The FT Leeds Do - 23 September 2017
 

Well here we go again, another Leeds Do. It will be on Saturday 23 September

Format is to be decided, but the evening Do will involve a few drinks, and food at some point.

Also there will be some daytime events. Again I am just floating these as ideas, but the things that I think might be good are:

• Afternoon walking around Leeds (perhaps a tour done by Leeds Civic Trust) - inspired by the walking tour at the Paris Do.
  
• Trip over to Rochdale to go to the fixed based 737 simulator and Vulcan simulator I go to. I was thinking maybe if a few people want to go up I am happy to arrange a group trip over there for a few hours as a day event. It is about 1 hour drive from Leeds City centre. The simulator is this one Flightdeck Experience. As well as the 737 cockpit the guy who owns it has built a cabin as well with 12 seats. You can see photos on the website. You actually get a simulated view from the windows as well. It makes it good for group outings and you can sit in the cabin for the time you are not flying in the cockpit. The reviews on tripadvisor are good as well. The person who owns it is a friend of mine and I am sure he would do us a good deal for a 2-3 hour session.

Lots of information will go in the wiki soon. Hope you can come along.

Saturday Daytime- Things to do in Leeds for those not coming to the simulator
Visit Leeds website - http://www.visitleeds.co.uk/
Maps - http://www.visitleeds.co.uk/essentia...ownloads.aspx#
Map of city centre [pdf] - http://mediafiles.thedms.co.uk/Publi...ntre%20Map.pdf

City centre:

• Leeds Art Gallery – http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandga...t-Gallery.aspx, on The Headrow near the Town Hall, open 10am - 5pm, free to visit
• Henry Moore Institute – http://www.henry-moore.org/hmi on The Headrow near the Town Hall, open 11am - 5.30pm
  There is currently an exhibition outside the Art Gallery, it is the Britain from the Air photos http://www.leeds.gov.uk/Events/Pages...m-the-air.aspx

• Leeds Museum - http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandga...ty-Museum.aspx, behind the Town Hall on Millennium Square, open 11am - 5pm, free to visit
• Leeds Town Hall - http://www.leeds.gov.uk/townhall/Pages/default.aspx, designed by Cuthbert Brodrick, unfortunately no tours this Saturday but you can admire it from the outside at least
• Corn Exchange - http://www.leedscornexchange.co.uk/, also designed by Cuthbert Brodrick, now a shopping arcade inside, inspired by the Bourse de Commerce in Paris
• Leeds Markets - http://www.leedsmarkets.co.uk/
• Victoria Quarter - http://www.v-q.co.uk/, indoor shopping galleries, even if shopping isn’t your thing go and have a look since they ar probably better than anywhere else in the UK, see this post for photos http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/23738542-post629.html
• Whitelocks - http://www.whitelocksleeds.com/ oldest public house in Leeds dating from 1715
• Royal Armouries - http://www.royalarmouries.org/leeds, open 10am-5pm, free to visit
• Leeds Minster - http://www.leedsminster.org/

Outside the city centre:

• Armley Mills http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandga...mleymills.aspx
• Kirkstall Abbey & Abbey House Museum http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandga...all-Abbey.aspx http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandga...se-Museum.aspx

Both only 2 miles or so outisde the city centre and easy to get to by bus.

• Thackray Medical Museum http://www.thackraymedicalmuseum.co.uk/

Only 2 miles or so outisde the city centre and easy to get to by bus.

• Roundhay Park & Tropical World - bus no. 12/98/99 will take you there and bring you back in to town, about 4 miles outside the city centre in the north eastern suburbs http://www.leeds.gov.uk/leisure/Page...dhay-Park.aspx http://www.roundhaypark.org.uk/index.html

• Temple Newsam http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandga...le-Newsam.aspx
• Lotherton Hall http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandga...rton-Hall.aspx

• Harewood House http://harewood.org/

If you need any directions or advice how to get to any of these places please feel free to send me a PM.

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Put me down as a maybe for now. I do have plans that weekend but I am 98% sure I can move it.

/AE

Possible for me too!

And me!

No plans yet - I'd be up for this.

put me down as a maybe at this stage - likely to depend on the 2017/18 football schedule

Maybe for me too, I am tentatively in Houston for work this week-end.

Me+1 as a definite!

We get back from Dubai on the Thursday before so be prepared for our rants about Virgin Atlantic!

I am available that weekend and will block my calendar now. Definitely coming!

That date is impossible for me. Will be flying to CAI that afternoon, taking advantage of a cheap F QR fare to BKK.

Have fun!

Another time...

It's a maybe also for me

Put me and my OH down as a maybe!