Wednesday 9 November 2022
Cross Gates - Temple Newsam
John, Malcolm and Colin rendezvoused at Leeds City Station on Platform 8D for the 10:54 to Hull alighting at Cross Gates but an increase to the number of carriages would delay the train excessively and we were advised to catch the 11:18 York train on platform 7 which would depart before our intended train. We arrived at Cross Gates @ 11:24 bang on time with our alternative train although we were now 20 minutes behind our intended schedule.
On exiting Cross Gates we crossed over the road to take Hollyshaw Lane up to The Brown Cow on Selby Road a walk of 20 minutes or so and crossing over to Calton Road and along Elm Walk until we entered the Gate into Temple Newsam.
The topography at this point was reasonably flat but as we navigated our circular walk it would be quite undulating.
We chatted to a couple of women from the Roundhay Park area who pointed us towards the medieval village.
We then stopped to have our sandwiches and chatted to another couple who were quite effusive about their retirement, he was 74 and his wife a mere 67 who lived in Rothwell and loved being retired. They had a shared accommodation in Los Cristianos which they sold recently to expand their horizons and visit various other resorts.
Unfortunately, we didn’t find the medieval village of Colton but we did find the hidden temple instead which John was ever so keen to see.
We then continued through the park the way we had come and back to the Railway Station at Cross Gates arriving at 14:00 for the 14:33 back to Leeds resulting in over half an hour wait. At this point the heavens opened up but it had stayed off for the most part so we were extremely grateful.
Arriving back in Leeds just before 14:45 to catch our respective trains and buses back home.
Colin Hendrick Ward
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