A Yearning for York

 Wednesday 15th March 2023             A Yearning for York

With a desire to make a return visit to the city of York and walk along part of it’s riverbank, the Lads have made plans to do so. A group of six will take part in this adventure, those being John, Colin, Brian, Glenn, Derek and Dave. They will all journey there by train, leaving from different locations etc, Bradford, Leeds , Sandal and Dewsbury, an approximate meeting up time of about 11:00 am is scheduled at York railway station and this is indeed what took place. At this point the location of the river would be a few hundred yards away, so off we went. It was a pleasant morning here in York even though the overnight temperature had been of a minus quantity. As the lads got closer to the proximity of the river there came a bit of surprise, it was running rather high and had caused a certain amount of flooding to some surrounding areas, so much so that their intended walk along the far bank had to be altered somewhat, not to worry the near side back was much more accessible and the lads were able to walk along its pathway to their intended target of the Millennium bridge. A suitable place to consume our sandwiches was found along our way so a short respite was taken around midday. 

Part of the outing today was to visit a newly discovered cafe in the grounds of Rowntree Park, unfortunately the access gates  from the riverside pathway had been locked due to safety aspects re the previous days flooding, with questions asked of local residents we were told of a different way to approach the cafe, this was noted and duly executed sometime later. 

Our walk continued now with the bridge only a few hundred yards further along the river, at this point there was a rather cold chilly wind at our faces, so off in search of the cafe it was. Some twenty minutes later we were all sat around a table having afternoon tea so to speak, scones with butter and jam etc.

With time in abundance it was a leisurely journey back towards the railway station, taking in part of the city walls as we went along,  eventually arriving at a few minutes before 3:00 pm. Because of the many cancellations now taking place on the railway systems , only certain amounts of return journeys were available, so it was all aboard the 15:20 heading for Leeds, but at the last minute John took a different option to take a more appropriate train taking him to Bradford. So it was goodbye from him has he raced away to platform 6. The rest of us were soon back in the Leeds, with Dave and Derek travelling along to Dewsbury. 

Yet another great day out with the Lads 

Cheers Everyone.