Ten out of Ten

 Wednesday 23rd September 2026.         Ten out of Ten

Strange Title, but this is how it went. For today’s adventure ten of the Lads would converge on Leeds Railway Station in order to catch the 9:55 train heading for the East Yorkshire city of Hull. Those on board would be in Order of seniority, John Hey, Derek, Dave, Brian, Colin, John Howarth, Kevin, Glenn, Mark and finally Russ. The gang’s intentions are to visit the newly renovated Maritime Museum and then taking lunch at a nearby Pub.

Their train duly arrived at the Paragon station just a few minutes after 11am. With no sign of rain the lads took the short walk along the shopping precincts of Hull, it wasn’t too long before they reached the entrance to the Museum, Dave had pre-booked the entrance tickets so the lads were soon inside and exploring its newly arranged artefacts, this time displayed over 3 floors in this Splendid building. What a super undertaking from their previous visit several years ago.

The lads had split up into various groups and were meandering at will, just absorbing the sheer amount of information on display etc. A total of about 90 minutes viewing time were spent here in the museum before most of the lads set off to experience lunch at the Lion and Key just a short distance away, Dave and John taking advantage of what the museum cafe had to offer. They did eventually join the lads in the pub and partake in the various conversations about past exploits concerning events at Thackrays and other establishments etc, all good fun.

With the time approaching 2:15 John and Dave left this happy Crowd and retraced their steps back towards the railway station here in Hull , they were taking an earlier train back to Leeds than the rest of the lads 15:03 instead of 16:03 to be exact.

Upon Reflection today’s outcome was both informative and entertaining, interspersed with the odd hiccup.

Cheers Everyone