Wednesday September 11th 2024

visit to South Elmsall

our visit today is to a nursing home to see our ex work colleague and friend Roger Wadman.Four of us Brian,Colin,Mark, and John catch the 10-21 from Leeds Derek will join us at Wakefield and Glenn at Sandal arriving at South Elmsall at 10-50.It;s an up-hill climb to the home arriving there at 11-30;before going to see him we were told that this visit might not be very pleasant but after signing in we were greeted by a member of the staff and to our great and pleasant surprise we met with our cheerful friend Rogerin one of the lounges after just over an hour having been supplied with tea and biscuits and talking about old times with our friend we left Roger to have is lunch in peace! We left better for having seen him lookig well and in good spirits,On our way back to the station we called in at the cafe we visited last time we came to have a light lunch before catching the 13-39 back to Leeds.We were all glad to have seen a much happier and  looking better Roger and looking forward to visiting him in the near future,and finallly a BIG thank you to the wonderful and friendly staff.