Category: Monthly Outing Report

Our outing this month saw us making our way to Ripon. It was a cold day, but again the sun shone for us. We were greeted into the town by the ‘matron’ of the workhouse, dressed in a long grey dress and white cap. We...

It was great to get our first outing on the way, after the Covid lockdown, with 42 members enjoying a trip to Filey and Thornton-le-Dale! The sun was shining and the hour and a half of leisure time was lovely. Some went for...

This started off as an organiser’s nightmare. Getting to the stadium to pick up the coach proved to be difficult as snow came down quite heavily. The committee were ringing each other up, saying where they were, and trying to...

36 members set off for Sunderland, and firstly called in at the National Glass Centre. Our timing was perfect to see a glass blowing demonstration and to grab a quick coffee. On our arrival at the Stadium of Light we were warmly...

After a very dull and dreary January, on Thursday January 18th, the clouds cleared and 57 of our members left the KCOM stadium for the South Bank. Our first stop was the Hemswell Antiques’ Centre at Hemswell Cliff. We were there...

55 of our members arrived at Bramall Lane to a very warm welcome. We were the guests of the Senior Blades, a group that began well back in the 80s and thrives with a membership of over 500. We were given a tour of the Stadium by...

On Thursday 19th October, 47 members set off to Manchester. We had a slightly late start due to traffic congestion around the City, but our superb driver, Chris, got us to the Etihad in time for our 11.30 tour. This took over 90...

On Thursday 21st September, we set off from the KCOM stadium at 10am, with 35 members. We arrived at the Grimsby Fishing museum about 10.45, and were split into two groups. One group went on to the Ross Tiger trawler moored...

48 members went to Anfield. Although we were originally planning to do the new Free Flow Tour, unfortunately this had been delayed, and we had a restricted Group tour. Our guide was so welcoming, and two further members of staff...

Our most recent outing was not one but two – and that certainly proved value for money! We set off from the KCOM at the rather early hour of 8.30 am in one of Acklam’s super coaches and headed for the Derbyshire/Staffordshire...