Yorkshire Holiday

We’re on our travels once again So let me now start this refrain To give some edited highlights Of this, our trip - the sounds and sights

At Bristol Parkway we were sat When we espied a sleek, black cat Beyond the platform and the track In the foliage, at the back

To Greenhead Park we later went The railway closed at four, which meant We had a rather hurried stroll That on our feet did take its toll

But as the station came in view We could see there was still a queue So even though we arrived late We got a ride, after a wait

One morning with us we did take] The previous day’s leftover cake But unfortunately ’twas that Come lunchtime it was squashed quite flat

You need a ticket on the train But Luke, one day, did ascertain If you show one for t’other way Does not mean anything they’ll say

(I probably should have explained For Luke, a ticket we’d obtained But when they wanted it to see ‘Twas not with him, instead with me)

When we changed trains at Meadowhall What did Phil spot upon a wall? Yes, you guessed it, another cat Then on the stairway, laid out flat

A special place of interest Was visiting Sherwood Forest And tho’ Robin Hood was not in We saw a red-breasted robin

From the window of our temp flat I saw another ginger cat And later, way up in a tree We all a woodpecker did see

In Scarborough we bought some gifts And travelled on both its cliff lifts But when we boarded, I did frown As it cost more to go up than down

The lift was full going that way And one lady, to us, did say ‘Sorry for the smell of my fish’ Presumably her supper dish

Around the great city of York We had a very pleasant walk But there something made me stop A special cat souvenir shop

We journeyed up Abraham’s Heights Saw the most magnificent sights Then wandered through the caverns small Tho’ I’d no need to stoop at all

At Manchester Road in Burnley There was lots of hurly burly Which we think we could prob’ly blame On the forthcoming Arsenal game

Things mostly went without a hitch Until I turned off the wrong switch From then on the boiler was dead So no hot shower before bed

Because the Bristol train was late We avoided a longer wait And to avoid further delay Crammed into the train from Parkway