Raspberry and Colin going for the more avant-guard Ginger and Pear ensemble!
On leaving the park we headed up towards Meanwood Road and noticed a bus stop where we could catch the No. 51 back into Leeds which was due in eleven minutes. At this point we realised we had a starting point for the restart of stage two from Meanwood Park to Golden Acre Park
Duly our bus arrived and we were transported all round Meanwood and other areas including Little London eventually arriving back on Vicar Lane at around 14:30 where we all alighted to catch our relevant transport back to our homes.
Another great day out proving you sometimes don't need to travel far to achieve greatness and we certainly did that once again today!
-- Colin Hendrick Ward
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