Conquering Conisborough

 Wednesday 13th September 2023.                Conquering Conisborough 

Todays adventure would take the Lads to the limits of the South Yorkshire border with North Nottinghamshire. To the village of Conisborough and explore its medieval castle that is situated there.

The group will consist of Derek, Dave, Colin, Brian, John, Glenn and Mark all travelling to Doncaster by train which left Leeds at 10:26 picking up the lads as it passed their nominated stations, it arrived at platform 6 a few minutes after 11 o’clock , from here it was just a short distance to the Interchange here in Doncaster in order to take the X78 bus that would transport the lads to Conisborough, stand B6 to be precise.

 The bus journey lasted about 20 minutes or so before dropping the lads off near the very old church of St. Peters in the heart of the village, once they had found their bearings it was off to the nearby cafe named Meet and Eat for a breakfast lunch for some of them, others just participating with a cuppa.

Meals somewhat enjoyed it was now off in search of the well documented historical castle and begin exploring its ramparts, this provided the lads with both interesting and fascinating experience to say the least, especially the visit to the top of the tower , taking in the various short animated stories of bygone times.

Spectacular views were the gift for climbing the numerous stone steps leading to the summit, great distances could be seen off on the far horizons has we encircled this observation tower , magnificent. 

Closer to the castle was another point of interest that the Lads intended to explore, that of the railway viaduct built to cross the river Don, but unfortunately they realised that enough time had not been allocated to carry out this exploration, maybe another time then for this adventure.

It was a steady retreat from the dizzy heights of the tower and back to a more familiar feeling of ground under our feet and the streets of the village before us, a steady walk up one of those streets took us back towards the bus stop and the vicinity of St. Peters church for a brief look around, unfortunately the doors were locked so no internal viewing was achieved, the ice cream shop opposite had also closed its doors at 2 pm, so off to the bus stop and back to the town of Doncaster with the intention of finding an ice cream parlour there, we did eventually come across a suitable establishment in the form of BurgerKings situated in the Frenchgate shopping centre built partly above the transport interchange. 

Once our ice creams had been devoured it was just a short walk back towards platform 6 and take a much earlier train than expected in the direction of Leeds , once aboard this particular train some confusion ensued as to who was able to travel on this earlier train, especially John and Derek, at one point Derek left the train only to return having cleared the mix up with the ticket inspector , John trying to discreetly hide from her by moving seats and pulling his cap over his face. Somehow this seemed to have worked, lucky for him.

Upon reflection today was a most memorable and joyful experience for the Lads with perfect company and weather to match.

Cheers Everyone.