Neither Jan nor I had been to York for a long time and we felt that a trip to York would interest our visitors. I did however go one better by inviting our next door neighbour's daughter who has hit it off with our young visitor. Little short of a stroke of genius if you ask me.
Anyway, first stop was the Park and Ride on the outskirts which makes getting in and out of York a breeze. The bus stopped near the Minster which was a good place to start but with heavy organ music and the choir belting out some 'cool favourites' (not that you would know - Ed) and the longest procession of clerics I have ever seen, headed by the Archbishop of York (seen chillin above), we knew it wasn't going to be easy to get in and gawp. So, after a quick snackette of M&S sandwiches we headed over to the Yorvik exhibition via the Shambles.
With the culture bit out of the way we let the girls let off steam and have a go on some trampolines, hitched up to bungee cords, which they enjoyed and then headed over to Bettys in Stonegate, the only place for miles for a decent and very civilized, refreshing cup of tea. God, I sound old.
Sounds like an excellent day out. I'm ashamed to say that I've never been to York... I must fix that sometime. Good plan of yours taking the neigbours daughter too!
ReplyDeleteBrings back a few memories, Alex. I used to work for Terry's of York many years ago. They had a decent tearoom / restaurant in those days, to give Bettys a bit of competition. Long gone of course, just like the factory by the racecourse and the 2000 people they used to employ. Still remember the factory shop full of mis-shapes. Yum.
ReplyDeleteCraig, York is an excellent day out. We didn't even scratch the surface. Old bones and all that. Let me know if you go I can show you around (slowly).
ReplyDeletePhilip, when I first started in Finance many moons ago York was my old stamping ground so I spent many a happy hour exploring the city and smelling all the good stuff made by Terry's et al. Better that than actually doing any work.