Settle Saunter

 Wednesday 4th September 2024.                Settle  Saunter 

Into another month now and the Lads venture on, this time they have their sight's set on the rural North Yorkshire town of Settle. Their means of getting there will be on board the 10:47 from Leeds to Carlisle train. Taking this journey will be Colin, Malcolm, John , Glenn, Derek and Dave, this train arriving at Settle station just a few minutes before midday, there was a noticeable change in weather conditions as they now began their walk, it felt rather cool with dampness in the air plus the promise of a few rain showers on the cards so to speak. The heavy rain held off, the lads were blessed with just a shortish shower, the rest of the day proved to be much more pleasant.

Their walk took them through the outskirts of the town then on into green pastures being grazed with an abundance of various breeds of sheep etc. The river Ribble was running close by throughout our entire journey which we had to cross several times as we ambled pleasantly along enjoying the outdoors feeling.

A brief stop along our way giving us time to take a snack sat on a countryside wall admiring the vistas etc, soon we found ourselves heading back towards the town after passing close by the local paper mill, here on the river bank. From this point they headed along the lane taking them to a main road leading to the town centre, a short cut pathway was found now avoiding the rather busy road traffic, enabling them to exit close to their intended destination ,that of their desired fish shop here in Settle.

With their various choices ordered and eventually served up it was off to a suitable bench and enjoy close to the Naked Man Cafe here in the heart of the town. The Lads spent about 40 minutes here eating and drinking plus the delight of their favourite choices of ice cream. 

Now with the time approaching 2:45 the lads made their way back towards the railway station in order to catch the 15:08 train returning them back in the direction of Leeds. It proved to be a rather packed train on this return journey with only 2 carriages providing space for the many travelers, quite a large number of Swiss passengers were aboard enjoying the delights of our  Rail Transport system etc. A brief exchange of pleasantries ensued much to everyone’s satisfaction as our train rumbled along passing the various stations on its way. John was the first to leave as we reached Bingley, the rest of us saying farewell at Leeds and taking our respective journeys home bound.

A most enjoyable day was had by all.

Cheers Everyone.