Skipton Story

 Wednesday 10th September 2025.          Skipton Story

Today would see six of the Lads travel to the North Yorkshire town of Skipton, their intention is to take a scenic route through the Legendary Castle Woods. It will be John, Dave, Brian, Colin, Glenn and Mark that participate in this adventure, all meeting up at about 11:15 at the railway station in the town.

The Lads were expecting rain at some point in their journey, but fortune favours the brave, so it is said. Now it was best foot forward up to the canal towpath and follow it for a short distance towards the towns hub, their first intention was to search out the famous pie shop and purchase each one’s choices etc.

 

From this point it was over the road and connect up with the pathway leading up to the Castle Woods, on our way spotting various forms of what Mother Nature as to offer us, birds, butterflies and a babbling stream, all in the shadows of the Castle Ramparts. Moments later and we were into the woodland and exploring what it had to offer etc, a couple of wicker structures in the form of a medieval huntress and a forest stag, photo opportunities taken at these locations.

 

Along our way we found a suitable place to rest for a while and consume our pie shop purchases whilst attempting to feed a few ducks that were swimming around in a nearby lake. Onwards now and further into the woods we ventured before beginning our return journey around its perimeter footpath  leading us back towards the castle grounds, by this time we had covered almost 3 plus miles of walking , half a mile further and we were back in the town centre and in search of an ice cream parlour and take a well deserved break from walking.

 

As we sat here in the parlour we began to discuss future adventures and try and put some sort of plans together,  as per usual with some modicum of success achieved. Now with the clock heading towards 2:20 it was off to the railway station in order to catch our returning trains homeward bound etc.

Upon reflection today’s outing proved to be a successful one for all concerned 

Cheers Everyone.