What "fun" on train from Pannal to York

Yesterday we set off to go to Scarborough having set the alarm so that we could walk up and catch an early train. Standing at Pannal station frozen as dopey me was in shorts (I thought it was going to be warm think this could be the start of senile dementia) and the train never arrived. Waited half an hour for the next one boarded settled down for the journey to York only to be told train was only going to Knaresborough. Off we got no waiting room stood another half an hour on a windy station finally train arrived for York. We had by now missed our connection to Scarborough waited another 50 minutes this time there was a tea room at York. Finally arrived at our destination only to find it was freezing. Some sun but cold wind. Good job I had brought trousers which I changed into at the end of the jetty by this time blue legs. Had also no coat, what is wrong with me, why do I think it is warm!  Walked along the prom and up hills into town had an ice cream - of yes we did- Got some funny looks sitting there on a bench eating ice cream but when one goes to Scarborough it is only courtesy to visit The Harbour Bar for the best ice cream in Yorkshire. This train journey is on a par with our journey back from Wales on Sunday. Had booked seats but when we changed at Manchester Piccadilly to come to Leeds the train was so crowded we could not get to them. We were jammed with literally hundreds of standing passengers. We could not turn around. After about twenty minutes Bas moved and everyone glared and he said I need to get my foot free as there is a suitcase on it. Poor soul had waited twenty minutes, everyone around us had a laugh.  We finally arrived at Leeds and went to the platform and we were up the front when there was an announcement over the tannoy that the train to Pannal was coming in at a different platform so everyone at the back moved fast and we, at the front, were last on the train and very nearly had to stand again but luckily did eventually find a seat. And they say go by public transport?