Sherburn Boghoppers

Messages from John Penrose 

Coach Pickups 20 March 2023

At the AGM a resolution was passed that we reduced the number of coach pickups to a maximum of one after Sherburn.  The result would be that the coach would pick up at Tadcaster, Wetherby or Garforth depending on our destination.  The reason for this was to reduce the journey time and to reduce the mileage/coach hire.  It was probably brought up because the route via Micklefield and Aberford to Tadcaster was felt to be particularly onerous.  NB.  We originally travelled straight from Sherburn to Tadcaster but introduced the pickups in Micklefield & Aberford when we resumed having the coach after covid to try and encourage people back to the walks.

We have now looked in more detail at the implications to costs and mileage.

Sherburn to Tadcaster direct would appear to save £10  on  the coach hire and more than halve the travel time and mileage between those points.  However, the journey to Wetherby from Sherburn  can only be reduced by 5 minutes or so on a 26 minute journey by taking the most direct route, and apparently would not attract any saving on the coach hire.

We would, therefore, propose that we maintain the pickups at Micklefield and Aberford when travelling via Wetherby but on other routes just pick up at Tadcaster or Garforth.

We are conscious that this does not exactly match the terms of our AGM resolution but we are confident that it implements the intention and spirit of it.

Please let us know of your opinion on the matter and if this is not acceptable to a number of you we will review the situation again.  For the time being we will maintain pickups at Micklefield and Aberford when we travel via Wetherby as the case for our next walk at Leyburn on the 16^th April.