We had a thirty five minute wait for our bus but at least we were first in the queue and a journey through the North Yorkshire countryside to look forward to alighting eventually in Grassington at around 11:25.
We set of walking at approximately 11:30 after toilet visits taken care of. The weather was bright and sunny and staying close to the river but not on it we meandered through the countryside with a feeling of we’re in the right place today.
We could see the church in Linton and the stepping stones we had previously encountered in the past. The walk had now descended to the riverside and what a pleasant walk it turned out to be.
The sun shining brightly to accompany us. It wasn’t long before we could see the suspension bridge ahead that would take us over the river to our final destination about a mile or so to our rendezvous point at The Red Lion for the 13:26 back to Ilkley where lunch would be in The Flying Duck at Mark’s recommendation and it proved to be an exquisite choice all of us all greatly enjoying our delicious meals!
Leaving The Flying Duck we made our way back to Ilkley Station for our trains back to Leeds or Bradford or in Mark’s case a bus.
Unfortunately due to a signalling problem in the Kirkstall Forge area trains were seriously disrupted and all trains to Leeds were cancelled. However, our alternative route of getting to Forster Square proved extremely troublesome and after nearly an hours delay we were on the train to Bradford!
On arrival it was patently obvious that catching any Leeds train towards Shipley would be futile so we left this station for a ten minute hike over to Bradford Interchange where Derek, Brian, Colin and Glenn would catch the 17:00 train to Leeds which was once more running late leaving about 17:08!
On arrival at Leeds we all went our separate ways to determine our way home.
Another lovely day out for the lads and even with train delays it didn’t dampen our spirits one iota and a pleasant day out was had by all!
Cheers everyone Colin!
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