Selby Meeting

 Wednesday 8th November 2023.             Selby Meeting 

For today’s adventure 4 of the Lads are taking a train journey to the town of Selby in East Yorkshire, famous for its beautiful Abbey and the swing bridge crossing of the river Ouse.

Colin John Glenn and Dave met up at Leeds railway station in order to catch the 10:27 train heading for Hull, this train was running a few minutes late along with a few others this particular morning, a reported landslide between Dewsbury and Ravensthorpe the culprit. However the lads arriving at Selby about 11:00.

After departing the train , John contacted a previous colleague of the Lads ,Glenn Pearson and made arrangements to meet him near the Abbey at about 12:30, which was suitable for him. So from the station here at Selby the gang headed for the canal and walked alongside it for a mile or so before returning and now making their way to the majestic Abbey. 

Once outside the Abbey’s entrance a few minutes passed before our intended visitor arrived, after a formal greeting and handshake the 5 of us headed for a bite to eat. Colin remembered an establishment from a previous visit, it was located in a Department store somewhere in the town, some kind persons soon gave us directions and within a few moments we were inside Wetherells Store and heading for their cafeteria on the first floor. What a pleasing place to have our lunches etc. We had an extensive menu to choose from plus the staff were kind and welcoming to say the least.

As you can imagine it was catch up time for the lads now, as it’s been a while since Glenn Pearson was in our company, he brought his own sense of humour to the table along with his stories of events that took place in what he referred to as J J’s. Almost an hour was spent over lunch before we said goodbye to Glenn has he headed home the rest of us crossed over the road to take a brief look inside the Abbey. What a splendid building adorned with artefacts from bygone times, now with the time approaching 2:20 it was back to the railway station here in Selby and take the 14:35 train back towards Leeds a journey of about 20 minutes. From the station in Leeds it was farewell to each other as we made our respective journeys home. 

Another great day’s adventures with the added bonus of meeting up with Glenn.

Cheers Everyone.