258 Friday 7th to Sunday 9th March 2025 Woolley Edge weekend

 For  our next  weekend,  we  returned  to  Woolley Edge Travelodge near Wakefield.

We  had tea  before  setting  off and  arrived mid-evening. The  next  day we drove  to  Pontefract  for  the  dungeon tour  at  Pontefract Castle.  We  also wanted  to  complete  filming at the Castle. We  filmed there  four  years  earlier but  I  didn't think we did it justice so never posted it. The  complete footage will appear here in due course.

After that we went into the town for some lunch, inevitably  finding the Wetherspoon's . After that we  went  for  a  look around  Pontefract's underwelming museum.


This rocking horse was the most interesting exhibit.


After that we had a look around Pontefract's half-ruined parish church. We  had a  long discussion about what to do next as Simon couldn't walk far due to an injured toe. We  couldn't come up with anything beter than a drink stop at a garden centre on the way back to the Travelodge. We had tea at the Burger King on site then watched  TV - the film Cliffhanger if I recall correctly.


The  next  morning, we had breakfast at Gregg's then drove  to  a little church in nearby Darton for Mass. We  then  returned to the lodge for  checkout  and  then drove to  Pugney's Country Park  to  film  the  miniature  railway  there. The  footage will appear  here  in  due  course.

We  then  drove  to  Castle  Hill  in  Huddersfield  to  film a  short video  there. It  will  appear  here  in  due  course,

We  then went  for  tea  at  The  Ram's  Head near  Denshaw which was excellent. Then  we drove home.


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