After deciding on the above, I found out that the canal barge that goes into the tunnel in the Peak district is run by volunteers, and only on a Friday Saturday & Sunday, so I changed the day to the Friday 15th September....
Read MoreMay 18th The outing on 18th May, 25 members and 3 guests joined together for a very interesting visit to Eden Camp. No longer just the two world wars, but bringing it up to date with the ‘modern day’ conflicts. We all found that...
Read MoreThe outing on 20th April was a day out at the coast, a lovely sunny day to enjoy at Bridlington, first stop at Queensgate the home of Bridlington Town football club, welcomed by the Chairman Pete Smurthwaite, members had tea,...
Read MoreDay out to Jaguar Land Rover Solihull – March 16th 2023 An ambitious and expensive idea, but the places filled up within 24 hours. Alan Acklam offered us the new (three weeks old) Hull City team coach, driven by the team...
Read MoreOur outing on the 23rd February was to the International Bomber Command Centre which overlooks the city of Lincoln. On our arrival, we split into two groups for the guided tour of the site. At the heart of the IBCC are the...
Read MoreOur first outing of the year was kept local. On 19th January we had an outing to Hull’s Museum Quarter. Many of us do not go into the city centre let alone the old town, so this was an opportunity to see how the museum quarter...
Read MoreOn 20th October the outing was to Shibden Hall – the home of the famous Anne Lister. We arrived at the bottom of the park and had coffee first in their lovely cafe. The rain was coming down so fast that we were glad we had...
Read MoreJune 2022 Having passed Durham so many times on the A1 and never been – I was asked by a member if it was a possibility to include in one of our outings – so I decided I’d check it out, and it would give me a chance to visit. A...
Read MoreMay 2022 54 of our members took the journey to Matlock Bath, and some admitted that they had never been on a cable car before. A few nervous people managed to face their fears and a lovely day was had by all. We had arranged...
Read MoreApril 2022 We managed to fill all 46 seats of the canal boat the “Dalesman” and were served with a delicious afternoon tea on board. Our journey up the Leeds Liverpool Canal was very enjoyable, taking an hour each way to get us...
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