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Swan Windermere

Market Place, Pickering, YO18 7AA, UK Windermere, Lake District, Cumbria, England, LA12 8NB, United Kingdom

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York Take Two

A travel blog entry by kimjones59

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... the Australian tourists.

Heading towards the Minster, we were led by the sound of a piano which happened to be an upright piano on wheels. Not a bad setting for a busker. Hard to go past the York Minster and not have a look inside so after being suitably impressed, we continued on our merry way to The Shambles. Lunch was enjoyed by all before heading off again in search of more towers, walls and anything of historic interest. Seemed ...

Vikings, Not Hiking

A travel blog entry by kimjones59

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As the dead of winter approaches, it's very easy to lose track of time. The sun is up late and when the day dawns dark and cold with heavy rain clouds it's difficult to feel any urgency to leap out of bed. The weather forecast for the entire UK suggests zero chance of snow for Christmas so we will just have to plan another holiday further north!

After a sluggish start we rallied the troops and headed for York hoping to see as much as possible in ...

From New York to Old York

A travel blog entry by jfinn

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Hello everyone!! So yes, after reading my last blog entry you probably assumed that my blogging days were over, however, you would be mistaken!! I have one last adventure that i need to write down, and since it took place in different places, there will be three completely different entries!! So wipe those tears, because lucky you, there is more to read!!

The first stop on Natalija and I's world wind United Kingdom adventure was the city of York! I felt ...

York Small boats head race.. und ich war dabei!!

A travel blog entry by stefan84

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... York. Und als wir dort ankamen war ich erst mal überwältigt. So viel Trubel hab ich schon lange nicht mehr gesehen. Letztendlich waren mehr als 150 Boote am Start.
Als Erstes wurde unser Rennboot fertig machen und um 9 hieß es dann Boat time.
Als Aufwärmprogramm sind wir die 3000 m zum Startbereich gerudert. Dort hieß es dann erst mal warten. Da stieg auch langsam die Anspannung und das lange Sitzen in so nem Rennboot ist echt unbequem:-)
Aber dann erfolgte der Start ...

A Touring Base for North Yorkshire

A travel blog entry by madcaravanner

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... s glory when we visited misty around the Abbey on the hill the Steam Bus running round the town and FRESH fish and chips for lunch, after visiting the Whitby Jet jewellers.

York We found a Shoppers Car Park with FREE all day disabled parking area on right hand side of Leeman Road before Post Office Sorting office. So just a short wheelchair ride to the National Railway Museum. Also from the city centre. Whilst we were here in September there was ...