There seems to be a tradition in my immediate family of escaping London around Christmas. We select a location around the UK and go exploring. With family dotted all over the country, we have a great excuse to visit beautiful towns and cities like York, Liverpool and Manchester while also seeing relatives. This year was Chester’s turn. I think I […]
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Winter this year has been rather unpredictable. There were murmurs of the worst snows in decades during autumn which actually turned out to be a whole siege of rainstorms. While Stirling wasn’t too badly affected compared to other areas of the UK, we did have some floods in town and winds that got dangerously high […]
Yule in Yorkshire: On Ilkley Moor Baht ‘At
Another quick post! Having now set foot on Ilkley Moor, I understand completely why there is a folk song saying never to go up on it without your hat. Granted it’s December, but there’s a wind there that rolls over the hills so hard that you’re “bahn’ to catch thy death o’ cowd” one way […]
Yule in Yorkshire: The National Railway Museum
Don’t tell anyone but free museums are one of my favourite things ever. Bullet Train I mean, I’ll be honest here. I know absolutely nothing about trains in the slightest, nor do I have a burning passion to behold them. I am probably one of the furthest brains away from an engineer’s mind that you […]
Yule in Yorkshire: Inside the Minster
Short post as I get my head around all the photos I’ve taken this Christmas! But lo and behold, I did make it inside York Minster! And inside was just as impressive as the outside, if not more so… Sadly, the tower was closed due to the horrific weather conditions – namely a high-speed wind […]
Yule in Yorkshire: York Minster and Wall
With a week turnaround after Scotland, I didn’t have long to get used to being back in London before we all jumped back into the car and headed north to York. We’ve booked a little townhouse for this week by the National Railway Museum and managed to get there in reasonable time, given that the […]