Another day, another 275 steps to climb. I am getting good at them now! This time, we were at York Minster (a very gothic cathedral). A different style of architecture, but equally impressive. There were lots of interesting stories about the construction of this one - things that went wrong, didn’t fit or were not centred correctly. It amazes me that buildings constructed so many years ago, without modern engineering knowledge still stand, they have catastrophic fires, or bombs dropped on them, and they just get put back together again. Also, that churches of such epic proportions still manage to function as ordinary churches.
Had a quick walk through the Shambles before hitting the road.
Today was our longest travel day so far. We didn’t quite make it to Scotland - we’re close to the border at Berwick-on-Tweed, staying at a guesthouse. Came via Durham, a very pretty town with another cathedral for us to look at (’romantic’ style - stunning), but we passed on another tower climb!
Had another unsuccessful attempt at a castle. We were aiming for Alnwick (pronounced ‘Annick’) but it closed before we got there. A lot of these castles are family homes and this one had quite stunning gardens. We were disappointed to miss it.
We are trying to sort out our plans for the last few days of our touring time, because it is a bank holiday weekend so we need to book accommodation. All the destinations we had in mind (Bath, Brighton, Hastings) are likely to be popular with the locals so will get on the phone tomorrow. Might have to compromise on our itinerary a bit.
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haha You really haven't had much luck with your castles have you!! Wow what amazing photos. So nice being able to keep track of where you have been an what you have done. Ssounds like you are having an amazing time!!!!
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