York, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

York Pin
Sep 7, 2007

York Pin

York - The Walled City
May 2, 2006 (7 photos)

... dotted with hundreds of sheep. Only the occasional seaside town and lighthouse broke up my counting of sheep! Exiting the York train station, I faced a huge fortress type wall that appeared to run forever to either side. My immediate concern was to ...

York
Jul 8, 2007 (11 photos)

... not only the old town but the views that the Romans, Vikings, Anglo Saxons, and Normans had when they were defending york (it obviously had quite the tumultuous history changing hands so much). It was yet another wonderful experience. Although it is 2000 ...

Starting to speak funny
Aug 4, 2006 (9 photos)

... may just be my imagination but distances feel much longer in miles than in kilometres. It was nearly 3pm by the time we reached York and we did the B & B search once again. Quite a lot already had no vacancy signs in their windows and the BOSS had to ...

Seeing Emily
Apr 19, 2003

So when one of your best friends in the entire world has been in England two years, and you've barely seen her in 5, two days really isn't enough. For either of us. But we did get to catch up a little. And York is a lovely town.

borschky borschky bork, York York York
Feb 23, 2004 (2 photos)

i'm an alien i'm an illegal alien i'm an american in old York I took the train up to York today - it's super fast! Whoosh! I wandered around the city this afternoon checking out the sites (I've been here before). The wall walk was closed though due ...

Walking back in history
Aug 5, 2006 (15 photos)

... I mean. After the mornings excitement, we went back into town do the free walking tour. This was conducted by volunteers from York Historical Society and the man who was our guide was excellent. We walked all over York and learned so much of its history ...

York- City of Ghosts, or ducks?
Jun 3, 2003 (5 photos)

... are invited to buy the accompanying scratch and sniff postcard. Walking around the streets it is hard to miss the spires of York Minster stretching skyward. Surprisingly no one tries to charge you money to get in!! Going on a sunny day was perfect. ...

And back to reality
Nov 5, 2004 (1 photos)

Home sweet home, and all that sort of thing! Well, at least I've woken up to a lovely bright morning, with the sun shining and the leaves on the trees in prime autumn colours. The first thing to say before I recap on the last stage of the journey ...

The Spiritual Haven of the North
Apr 6, 2007 (56 photos)

... .    I had had enough of the church so I pulled Ed out and we walked around the tidy gardens surrounding York Mister, with its flower blossoms and its banks of daffodils and snowdrops.  We sat in a bench under a magnolia tree  ...

And it's bye bye to work and hello to ???
Sep 29, 2004

Well, it's hello to Tatton Park actually cos that's my destination for tomorrow. Not many people realise that Tatton Park is the first stepping stone to Australasia, or should that be stepping stone to Manchester Airport? Whatever, I've just finished off ...

York, England
Jun 7, 2005 (2 photos)

... or Jorvik were used in every day speech. Today the early forms of York's name are still well known and although the Viking Kingdom of York no longer exists, its natural successor Yorkshire - 'the county of York' still takes its name from this ancient city.

Don't eat the acorns in Sherwood Forest
Oct 5, 2002 (1 photos)

Yesterday, I left York which has a center of medieval streets which would be hard to get lost in. There is a huge cathedral called Minster which is the largest in England that you can see from pretty much anywhere in town. We stopped off in Sherwood Forest ...

York!
Dec 30, 2006 (6 photos)

... , Leah, and since I'm at a rather expensive internet cafe, I'll be keeping this short and writing more later. The town of York is incredible neat and steeped in history, they#ve roman remnants, Viking, Norman, as well as the present day midevial structures ...

Behold the Power of Intention!
Aug 19, 2005

... cafe. I'm going to miss this place, it's really cool. On the docket for tomorrow is pack up my stuff, go to the York Minster (the oldest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe), go to the York Art Museum, and then meet back up with Brian, Ryan, and Daniel ...

Bee-line to London
May 30, 2006

... made a Bee-line for London. We drove for 12 hours (making lots of pit stops along the way of course) and made it to York. This actually worked out for the best because on our way through York a week ago it rained the whole time, and we didn't get to see ...

Day 5
Sep 23, 2008 (5 photos)

... the bus in the middle of the freezing cold York. We headed as a group straight down to the Jorvik which a journey through York before the Vikings.   The first part of the journey we headed into a 'time machine' that took us back to the year 975AD ...

Mathew and Faye's Place
May 10, 2005 (6 photos)

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Day 9 - York
Aug 13, 2007 (16 photos)

... checked into York Backpackers and had a brief look around. It was still raining outside so we went into a pub for dinner. York is a medieval town surrounded by a protective outer wall. York has influences from the Romans, Normans & Vikings. We went to ...

York, Yorkshire
May 7, 2005 (5 photos)

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Quick update
Aug 19, 2005

... then just turned it off. I'm feeling a lot better now than I did earlier. I am now drinking an orange mango smoothie drink thing, and ready to head out to York Minstrel. Only a few hours left in York, then it's Scotland here I come! Cheers! Brandi

York
Apr 5, 2007 (18 photos)

The following should illustrate well the difference between York and London. Our accommodations in London were 25 pounds per night, per person. For this we shared a 4 bed room and used a shared crapper and shower. It was clean, but with the lack of ...

Trips around York
Mar 14, 2006 (21 photos)

Some photos of our weekend exploits around the countryside etc.

Thomas Crapper and Dick Turpin
May 18, 2007 (14 photos)

... packs they hauled. They said they were tired of the daily routine and the escape was worth the massive packs.  York's got its fair share of history: old minster, old Roman ruins, old statues, old streets, and old people.  Though, ...

old york
Jul 1, 2005 (3 photos)

hello world, so I am currently in york, a relatively small town in the UK, about 5 hours north of London. I am really just taking it easy here- i went wild in London on my last night and have really just wanted to relax. today I walked the old anglo- ...

Working gal!
Aug 17, 2005

Ok, totally unofficial, but I think I got the job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! {Insert Brandi totally spazzing ...

Sunny York
Aug 12, 2009

We spent a lovely day in York today with Nan, Grandma and Uncle Dave.  It was incredibly busy, obviously because of the school holidays, it seems that many folk are holidaying at home this year.  I couldn't get over how many motor homes were ...

Day trip to historic York
Jun 9, 2008 (21 photos)

... ' day in the streets, takes you over actual geological digs which have uncovered original street surfaces....a must-see when in York! Finished off a very full day by finally going thru the National Rail Museum, the very reason this day was included in our ...

York
Jul 11, 2007 (5 photos)

little boat trip through York

York, The Vicar of Dibbley & swimming at Stainfort
Jun 12, 2008 (32 photos)

don't worry folks, adventures to be explained soon, but for nowb - here's some photos!