A few days in York

We enjoyed a few days recently in the beautiful City of York, one of our favourite cities.

We stayed at the St Raphael B + B, run by Dom & Zoe. It was a great place to stay, although the breakfast was too good to be wasted on dieters!

We were only a few minutes walk from the fantastic and inspiring York Minster.

It was disappointing that the only way to get into the Minster for a few moments peace and quiet was if you paid £6 to go in, which rather made it a place of entertainment instead of a place of worship.

We spent almost a half-a-day at the wonderful Castle Museum, which is on the site of the old York Castle, and overlooked by Clifford's Tower, the last remaining section of the Castle. The picture above shows the interior of one of the shops that has been reconstructed in the museum as part of the living history display.

Interior room to show the way that some people lived a long time ago in York.

Of course, not everyone was law-abiding, and so strong jail cells were needed!

This is one of the notices found in the museum displays. Whilst we were in York we joined the ranks of the 'eccentrics' who performed the daily 'unnecessary' task of washing ourselves for other than 'medicinal purposes'!!!

This fantastic 19th Century doll's house would have delighted the owner and provided endless fun.

The museum had many interesting exhibits such as this old steam-driven fire engine.

You could walk around in the reconstructed streets and feel that you were actually there as part of history, which in some sense, of course, you were.

York is home to the world-famous Betty's Cafe, and I guess that visitors from around the world have seen this familiar tea-pot sign.

No visit to York would be complete without walking through the medieval streets such as The Shambles, pictured above. Nothing Medeival about the shop's merchandise and prices though!

Whilst we were in York we went to the theatre where we saw Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. It was an excellent performance, well-recommended to anyone visiting York over the next couple of weeks or so.

All in all, another great visit to our favourite city.

Roll on the next time!