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We drove Shirley to Harrogate and had an early lunch at Betty's Tea Rooms, a Yorkshire institution http://www.bettys.co.uk/bettys_harrogat e.aspx. It was like stepping back into a past era. The service was so quiet and polite and the food was delicious.

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Day started after a nice late morning with breakfast and then off to church. What a wonderful experience to go to Huddersfield Christian Fellowship. Such a great church :). There were loads of people from all races and the singing was just awesome, as was the message for that matter. It was also striking to see the amount of young married couples …

The famous Duke of York
he had ten thousand men
he marched them up the hill and then
he marched them down again.

We spent the day in York, marching up and down a few hills.

York is about an hour drive from Otley, and we were warned about flooding, but only had one flooded road and we got through just fine.

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Well after many hours of flying and many hours of in-flight entertainment (multi-player tetris and movies) we have arrived. The flight was very smooth with only minor turbulence, no body was sick and the food was good. You will be pleased to know the boys represented the college admirably with numerous comments received about their exceptional …

Our first full day in York. Today we chose to do a walking tour; our feet are starting to hate us. After breakfast we had for the information centre to get a York Pass, a cheaper way to get to see some of the attractions plus we needed a detailed street map. We found a chocolate shop, same as a coffee shop but with a Kath preferred twist, to sit in …

... it was still cold, the majority of the rain had stopped so we headed on a walk towards the National Railway Museum. On the way we passed the York Minster which is one of the biggest cathedrals in the world. It was absolutely spectacular. We walked ...

... our bags and heading off to town with them. Before heading back to London we were going to visit one last place; the National Railway Museum. We first went to the train station to see if we could leave our bags there but found it too be very expensive, ...

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... is a historic city with wide ranging activities to suit everyone's requirements. I had to get to two sights: The York Minster and the National Railway Museum. It is Easter weekend so with a bit of logic and research I found out that the Minster was ...

... very nice Italian restuarant on the second night, so don't worry, we aren't going hungry! Dave also did a tour of the National Railway Museum, while Sam sat on a bench in the main hall, surrounded by both trains and 'train widows'. Dave isn't train ...

... now go back in time in a time machine and then join the ride for the journey through Viking Jorvik.     The National Railway Museum is a favourite with my boys - even my biggest boy - DH!  Extra events were happening for half term there ...

... is built on. It showed where the original roman walls were. After York Minster we took the 'road train' to the National Railway Museum. Liam has always loved trains so we thought he would enjoy this. He would really have loved some more opportunity ...

... I dozed off several times on the way back to York.  Back in York by 3:45PM, I had time to go check out the largest Railway museum in the world!  Best of all, entry was free!  It was quite impressive, and the 20 minute explanation of how a ...

... Cathedral in York, it was very impressive considering it was completed in 1472. I also spent a lot of time in the National Railway Museum, there were so many trains in there, and even had a bullet train there too! I bought some chocolate for Abby's ...

... had a chance to do some sight seeing and activities today, breaking off into their 'pods' and exploring the National Railway Museum, medieval city walls and the underground Viking excavation and reconstruction site as well as many other interesting ...