Leeds locals suggest where to walk and what to watch this winter
Leeds locals discuss their favourite winter walks and what they’ll be watching this month.
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00:00 The Meanwood Valley Trail is really, really nice to do at any time of year, I think.
00:05 Rounday Park, Golden Acre, all of those trails are really, really lovely.
00:11 And I think film-wise, just put the notebook on.
00:15 Yeah, put the notebook, any Christmas film.
00:17 Elf.
00:18 Bang a cat.
00:18 Cumberland.
00:19 Polar Express.
00:20 Hot chocolates.
00:21 Christmas pyjamas.
00:23 Yeah.
00:23 Near where I live, actually, Meanwood Valley Farm, that way, through the woods.
00:27 And possibly round through Woodhouse Woods as well.
00:30 Good to see a farm that's in an urban area, really.
00:34 Urban valley farm, it's brilliant.
00:37 And nice scenery round there, in my opinion.
00:40 Yeah, it makes a change.
00:42 As far as what to watch this winter, I think comedies like On the Buses or Doctor Who.
00:50 So, sort of the old classics.
00:52 Personally, I prefer the older classic versions.
00:55 The William Hartnell Patrick Troughton era to the more modern version.
01:01 Where to walk, I would say, there's lots of lovely parks around here.
01:05 Golden Acre Park would be quite nice when it's snowing.
01:10 And you've also got Rounday Park and just around the city centre.
01:15 Maybe Rounday Park is a very good option.
01:19 Golden Acre Park, especially if you go by walk or with the cycle, it might be a good option.
01:27 I have gone there on my bicycle.
01:31 A very good experience.
01:32 Beauty of nature and the sense of the life.
01:38 I met no person there.
01:42 There was no person, just me.
01:43 I feel something special on that day.
01:47 In regard of movies, I watched a recent movie called Hunger Games.
01:51 I actually recommend it.
01:52 It's like a series of movies and now it's the recent movie.
01:56 Oliver at Leeds Playhouse was absolutely fantastic.
01:59 I went to see it last week and that was just superb.
02:02 I go to the theatre quite a lot because I don't have a television.
02:06 Kirkstall Abbey and Hawksworth Woods, which is harder to say than it sounds.
02:13 So, yeah, they're beautiful this time of year.
02:17 Bit muddy, hence the boots.
02:20 But, yeah, they're both really, really nice.
02:23 I think...
02:24 I think if you're coming to Leeds, Trinity, go shopping.
02:32 Cinema.
02:33 Trinity Kitchen.
02:34 It's great there.
02:37 There's lots of food.
02:39 It just puts you into the Christmas spirit really well.
02:44 It's good to watch on Christmas Eve, right before Christmas Day.
02:48 It's really good.
02:50 I'd say just, like, Home Alone.
02:53 I mean, if you're wanting something new, then the new Hunger Games.
02:58 I think that's about it.
03:02 I can't think of anything else.