Yeadon Tarn to Murgatroyds

 Wednesday 20th November 2024.           Yeadon Tarn to Murgatroyds 

It was a Cold but sunny morning as most of the Lads made their way to Leeds city railway station, once here the group, who included John, Derek, Dave, Brian, Colin and Glenn headed for a bus stop somewhere on Park Row, they were intending to catch a No 34 bus that would transport them to the far reaches of the city, Yeadon. But alas the intended bus was cancelled, now a little confusion ensued to say the least ,do we take No 33 or an alternative, it was two dear ladies who came to the rescue and pointed us in the right direction in order to take the A1 airport bus at a location known as Trinity. Eventually at about 11 o’clock we managed to board the airport bus and along the way pick up Malcolm at his home town of Horseforth. The other person joining us today will be Mark, he intends to meet up with the rest of us when we have our lunchtime meal.

As we clambered off the bus in Yeadon and with a cold wind in our faces it was off in the direction of a small stretch of water known locally as the Tarn, the temperature at this point was about 2 degrees if that. So it was best foot forward and follow our leader John, who incidentally did know the way!

The walk around the tarn was a relatively short and easy exercise, so a decision to make 2 circuits of the lake was the order of the day. After almost one complete circuit we sat on a nearby bench and enjoyed a short while admiring the charm of this location along with some autumn sunshine whilst we chatted away. Some twenty minutes later we resumed our journey and then continued on towards Murgatroyds for a well deserved lunch. Once at this establishment Mark now joined us as we browsed the rather extensive menu and decided what options to take, before not too long we were enjoying our individual choices of meal with various conversations now taking place. During our meal the opportunity was taken to provide Glenn with a belated birthday present much to his delight, we also sang the customary song along with a few other patrons of this establishment.

Now with the time approaching 2:25pm, it was time to say farewell to Yeadon and Murgatroyds and head back towards the city of Leeds courtesy of a No 34 bus, dropping off Malcolm on our way, we had already said goodbye to Mark has he was heading for his home town of Otley. Our 34 bus eventually got into Leeds about 3:15 having stopped at almost ever bus stop along it’s journey towards the city centre, Brian and Colin staying on board for the full journey, the rest of us departed the bus a little closer to the railway station in order to catch our home bound trains etc.

Upon reflection our adventure today was most rewarding, memorable and full of pleasant surprises.

Cheers Everyone.