Wharfedale Post Christmas Walk & Lunch Saturday 4th January 2025

Keeping with our tradition of having a post Christmas walk and lunch, we met at Otley Garden Centre for a 3 mile walk around Otley. John & Janet had organised it all and a great job they had done. We took a slightly different route from the previous year, John was keen to show us the Navvies Memorial, which is in All St Churchyard Otley.
Quite a memorial it is. Built to remember the Railway Navvies who lost their lives constructing the entrance portal to Bramhope Tunnel. The memorial is a replica of the tunnel entrance.


John decides he needs to keep up his exercise regime, using the outdoor gym equipment found on the walk.
The lunch was booked for 1pm, and of course wouldn't be complete without the obligatory quiz.
It is at this point I mention absent friends, as only 4 days earlier long time, and stalwart Wharfedale member Ken Bailey had sadly passed away. Historically Ken had been the Wharfedale quiz master, creating and delivering the quiz, and even on occasions when he couldn't make it to the event, he always prepared the quiz. A very generous man, we we will miss him. We did raise a glass to him.


Julie George and Graham Hunter provided the quiz, and a very good one it was. All in all a great day with a great lunch. Thanks to Janet & John R for organising.
Ian