Tues August 27th York

Lovely breakfast of eggs Benedict at our hotel. Then a self paced tour of the York Minster (church). Its a really old church and has some beautiful carvings. Part of the church had a roof fire in 1984. They were able to control the fire pretty quickly and had it rebuilt by 1988.

Then Dennis took the optional tour of the tower hiking up the 275 steps. Here are some views from the top.

Then it was back to wandering through ,"the Shambles." We stopped for a coffee, walked through the market, stopped at the Clifford Tower and then down to the river Ouse for a short ramble.

Clifford Tower was built as a castle in 1068 by Willams the First. King Henry VIII rebuilt the castle in the 13th century. At the end of the 13th century, during the Scottish wars it was used by the military. For the next 3 centuries it flipped back and forth between a prison and military use. It was used for a prison up to 1935.

We stopped and got soup (again from the same place as yesterday) Then we headed for the Yorkshire Museum. The museum was wonderfully laid out and we saw items from the Viking and Roman eras.

After a rest in our room (Walking around makes one tired!) we headed for some dinner just around the corner. We are now being "serenaded" by the 2 hour bell practice across the street at the minstry. Its quite a cacophony.

Some sights around town

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