York
At the top of York Cathedral - we climbed 257 steps to the top of the tower (half way up)
York Cathedral
York
Fountains Abbey
Check out the ice on the lake
At the top of York Cathedral - we climbed 257 steps to the top of the tower (half way up)
York Cathedral
York
Fountains Abbey
Check out the ice on the lake
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Check out the fog from the car!
Check out the fog from the car!
Richmond Castle: Josh found a friend in the museum
Friar's Lane in Richmond
Richmond Castle
Richmond Castle walls and the river
Friar's Lane in Richmond
Richmond Castle
Richmond Castle walls and the river
Check out the sign!
The snow.
Check out the army training we saw as we where driving - almost at the national park
The snow.
Check out the army training we saw as we where driving - almost at the national park
Durham Castle - now used as the University
Durham Cathedral
Durham
Bridge looking up to the castle in Durham
Durham Cathedral
Durham
Bridge looking up to the castle in Durham
Nottingham Castle
Josh and Robyn Hood
Oldest Inn in England
This weekend we hired a car and drove up to the north of England. We left at 9am on Saturday morning and drove to Nottingham, where we had lunch in the oldest inn in England. We had a look around Nottingham then drove up to Durham. Durham was absolutely beautiful, quaint little town with an amazing Cathedral, that had the choir practicing whilst we where there. The snow was still on the ground whilst we where sightseeing, it made everything look really beautiful. We stayed the night just outside of Durham in a farm stay, really old style. I really liked it, Josh was not so keen on the smell, they bread sheep dogs! On Sunday morning we had home cooked farm style breakfast before heading off for another day of sightseeing. We drove to Richmond, had a look around then drove through the Yorkshire Dales National Park, it was so beautiful, the fog would come over the hills and we had only about 1 metre of visibility, which made it slightly difficult to drive and took us forever - to get through the park! When you here people talk about 'English country roads' they remember they are not as beautiful as they sound because actually they hardly fit one car down them and they are two way! At one point we had to drive up onto the snow to let another car past and the car almost got stuck, I am sure there are numerous times God intervened and made us stop to look at a sight as meeting other cars would not have been pretty! We finally finished driving through the park and met up with Marama and Shane at Fountains Abbey (abbey ruins and gardens). When we finished there we drove to York an checked into a guesthouse, also lovely and didn't have the smell! We walked down to an oldie worldie pub and had a nice dinner.
Monday we took a walk around York, went to the cathedral and found all these beautiful, quaint shops to look in. We left York about mid-day and drove down to Lincoln. We had another home cooked breakfast in York, so didn't want lunch until later so went to an old style tea house in Lincoln, josh had scones, sandwiches and tea (doing the whole English thing) I had soup and cheesecake!! We looked around Lincoln then drove back to London. Josh did do a lot of driving and we did see a lot of the north of England which was lovely - Josh kept telling me he could have driven to Switzerland to see the snow with all the driving I got him to do!
Josh and Robyn Hood
Oldest Inn in England
This weekend we hired a car and drove up to the north of England. We left at 9am on Saturday morning and drove to Nottingham, where we had lunch in the oldest inn in England. We had a look around Nottingham then drove up to Durham. Durham was absolutely beautiful, quaint little town with an amazing Cathedral, that had the choir practicing whilst we where there. The snow was still on the ground whilst we where sightseeing, it made everything look really beautiful. We stayed the night just outside of Durham in a farm stay, really old style. I really liked it, Josh was not so keen on the smell, they bread sheep dogs! On Sunday morning we had home cooked farm style breakfast before heading off for another day of sightseeing. We drove to Richmond, had a look around then drove through the Yorkshire Dales National Park, it was so beautiful, the fog would come over the hills and we had only about 1 metre of visibility, which made it slightly difficult to drive and took us forever - to get through the park! When you here people talk about 'English country roads' they remember they are not as beautiful as they sound because actually they hardly fit one car down them and they are two way! At one point we had to drive up onto the snow to let another car past and the car almost got stuck, I am sure there are numerous times God intervened and made us stop to look at a sight as meeting other cars would not have been pretty! We finally finished driving through the park and met up with Marama and Shane at Fountains Abbey (abbey ruins and gardens). When we finished there we drove to York an checked into a guesthouse, also lovely and didn't have the smell! We walked down to an oldie worldie pub and had a nice dinner.
Monday we took a walk around York, went to the cathedral and found all these beautiful, quaint shops to look in. We left York about mid-day and drove down to Lincoln. We had another home cooked breakfast in York, so didn't want lunch until later so went to an old style tea house in Lincoln, josh had scones, sandwiches and tea (doing the whole English thing) I had soup and cheesecake!! We looked around Lincoln then drove back to London. Josh did do a lot of driving and we did see a lot of the north of England which was lovely - Josh kept telling me he could have driven to Switzerland to see the snow with all the driving I got him to do! 
