The Murgatroyd Experience

 Wednesday 25th February 2026.       The Murgatroyd. Experience 

As the month of February draws to a close, the Lads are making a trip to Yeadon, their mission is two fold. Firstly once they have all arrive in the town, those being John, Colin, Brian, Derek, Glenn, Dave, John Howarth, Mark and finally Malcolm, they will make their way in the direction of the local Tarn and circumnavigate its embankment in a clockwise direction. Once this as been achieved the second reason will begin to unfold. The Lads have made a reservation at the nearby eatery courtesy of Malcolm, it’s been his birthday recently and he chose the venue of Murgatroyds fish and chip restaurant as a celebration event etc.

Most of the Lads met up in Leeds around 10:30 , their intention was to take the Airport Flyer Bus up to Yeadon on the way Malcolm would board the bus at his local stop, little did he know that a splendid rendition of Happy Birthday was forthcoming from all on board this bus, great reaction from all concerned. The bus dropping all our gang off at the appropriate stop, Mark finally joined us there , he had made the journey by car. The Time now was about 11:30, the Tarn was just a short distance away and some 40 minutes later after our walk we found ourselves seated at an appropriate table in the conservatory of the Murgatroyd restaurant.

Before not too long our choice of meals had been placed with a helpful waiter, who was very accommodating with our orders etc, shortly after this as per usual various conversations ensued and yet again the main topic was a future proposal of a trip to the North Yorkshire town of Richmond.

Little did we know what ultimate confusion this would bring to the table has we sat enjoying our lunchtime meals. With No specific plans confirmed about this trip to Richmond we said farewell to Yeadon and the so called Murgatroyd Experience and began to make our way to a nearby bus stop, as we waved goodbye to Mark.

It would be a No 34 bus that transported us back in the direction of Leeds and yet again we gave Malcolm a further rendition of the birthday wishes song, much to his delight. He left the bus at his preferred stop the rest of us travelling on into the centre of Leeds hoping to make it in time to catch our homeward trains etc.

Upon reflection, today’s adventure was a success, even though a little fragmented at times, just good to be out there enjoying each other’s company.

Cheers Everyone.