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York Slideshow
York
Travel Blogs from York, United Kingdom
September 15
September 15 Had breakfast as early as I could and then out exploring. 1st stop the shambles. Wow, this street is awesome - hard to believe almost that it's real and not just a Disney set or something - amazing that I was walking down a street and ...
The walled city
... Cross Station at 7am, although we were pretty excited to be going away for the weekend. I have heard many good things about York and was glad to be finally visiting. I was looking forward to wandering through the medieval, narrow streets and a weekend out ...
Inglebrough
Has Stuart really signed me up for a now get out of that reality show? Or will we eventually be travelling to Australia and New Zealand? Were the tickets just an elaborate cover up? Today my rucksacks weighs in at 16kg and I'll leave it to your ...
Work and play in England
... weekend and it was very interesting. the streets were packed, with many dressed in chainmail and carrying axes, swords and spears! York Cathedral is very impressive. They had to excavate the foundations in the 80's to stop the main spire collapsing, and ...
Waking From a Dream
... nice people and even gave us our own room with a mattress. After dinner David, Lauren and I went for a walk around the York Bar, the ramparts still surrounding the city. The total circuit was approximately two miles but we were pressed for time because ...
Daytripping in York
... from my birthday and Chaney gets a day off....we decide to get out of the city and take in a bit of culture. The York Minster was absolutely enormous....so big that an 18 story building would fit comfortably inside....and it has the largest collection of ...
The Walled City of York
... Kings Cross is a route that is steeped with history, specifically that of the "Flying Scotsman". Within 2,5 hours we disembarked at York station and proceeded to our hotel which is next door. The Royal York has always served as the railway hotel and ...
september 16
... really like this place. It's very comfortable and I like that it has self catering facilities. Plus, the tv has satellite! York has been great. The lengths human beings have gone through to protect themselves, and the atrocities that we've put ...
A Łandwich
... ourselves for a scare. The attraction was filled with actors and we were taken back in time to view the atrocious history of York. From bloody Roman battles, Viking massacres and witch burnings, we delved into the past. It was fun and kept us on ...
YORK, not New York this time.
... are patently way off vertical and horizontal. The photo of Brian shows it better than any verbal description. The York Minster is the largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe and over 1000 years old, but they charge a small fortune to ...
The final entry...bit sad really.
So this is officially my last entry...written almost two weeks after I arrived home! (Which shows you how mad it has been since i got back) So we spent a very pleasent flight from Vietnam to Bangkok, and arrived at 11.30pm....but the night was not over. ...
Counting down the hours
20 hours to go! Well, I arrived home late on Wednesday night, rather tired after a couple of weeks which included a large amount of alcohol, not too much sleep and definitely a few tears towards end! However a few days of r & r at my parents house ...
Spinny Rings and Souvenirs
... they essentially worship the water, but it's the best sort of example I can come up with as I'm sitting here on the train to York, looking East over the water. It is so very gorgeous at this distance and I wouldn't mind going down to the shores. We got ...
September 14
... , and she pointed out and told me the story of the towns crooked church spire - something about a virgin and a wedding. Got to York and found my b & b - very handy to the train station. It's apparently still a working convent. Very nice place - good ...
Too much for one day
... towards the town centre and found the Jorvik Viking Centre. The centre includes a ride through the Viking town of Jorvick, which became York, meeting various people along the way - a man carving a comb from bone, a wood turner making cups, a couple ...
Preparing for the off!
Welcome to my first journal entry. Countdown to departure from York: 1 day, 16 hours 20 minutes! I've rented out my flat, quit my job, had all those nasty injections, I've even got my ticket - now all I need to do is get to York train station board a ...
Back to Betty's Cafe
... the old city walls to the York Art Gallery. From here we joined a free walking tour and followed an old man who knew a lot about York, just didn't know how to be a good tour guide. He was talking and walking at the same time and it was impossible to hear ...
Durham to York
Another misty day and off we go in the general direction of York. On the way, Rippon - lovely village with a fantastic cathedral full of really helpful English folk who wanted to tell you every detail of the place. Had a Saxon crypt dedicated to ...
Day 14 Hexham to Durham
Misty start to an 8 degree day as we bubbled our way (to Morag's total confusion) to Durham. She likes a late start and the early morning confuses her no end (She also doesn't like B who was in charge as m did the internet search for somewhere to ...
Kew Gardens revisited
Greg, Alison, Gillian and I went to Kew Gardens. Initially it was just cloudy but as the day progressed, it started to rain. Last time I saw Kew, I was in quite a rush; however, this time we took a nice slow pace through the gardens. Saw an old ...
The Slug and (the) Lettuce
It's been several days since I've been able to update, so here it comes, fast and furious... When we last spoke I was heading off to the see the Minster, the absolutely gigantic (to my eyes, anyway) church that the city is famous for. It really ...
Back in the UK !!!
s you may have gathered from recent blogs, Val has been struggling with sciatica for some weeks now and had proven to be rather stubborn (...the sciatica not Val....well actually.....). Val has not been able to walk very far or travel in a car, which has ...
Rollercoaster Reactionary
... accurately. As before, pictures are being a bit snaggy with this internet connection, so I'll add more when I can tomorrow or the following day, as there are many from our various cameras. Lots of love from the finicky weather of York, Flickerkite (Kite) ...
Jo moves in
Say "Hi" to Jo - here she is complete with inflatable Polly the Parrot! Jo be warned that the 2 men at number 9 may call on you at all hours of the morning when one of them is locked out of the house :-)) Only one more day to go and then it all ...
kippers no more
... stop at Alnwick and visit the Castle (Hogwarts in the Harry Potter movies) and the splendid Alnwick Castle Gardens. We arrive in York late afternoon and take off on a walk into the city to Coppergate and The Shambles. We get lost, following ...
Getting ready to say goodbye to Number 17
One week to go........................ A week today and we'll be in Madrid, it's so exciting yet scary at the same time!! Current temperatures show Madrid is in the 30's nearly 40's so we'll finally be able to see some sun. And Heather can work on ...
Vikings and Robin Hood
... for good reason. I was trying to watch the movie but he just wouldn't stop talking to me. Finally, around midnight we arrived at York. The hostel was the best I have stayed in for quite a while. Then again, its been a while since I traveled. It ...
Starting out...
After 2 years of planning, various changes (all good), the journey begins. It is a slightly panicked start, waking up at 4am and rushing around trying to get everything packed and organised. Luckily, through my hazy, sleep filled morning, robyn is ...