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We loaded up the car and left York pretty much at 10am, and got to the pub very soon after 12. Standard pub lunch (burger, scampi) fuelled us for an afternoon in the fresh air. We headed west along the Monsal Trail (a disused railway line), past various pieces of industrial architecture. Soon we turned Read more
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A cold wind & showers… A day for museums! The Grosvenor Museum is the local town museum, full of bits of Roman and of schoolchildren with worksheets. There was also a room of rather nice silver pieces, and the usual random selection of portraits. Attached at the back is a “period house”, with each room Read more
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Today was again a bright & breezy day… There are a number of geocache trails around the city, which always highlight interesting titbits of local knowledge. We started off by heading across the river to find the shrine to Minerva, carved into the bedrock in a local park. We ambled round & gawped at the Read more
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The weather was much better today – bright but breezy – we could see Wales while having breakfast! We booked ourselves onto a walking tour of the town. It’s an excellent way to get some background info about a place, and there were only four of us. We hopped from period to period as we Read more
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The trains were behaving particularly well, and we got into Chester exactly at 1pm. Unfortunately the weather had worsened as we went further west, and it was wet & blustery, and not very warm, but only a 10 minute walk to our apartment. The apartment is smart and comfortable, with views of the canal basin Read more
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The forecast was for rain after lunch, but we put our waterproofs on and went out anyway. We parked near Aysgarth falls, and had a quick look in the local church. The rood screen had been rescued from Jervaulx Abbey during the dissolution of the monasteries. We walked on down the river. Although we could Read more
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The forecast was for possibility-of-rain, but in the end we only noticed about 3 drops. We drove to Hawes and stopped for some essentials (blister plasters, sandwiches for lunch, sunhat for Mary), then headed over the fields towards Hardraw Force. This is the highest single-drop above-ground waterfall in England, in immaculately kept gardens behind a Read more
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(pronounced semmawatta!) The forecast was bright & breezy. Although it looked threatening at first, and it was hazy on the high fells, the sun shone all day. We walked down to the river and crossed on the stepping stones And then walked up the valley, up through the woods, and along to Bainbridge. We turned Read more
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We set aside the whinging paramedics and the disorganised retailers, turned off our pcs, and hit the road before 5pm. The drive over was easy but breezy – at one point, the car in front had to stop & heave some fallen branches out of the road! We have a nice big room on the Read more
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