Yay, We're at home. There is stuff everywhere, We're completely stuffed, the dogs are actually talking to me and I want my own bed, but we're here!!! Yay Yay Yay!!!
Customs took awhile, but was fine. The bags collection took even longer. Neil's mum hadn't rung to check the plane, but she seemed fine with that. There have been no breakages in the bags and all we have to do know is wait for the kilt, glasses and packages of paper to arrive!
Not surprisingly, there is a tiny bit of anticlimax, which I'm sure will grow, but for now I'm just tooooo glad to be home.
Well I'm signing off from this blog for now and it's back to my normal one. See you there :)
Showing posts with label UK 07. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UK 07. Show all posts
06 September 2007
Homeward bound - Hong Kong
Right, so we're back on a Qantas plane, which is good, cos the TV's are better, BUT our plane was meant to depart at 9.10am. It's now closer to 12.10pm and we're taking off. As you can imagine, I'm not too happy about this. On the plus side..... actually, apart from nearly being home, I can't see one. Gee's I hope Neil's mum checks the plain arrival time before going to the airport.
05 September 2007
Homeward bound - Helsinki
Well, for some odd reason, they lady at Heathrow only booked our bags in to Hong Kong and she put up in separate rows of the plane for Helsinki to Hong Kong. Thankfully the lovely lady here, in the bizarre airport, where there is a smoking room, as fixed it all up and told us how to sort the bags in Hong Kong. She has also sorted it so that we are sitting on the ends of the central row of seats, with no one between us, so we have 4 seats and can lie down!! Magic! I always pays to ask!
We're all running to schedule so far. I noticed in a watch shop here that they have started making automatic Swatches in plastic again.
We're all running to schedule so far. I noticed in a watch shop here that they have started making automatic Swatches in plastic again.
Homeward bound - Heathrow
We have had a most fantastic time, but we're both soooo glad to be going home. The bags are all packed with the declaring stuff in one bag, we have huge amounts of really heavy hand luggage, and I'm carrying my bear. We'll have hours at the airport and I'm not expecting any 'issues'.
04 September 2007
London 2
Day 2, our final day, as I discovered when I looked at our tickets. We both had in mind our flights left Heathrow at 4pm, but that when we leave Helsinki! We leave London at 10am ish therefore we have to be at the airport before 8am! So cos of the train strike and this being out last day, we did a slight change in plans. We walked to the V&A museum (after booking the expensive, but easy mini bus to the airport, to pick us up between 6.30 and 7am in the morning!)
The V&A was good, lots of things to play with, old stuff, costumes etc (not that you can ever have enough costumes.) 3hrs later and we were strolling up to Harrod's. I wanted to get a bag with a scottie on it (just for something different) :( They didn't have any :(
From there we went to a few shops to pick up a few last touristy things, to see Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square (Neil was wondering what all t he fuss was about). As we were getting tied again, by this stage, we decided to go on a boat trip up the Thames. Quite relaxing, and a good was to see the sights. Unfortunately I couldn't work out where Jack's had taken her really nice photo of herself in a red phone box with Big Ben in the back ground :(
We dropped in to the BBC (they don't have a shop like the ABC here, bugger it), the House of Fraser, where I bought a lovely, if expensive bag and the local sci-fi nerd shop, which was full of all sort of cool nerdy stuff (I could have bought a remote control K9!)
Last stop for the day was to meet up with an old school friend, who I hadn't seen for years, for some beverages. We had a great time catching up, then went on to dinner, which was delicious. A great way to end our last day in London!
The V&A was good, lots of things to play with, old stuff, costumes etc (not that you can ever have enough costumes.) 3hrs later and we were strolling up to Harrod's. I wanted to get a bag with a scottie on it (just for something different) :( They didn't have any :(
From there we went to a few shops to pick up a few last touristy things, to see Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square (Neil was wondering what all t he fuss was about). As we were getting tied again, by this stage, we decided to go on a boat trip up the Thames. Quite relaxing, and a good was to see the sights. Unfortunately I couldn't work out where Jack's had taken her really nice photo of herself in a red phone box with Big Ben in the back ground :(
We dropped in to the BBC (they don't have a shop like the ABC here, bugger it), the House of Fraser, where I bought a lovely, if expensive bag and the local sci-fi nerd shop, which was full of all sort of cool nerdy stuff (I could have bought a remote control K9!)
Last stop for the day was to meet up with an old school friend, who I hadn't seen for years, for some beverages. We had a great time catching up, then went on to dinner, which was delicious. A great way to end our last day in London!
03 September 2007
London 1
Day one of our two day assault on London. As out transport tickets are off peak, there is no rush to get going, which is good after the shit sleep we have both had.
The train we needed had had a few 'issues' earlier in the day and was a bit busy, but we made it to the Tower of London to see the Crown Jewels. the London Pass made getting in very quick and easy. the jewels were very shiny! The Tower and all it's associated bits, in much the same was as Stirling and Edinburgh Castles, were really interesting, needed all day to look at and had too many people at them, but for some reason, the people aren't bother me as much. Maybe I'm used to it now?
Next we went to the Tower Bridge, which is just down the road. Neil was very impressed with the engines that drove the bridge. I was just a shame they only have them running on compressed air.
Just down the read from there is a really old surgery, that was built for pre-anesthetics and pre-proper hygiene practices. So the whole thing is made of wood. It was built into the roof of a church. When the hospital moved, they closed the surgery and everyone forgot about it. It was found again in (from memory) the 1950's still in almost perfect condition. It was really yukkie.
Heading to the train we discovered that a rail strike was in full swing! Oh No! This meant we had to brave the buses. These were large, red, sardine tins, but we made it home, exhausted again!
The train we needed had had a few 'issues' earlier in the day and was a bit busy, but we made it to the Tower of London to see the Crown Jewels. the London Pass made getting in very quick and easy. the jewels were very shiny! The Tower and all it's associated bits, in much the same was as Stirling and Edinburgh Castles, were really interesting, needed all day to look at and had too many people at them, but for some reason, the people aren't bother me as much. Maybe I'm used to it now?
Next we went to the Tower Bridge, which is just down the road. Neil was very impressed with the engines that drove the bridge. I was just a shame they only have them running on compressed air.
Just down the read from there is a really old surgery, that was built for pre-anesthetics and pre-proper hygiene practices. So the whole thing is made of wood. It was built into the roof of a church. When the hospital moved, they closed the surgery and everyone forgot about it. It was found again in (from memory) the 1950's still in almost perfect condition. It was really yukkie.
Heading to the train we discovered that a rail strike was in full swing! Oh No! This meant we had to brave the buses. These were large, red, sardine tins, but we made it home, exhausted again!
02 September 2007
Train trip 2: to London
With a minimum of fuss, Mum and Dad dropped us off at Salisbury station. We said goodbye. I hope they have a fun time, I have to admit that Mum's driving had improved with more sleep.
We had an uneventful trip into London and got off at Waterloo station. As we were both fairly tired, we decided not to brave the public transport system for the trip to the hotel. For me it was the ticketing system rather than the trains or the baggage that beat me, I just couldn't work out what to buy!
On the way in the taxi we saw a 'big red bus' shop that we might have to go back and find. By the time we got there (Hyde Park Towers..... oooo flash sounding) it was 1pm. Too early to check in, but we left the bags. Still feeling to scared to use PT, we deiced to walk to the tourist info place, it didn't look very far on the map.
So we made it along Oxford Street to Regent Street, with only a short stop to get food. Then we discovered that Regent Street was having a massive festival and that we were at the wrong end of the street for the i place (we were at ~50ish, the i place was at ~350ish) Eventually we made it there. We picked up our London Passes, with their attached transport passes and headed off into the crowd again. Man there are a lot of people here.
We wondered fairly aimlessly for a bit til we accidentally found the Queen's house, of course a few pictures needed to be taken at this point. Getting tireder and tireder by the step, we walked trough Hyde Park and Kensington Garden back to the Hotel. Then after a short nap in our hot and humid room, we went for dinner.
Approximately every second shop here seems to be a souvenir shop, so there is no shortage of purchasing opportunities.
We had an uneventful trip into London and got off at Waterloo station. As we were both fairly tired, we decided not to brave the public transport system for the trip to the hotel. For me it was the ticketing system rather than the trains or the baggage that beat me, I just couldn't work out what to buy!
On the way in the taxi we saw a 'big red bus' shop that we might have to go back and find. By the time we got there (Hyde Park Towers..... oooo flash sounding) it was 1pm. Too early to check in, but we left the bags. Still feeling to scared to use PT, we deiced to walk to the tourist info place, it didn't look very far on the map.
So we made it along Oxford Street to Regent Street, with only a short stop to get food. Then we discovered that Regent Street was having a massive festival and that we were at the wrong end of the street for the i place (we were at ~50ish, the i place was at ~350ish) Eventually we made it there. We picked up our London Passes, with their attached transport passes and headed off into the crowd again. Man there are a lot of people here.
We wondered fairly aimlessly for a bit til we accidentally found the Queen's house, of course a few pictures needed to be taken at this point. Getting tireder and tireder by the step, we walked trough Hyde Park and Kensington Garden back to the Hotel. Then after a short nap in our hot and humid room, we went for dinner.
Approximately every second shop here seems to be a souvenir shop, so there is no shortage of purchasing opportunities.
01 September 2007
Rest day
Finally we got a proper rest day. I spent most of it in bed. To be honest, most of the real reason for it was probable to avoid being driven round by either Mum or Dad. Mum and Dad went out to a castle. Eventually we got up and took a stroll 2 miles down the road to the pub, where we chatted with the people there and I drank cider. Mum and Dad turned up eventually and we had dinner.
31 August 2007
Great Dorset Steam Fair
Today was the day of the rally. 4 - 5 miles of car que to get in there. Acres and acres of car park and camping ground. The acres of:
We wondered round all day, loosing each other, with Mum and me both cracking the shits at various stages cos the boys wondered off. But they both had a good time chatting with old freaky steam men and that the important bit. Neil only bought 2 t-shirts. I got a new card for my camera. :)
- engines,
- cars,
- motorbikes,
- stationary engines,
- market stalls,
- fairground stuff,
- woodworking,
- craft,
- food
- and more
We wondered round all day, loosing each other, with Mum and me both cracking the shits at various stages cos the boys wondered off. But they both had a good time chatting with old freaky steam men and that the important bit. Neil only bought 2 t-shirts. I got a new card for my camera. :)
30 August 2007
Train trip 1
After breakfast we did out last things in Bath. Neil went to the Cathedral and I went to the Jane Austin Center. I had to wait out the front for 1/2 and hour to get in. I knew I'd only have 3/4 of an hour in there before I have to get to the station to catch our train. Then I found out it would cost £6.50. Not good value, so I gave it a miss altogether. Out train ride was fun. Only for an hour, from Bath to Salisbury.
After we got off the train, I was just about to say to Neil 'Right, where shall we wiat for Mum and Dad?' When he said 'There they are!' Mum and Dad had just pulled into the car park. So we piled everything into the are (a bit of a squeeze) and headed into town for lunch and for me, to Marks and Spencer's to get a towel. There two tasks duely completed there was a quick stop off at Shaftesbury i place to pick up the Steam Rally ticket and then it was time to find the accom Mum had booked.
Dinner was nice at the local pub. Neil risked steak again and it was excellent!
After we got off the train, I was just about to say to Neil 'Right, where shall we wiat for Mum and Dad?' When he said 'There they are!' Mum and Dad had just pulled into the car park. So we piled everything into the are (a bit of a squeeze) and headed into town for lunch and for me, to Marks and Spencer's to get a towel. There two tasks duely completed there was a quick stop off at Shaftesbury i place to pick up the Steam Rally ticket and then it was time to find the accom Mum had booked.
Dinner was nice at the local pub. Neil risked steak again and it was excellent!
29 August 2007
Bath 2
Not a real early morning today, we went first to the main Bath tourist attraction, the Roman Baths. These were great, we were there for ages and look heaps of photos. Out accom package comes with a hop on hop off bus ticket. As we were tired, we jumped on and decided to do the whole trip round Bath in one go. The recording commentary was good, not as good as a real person, but good.
There are quite a lot of chocolate shops in Bath. I had to go into one and just sniff. We wondered around for a bit after the chocolate, til we found the glassblowing shop. We bought 2 matching glasses, which we have had mailed back, by the shop, this also means they minus the VAT, which is 17.5%
After this we had a long walk to the place where the actual glassblowing was done. As they were charging £3.50 per person to watch, we decided to 'pass' on that one! (What a rip-off, every where else they let you watch for free, Bastards!)
We jumped on the out of town hop on hop off bus and did that loop too. Then it was rest time again, we're both sooooo tired, I even had a snooze this time.
Latter we had a few drama's, which I won't go into, but sufficed to say we didn't succeed in getting my photos off my camera.
Last stop for the evening was an 'eat in' version of the night before, Yum!
Mum and Dad are meant to have arrived this afternoon, but I've not managed to get hold of the yet. I'll try them again first thing.
There are quite a lot of chocolate shops in Bath. I had to go into one and just sniff. We wondered around for a bit after the chocolate, til we found the glassblowing shop. We bought 2 matching glasses, which we have had mailed back, by the shop, this also means they minus the VAT, which is 17.5%
After this we had a long walk to the place where the actual glassblowing was done. As they were charging £3.50 per person to watch, we decided to 'pass' on that one! (What a rip-off, every where else they let you watch for free, Bastards!)
We jumped on the out of town hop on hop off bus and did that loop too. Then it was rest time again, we're both sooooo tired, I even had a snooze this time.
Latter we had a few drama's, which I won't go into, but sufficed to say we didn't succeed in getting my photos off my camera.
Last stop for the evening was an 'eat in' version of the night before, Yum!
Mum and Dad are meant to have arrived this afternoon, but I've not managed to get hold of the yet. I'll try them again first thing.
28 August 2007
Bath 1
We started the day with a nice chat with the lady that runs the property. She breeds horses and has a great sense of humor. Probable enough said, really funny.
Next we went through heaps of traffic to the Hotel, to drop our bags and then through heaps more traffic to drop the car.
Then we walked slowly through Bath, via the i place and the fashion museum, where i 'accidentally' spent £75 on books :s, back to the hotel. Then we had a rest.
After a couple of hours sleep, (for Neil anyway, I was reading) we went to the station to pick up our railway tickets, then went to the local rip off internet to check email an bank balances, all looks acceptable.
We marched back into town for the evening "Mayor's" free tour of Bath. This was great. The man, Bob, was really interesting and entertaining. It lasted over 2hrs. By this time we were starving, but luckily we had passed a delicious smelling Turkish place near the end of the tour, so we nipped back there for a kebab. Delicious. We have to go back there!
Next we went through heaps of traffic to the Hotel, to drop our bags and then through heaps more traffic to drop the car.
Then we walked slowly through Bath, via the i place and the fashion museum, where i 'accidentally' spent £75 on books :s, back to the hotel. Then we had a rest.
After a couple of hours sleep, (for Neil anyway, I was reading) we went to the station to pick up our railway tickets, then went to the local rip off internet to check email an bank balances, all looks acceptable.
We marched back into town for the evening "Mayor's" free tour of Bath. This was great. The man, Bob, was really interesting and entertaining. It lasted over 2hrs. By this time we were starving, but luckily we had passed a delicious smelling Turkish place near the end of the tour, so we nipped back there for a kebab. Delicious. We have to go back there!
27 August 2007
Ironbridge to Bath
Today I accidentally bought a bear. He was £76. Oops. He's loverly :)
The Neil got new foot stuff as he has been putting Canastian on his mankie foot for weeks and it hasn't been doing squat. Hopefully this stuff will, as his feet are starting to bleed. I'd be whining like a bitch if it were my feet!
Packing the bags into the car we headed, by all sorts of A & B roads, to Hereford. On the way I noticed Thornbury on the map, so of course, I had to navigate us via there! The town consisted of a sign.... thats it. We saw heaps of huge farm machinery on the tiny little roads there and a rubbish truck.
After the Hereford i place the next stop was the Weston's cider mill. We had lunch there, mine accompanied by 2 pints of cider, here all the navigation for the rest of the day was carried out pissed.
Next we went to Clearwell Caves which have been mined continually for 2000 years. There were some awful stories about children miners during the Victorian period, but really interesting all the same.
Then the last bit of the day was motorway heading towards Bath. We are staying in a really lovely self contained place that actually has a fridge, so I can drink my pear cider cold!!
My main job for tonight is to re-pack all the stuff we have acquired and get it to fit better in our bag, cos tomorrow we are getting rid of the car.
The Neil got new foot stuff as he has been putting Canastian on his mankie foot for weeks and it hasn't been doing squat. Hopefully this stuff will, as his feet are starting to bleed. I'd be whining like a bitch if it were my feet!
Packing the bags into the car we headed, by all sorts of A & B roads, to Hereford. On the way I noticed Thornbury on the map, so of course, I had to navigate us via there! The town consisted of a sign.... thats it. We saw heaps of huge farm machinery on the tiny little roads there and a rubbish truck.
After the Hereford i place the next stop was the Weston's cider mill. We had lunch there, mine accompanied by 2 pints of cider, here all the navigation for the rest of the day was carried out pissed.
Next we went to Clearwell Caves which have been mined continually for 2000 years. There were some awful stories about children miners during the Victorian period, but really interesting all the same.
Then the last bit of the day was motorway heading towards Bath. We are staying in a really lovely self contained place that actually has a fridge, so I can drink my pear cider cold!!
My main job for tonight is to re-pack all the stuff we have acquired and get it to fit better in our bag, cos tomorrow we are getting rid of the car.
26 August 2007
Ironbridge 2
Today was museum day. We started off taking the free bus down to the tile museum. This was way better than we expected, we spent a couple of hours there. Next we wondered down to the Maws craft market/workshop. A few too many of the stalls were shut cos of the long weekend, bummer. I got a cross stitch pattern of Ironbridge. Neil got some cuff links made of old coins.
Next we stopped in for a snack near an old channel. Then we wondered on to the Tar Tunnel, which was cool, and had been lost until the 1950's or so.
Back on the free bus we went back to our room for a pit stop and a shoe change. We wondered the 2km or so up the road to the last 2 museums we plan to visit. Of course as we were going past the bear shop, of course I had to go in again and look at all the lovely hand made bears.
At the iron museum Neil got a door knocker in the shape of a traction engine. I'm still not sure why he needed this! Another tea towel was duely acquired.
Last stop on the museum trail for us was the kid museum 'enginuity'. This was great, heaps of toys and games, I completely wrecked myself playing with the machines that had convarer belts and handles to turn. Great!
We wondered back home, grabbed some cider for our regular sit beside the bridge and relaxed. Then an early night!
Next we stopped in for a snack near an old channel. Then we wondered on to the Tar Tunnel, which was cool, and had been lost until the 1950's or so.
Back on the free bus we went back to our room for a pit stop and a shoe change. We wondered the 2km or so up the road to the last 2 museums we plan to visit. Of course as we were going past the bear shop, of course I had to go in again and look at all the lovely hand made bears.
At the iron museum Neil got a door knocker in the shape of a traction engine. I'm still not sure why he needed this! Another tea towel was duely acquired.
Last stop on the museum trail for us was the kid museum 'enginuity'. This was great, heaps of toys and games, I completely wrecked myself playing with the machines that had convarer belts and handles to turn. Great!
We wondered back home, grabbed some cider for our regular sit beside the bridge and relaxed. Then an early night!
25 August 2007
Redditch
It took us an hour to drive from Ironbridge to Redditch. We wandered round for a bit trying to follow the signs to the info place. Eventually I asked at the town hall. Turns out they moved the i place, but didn't change the signs. The people in there were completely disinterested in tourists as the were also the ticket agents for the local play house. We grabbed a hand out, made our way (eventually) to the towns ring road and headed out of there. As we pulled in to the needle mill (the main reason we had come here) I noticed it looked rather quiet. The Neil noticed the gates were closed. I finally read the opening hours (Big calming breath!) they fucken didn't open til 2 fucken o'clock (still 2 hours away at this point) on a fucken Saturday! NOT FUCKEN HAPPY JAN!!!
So, we proceeded to waste the next couple of hours until 2. This turned out not to be so bad, we had a bit of a walk to some nearby ruins (that weren't closed) went and got some lunch from Sainbury's which was quite good. Then finally the place opened.
Thanks god the place was actually really interesting and had good stuff to look at or I might have had to kill someone.
Neil wants me to describe everything we saw at the mill, but I really can't be stuffed, cos it's nearly 11pm and I'm tired!
So, we proceeded to waste the next couple of hours until 2. This turned out not to be so bad, we had a bit of a walk to some nearby ruins (that weren't closed) went and got some lunch from Sainbury's which was quite good. Then finally the place opened.
Thanks god the place was actually really interesting and had good stuff to look at or I might have had to kill someone.
Neil wants me to describe everything we saw at the mill, but I really can't be stuffed, cos it's nearly 11pm and I'm tired!
24 August 2007
Ironbridge 1
Today was a fairly restful day, with the main accomplishment being getting the washing done. That took most of the morning.
We went to the visitor center and 1 of the 10 museums in Ironbridge gorge (we have a pass for all of them, but I think we'll skip some of them). We also posted off two parcels of paper an books we have picked up on our travels. Cost a bit, but good that it's on it's way home. We should see it a few weeks after we get back!
On the whole we have had a very restful day, which I think we both needed. There is a really cool bear shop here. A little shop here, called the red roster, that we went into to get chips, but then found it was a really yummy deli. They stock the nice organic apple cider that we found in the organic shop in the Lakes District (it's called Westson's)
We went to the visitor center and 1 of the 10 museums in Ironbridge gorge (we have a pass for all of them, but I think we'll skip some of them). We also posted off two parcels of paper an books we have picked up on our travels. Cost a bit, but good that it's on it's way home. We should see it a few weeks after we get back!
On the whole we have had a very restful day, which I think we both needed. There is a really cool bear shop here. A little shop here, called the red roster, that we went into to get chips, but then found it was a really yummy deli. They stock the nice organic apple cider that we found in the organic shop in the Lakes District (it's called Westson's)
23 August 2007
Travel to Ironbridge
Today can be summed up by car, car, infuriating drive round Sheffield, car, car, Hungry Jacks for lunch, car, car, car, car, car........
Thats it!
Oh I forgot, we went to Sherwood Forest Visitors Center first thing and walked to the Major Oak (ie a really big oak tree, but not that big when compared to Australian trees)
On the plus side our accom here in Ironbridge is quite nice, right in the middle of town. Out our window we can see Ironbridge and we don't have to move for 4 days (and nights) if we want!
Thats it!
Oh I forgot, we went to Sherwood Forest Visitors Center first thing and walked to the Major Oak (ie a really big oak tree, but not that big when compared to Australian trees)
On the plus side our accom here in Ironbridge is quite nice, right in the middle of town. Out our window we can see Ironbridge and we don't have to move for 4 days (and nights) if we want!
22 August 2007
to Sheffield
The first stop today was Castle Howard which turned out to be way bigger and way more interesting than I expected. I had expected we'd be there 2ish hours. We stayed 5. This rather buggered up the driving schedule for getting all the way to Sheffield.
The tour guides we great, especially this one bloke we chatted with a couple of times who had a nasty sense of humor. The house also had heaps of William Morris stuff in it that I know Mum will be jealous of. The garden and grounds were huge. In one part of the stables they had a glass blowing lady. Oops, more purchases.
After Castle Howard, and despite the lateness of the hour, we drove though Melbourne. A surprisingly big town in the middle of no where. Then we went via more back roads to the motorway and onto Worksop, a place outside Sheffield I wrongly assumed would be easy to navigate and find accommodation in.
We did, eventually do both, but only after driving round the whole town. I was somewhat placated about the navigation when, as we were walking back from dinner, some one pulled up and asked us for directions!
The tour guides we great, especially this one bloke we chatted with a couple of times who had a nasty sense of humor. The house also had heaps of William Morris stuff in it that I know Mum will be jealous of. The garden and grounds were huge. In one part of the stables they had a glass blowing lady. Oops, more purchases.
After Castle Howard, and despite the lateness of the hour, we drove though Melbourne. A surprisingly big town in the middle of no where. Then we went via more back roads to the motorway and onto Worksop, a place outside Sheffield I wrongly assumed would be easy to navigate and find accommodation in.
We did, eventually do both, but only after driving round the whole town. I was somewhat placated about the navigation when, as we were walking back from dinner, some one pulled up and asked us for directions!
21 August 2007
York 3
We did soooo much today. We got up really early and headed into town for a second go at the squirrels, this time with photos. Then we got on to the walk all the way round the walls of York, with stops at places of interest on the way round. Stop one was the National Center for Early Music, this was a bit of a let down. I wanted to get something for Kate, but all I could get was a couple of handouts. We got back on the wall and continued our trek. The wall was quite interesting. In lots of places it looked into peoples back yards, we saw some really cool vegie patches.
Next stop was the Jorvick Viking place. Which apart from the 45min wait to get in there and the slightly silly and a bit patronising's journey on a chairlift (underground) to look at their fake viking village, was really interesting.
2 hrs later and we were back on the wall and the day was slipping away. We walked back to the hotel and jumped in the car. We decided to leave Castle Howard till first thing in the morning tomorrow and just try to find the Wesleydale cheese factory and the black sheep brewery. We made it too the brewery but we missed the cheese factory by 15 mins :( bugger :( I got us some cheese from a shop in the town so I have the label but missed out on the shop :(
Then we had the long haul back to York. We had takeaway Chinese in out room (naughty us) and it was yum!
Next stop was the Jorvick Viking place. Which apart from the 45min wait to get in there and the slightly silly and a bit patronising's journey on a chairlift (underground) to look at their fake viking village, was really interesting.
2 hrs later and we were back on the wall and the day was slipping away. We walked back to the hotel and jumped in the car. We decided to leave Castle Howard till first thing in the morning tomorrow and just try to find the Wesleydale cheese factory and the black sheep brewery. We made it too the brewery but we missed the cheese factory by 15 mins :( bugger :( I got us some cheese from a shop in the town so I have the label but missed out on the shop :(
Then we had the long haul back to York. We had takeaway Chinese in out room (naughty us) and it was yum!
20 August 2007
York 2
We slept in a bit today, which was good, as I think I might be cir coming to Neil's cold, a bit :(
Eventually we made it into town and walked through the gardens. Neil finally saw a squirrel. There was a friendly man there feeding them and we chatted with him for a bit, then we headed off to the National Rail Museum. We accidentally spent most of the day there, it was HUGE!! We only left in the end cos we were stuffed. We stopped in a pub in town cos our feet were really sore and we needed a rest. We met a friendly man. That night we had beer for tea. oops. I barely remember stumbling back to bed.
Eventually we made it into town and walked through the gardens. Neil finally saw a squirrel. There was a friendly man there feeding them and we chatted with him for a bit, then we headed off to the National Rail Museum. We accidentally spent most of the day there, it was HUGE!! We only left in the end cos we were stuffed. We stopped in a pub in town cos our feet were really sore and we needed a rest. We met a friendly man. That night we had beer for tea. oops. I barely remember stumbling back to bed.
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