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Durham and York
... favourite, with the cathedral's plain ceiling covering a series of smaller shrines, including that of St Cuthbert. Back outside, we visited the Cathedral Library via the cloisters. A librarian (a Kiwi) gave us an impromptu chat about the 13th century building, which used to house the refectory and the dormitories. Went back through the cobble paved alleys of town. Drove to York. Found the hostel and had dinner at Michael's Brasserie. Yorkshire Pudding for each. Lots of liver. Ate it ...
A York That´s Not New
... to the excellent York Castle Museum. Displays focused on various aspects of the last 4 centuries. We were just having a jolly good time, going from exhibit to exhibit, when we were stopped dead in our tracks. In adisplay of kitchens over the last 100 years, lo and behold, representing the kitchen of the 70-80s was.... our kitchen, wood-trimmed almond cupboards and all. Yes, our kitchen had made it into a museum. Was this a message from above? ...
Our Holiday by the Sea
... a market has been held every Wednesday for the last 600 years. As it was cold and wet there were very few stall there so we drove through and out again.
Went up a series of small roads through the centre of the Moors and ended up at Goathland where we had been in 2009. This time we went to the pub, The Goathland Inn AKA the Aidensfield Arms, and had a beer and a meal. It ...
Yorkshire
... peas. Today I saw the sun!!! Yeh! This is the first time I have really seen the sun since I arrived in England. However, it was very brief as the day soon turned to drizzle. Daylight saving finished on Sat so it is dark by 4.30pm Tomorrow, I leave here and head for a B&B near Heathrow as I have an early flight to Canada the next day. Bit sad to leave really but looking forward to my next ...
Fountains Abbey
... I also learned it was against the rules for them to wear underwear of any kind. Aside from the cold these ruins were magnificent. It was amazing to see something so elegant and spectacular that was built before things such as construction crews and machinery were ever invented. This tour was pretty short, so I do not have any really great stories but the pictures are ...
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