LSA CIRCLE’S WEEKEND AWAY

For the second time the Circle were made very welcome at the Oakwood Hall Hotel in Bingley, Yorkshire.

On the Saturday the majority of the party enjoyed a trip on a steam hauled train on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway.  We filled two compartments of a carriage from the 1960s.

Half of Compartment 1

 

The other half.

Boarding the train at Embsay on the outskirts of Skipton we travelled at a leisurely pace enabling one to take in all the magnificent countryside.  At Bolton Abbey station we were able to get refreshments whilst the engine changed ends.  Back at Embsay I hoped to get a group photo with the engine in the background.  Suffice to say, despite my best efforts, this was the best I could do – it was like herding CATS!

To achieve my aim of a group photo we reassembled outside a posh looking carriage (why didn’t we travel in it?).

Four other members staying at Bingley went for some retail therapy. 

Now there should have been 19 of us on the weekend but a couple had to pull out at the eleventh hour.  It is thought that one reason was the poor chaps confusion of smart casual and ties which resulted in him being admitted to Blackpool Victoria Hospital Casualties dept. We wish you a speedy recovery Mike.