York Day 2
Christine updating the webpage in the room at The Sycamore.
Christine walking through the tunnel leading to the shortcut through a park
Peacock in the park; you can barely see it. It is standing parallel to the building an it's tail feathers are not fanned out
Christine in front of some ruins in the park. There are ruins everywhere here.
A goose and gosling at the bottom of Clifford's Tower.
The plaque at the bottom of Clifford's Tower.
Clifford's Tower
Part of The Castle Museum
Christine in front of the Castle Museum
Funny story from the display on birth at the Castle Museum.
A list of the weekly deaths in York in the 1700s.
Christine in front of the apothecary shop in the Victorian street display at the Castle Museum.
Oil bottles in the grocer window in the Victorian street display at the Castle Museum.
A "What Happened to Them?" display about what happened to the key players the Civil War and Restoration. I love the red crossbars that show their fate.
Prince Rupert and his fate.
Cromwell and his fate.
Mike liked the banner of Mr. T.
Can you pick out Christine at Pickering Station?
Christine at Pickering station on the North York Moors Railway.
The Hogwarts Express (or rather a steam train) coming into Pickering station.
The Hogwarts Express coming into Pickering station.
Christine sitting on the steam train on the North York Moors Railway,
Christine looking surprised on the train.
Mike playing with the black, white and red filter of his camera with Christine getting tired of him taking pictures of me on the train.
Christine standing outside the train and watching it refuel with water.
Christine waving to people as the train takes off from Pickering Station.
View from the window of the North York Moors Railway train.
Lazy cows. Almost all of the cows we saw were laying down. And it wasn't even hot!
View from the train.
View from the train - the wild York moors. Is that gorse?
View from the train - dark pine forest through the steam.
View from the train - the wild York moors through the steam.
More views from the train window of the York moors.
Mike holding his camera out the train window.
Mike holding his camera out the window; coming into Goatshead station.
Hogsmeade (I mean Goatshead) station.
Christine on the bridge at Goatshead station.
Christine on the bridge at Goatshead station.
Goatshead Station.
Christine taking a picture of the second coal train coming into Goatshead station.
Christine taking more pictures of the second coal train coming into Goatshead station.
Local boy waving to the train as it passes.
View of burned fields from the train window.
Michael and Christine on the train.
Michael and Christine being silly on the train.
View from the train window going round a bend.
View from the train window going round a bend.
View from the train window going round a bend the other way.
Christine obviously can't read signs.
The York Minster
The York Minster
The York Minster
The York Minster
When we first saw these signs while driving in Oxford, Mike thought it was for a slug crossing. As you can see, it's actually a sign warning about bumps in the road.
The Haunted Walk in York. Here we are in an area called The Shambles, a cool shopping area that used to be where the butcher's row was. The upper floors of the buildings were overbuilt the lower floors to better shade the meat.
Christine on the Haunted Walk Tour in the Shambles in York.
An old timbered building that appears to be sagging in the middle..
Whip-ma-whop-ma-gate. The shortest street in York with the longest name.
The Whip-ma-whop-ma-gate sign.
The British version of the dollar store. They're everywhere!
The York Minster. This was taken at about 9:45pm and its still not dark yet.
The York Minster.
The York Minster
Looking up at the York Minster - see the gargoyles?
The York Minster - panorama
The York Minster - panorama
The York Minster - panorama
The York Minster - panorama
The York Minster - panorama
The York Minster - panorama
A Tandoori night, where we ate dinner our second night in York.