WEEKEND TRIP TO YORK

WEEKEND TRIP TO YORK - 25th - 26th APRIL 2013

We caught the 8.30am train from New Mills Central to Manchester Piccadilly here we would catch the 9.10am train to Scarborough.

Lee tried out the dramatic feature on his new Olympus camera and captured the views from platform 13.

 Half past ten saw us arrive in York and another dramatic picture this time taking in the view of York Station and Wheel.

We had decided to walk around the City Walls and pick up a few Geocaches along the way.

A detour from the walls to pick up more Geocaches near the Castle Museum.

All Saints Church one of many Churches within the City Walls and the East Gate Tower.

Following a spot of lunch we headed back to the City Walls on a quest to find Dick Turpins Grave.

Back to the City Walls and a spot more Geocaching and sight seeing.

 

The City Walls were originally built as defences and date back to Roman Times.

Continuing are journey around the City Walls Lee snapped some more dramatic view shots.

Finally we arrived at The Minster.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Next place of interest was the Guy Fawkes Inn built on the spot where the notorious plotter was born.

Stonegate was our next port of call.

 

It didn't take long to locate the Stonegate Devil that  just happens to be a Earth cache too.

Our final port of call on Friday was The Shambles.

Complete with overhanging timber-framed buildings, some dating back as far as the fourteenth century. Shambles is an obsolete term for an open-air slaughter house and meat market,1872 there were twenty-five butchers' shops in the street but now there are none.







Finally we headed to The Premier Inn on South Blossom Street and found a spacious clean room that we would recommend to any visitor to York.

 

Sunday after a fantastic buffet style breakfast at The Premier Inn we headed for St Mary's Abbey.


Stone coffins, now a garden feature.





The dark cloud an indication that the weather was about to turn inclement.

More dramatic effect pictures.

 



Being members of the National Trust our next port of call was 'The Treasurer's House', nestled behind The Minster it was once the home of 'The Minster's Treasurer'.

Dramatic view of The Minster from The Treasurer's House.

After a spot of shopping we explored some of the small alleyways.

The Barley Hall, sadly no time to explore on this visit.

Late afternoon pub lunch served on a breadboard!   

Sadly it was all too soon to head back to the train station to catch the train home but we look forward to returning soon.