Walk pictures

Introduction

For the first few days of our honeymoon we decided to visit the tropical, sun-kissed delights of, er, Yorkshire’s capital. We’d organised this in a massive rush with very little planning, but it worked out quite nicely.

Wednesday

After arriving, we took a wander around the tourist areas of the city.

York Dispensary (now offices).

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York Minster, with scaffolding and copper statue.

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Minster School, a private school.

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The evening’s first sighting of a dead banana.

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We actually found another picturesque decayed banana that evening, but I didn’t like that photo enough to include it. That was on the city walls, which are in some parts medieval (built on Roman originals). A good proportion survive and you can walk around them.

Hole in the wall. No entry.

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Ramparts.

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Stairs down by one of the gates.

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Minster tower and some roofs.

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Building with broken glass.

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Another arrow slit.

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Minster behind nice brick terrace.

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Roofs near a gate.

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After coming down from the walls, we walked back across town.

Part of Tanner Row.

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Alley off Micklegate.

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Thursday: the Bar Convent

Thanks to our booking technique, we had no idea the hotel we chose was part of an actual for-real convent. There was admittedly a slight clue in the name, but I'd assumed it was just in a building which had once been a convent. Anyway, not only is it still a convent as well as a very nice hotel (but not a bar), there’s a museum in there about the history of the building and the order it houses. It’s pretty interesting, and you can see the hidden chapel inside the building.

Stairs.

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Chapel dome. The chapel has umpteen exits for easy escape if caught Catholic-ing.

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Roof arch woodwork.

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Walls

We walked into town around a different section of the city walls.

Steps up from gate (near hotel).

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View of railway station.

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Walls with grassy slope down.

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Nice city badge on gate.

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Cluster of buildings, from wall.

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Stairs down to riverside.

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York Minster

The cathedral is the most famous thing about York, even when it’s not burning down (741, 1137, 1829, 1840, and 1984). It’s quite an impressive building.

Minster gate.

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Sheep on a rope (prop for a mystery play).

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Panelling with door.

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Red monument.

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Stained glass.

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Statues making semaphore signals (it reads CHRIST). This is a modern artwork, but they’re headless to match nearly all the other statues.

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Altar, organ, etc.

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Carved mouse.

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Gate shadow.

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Carving of hell.

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Money scattered in underground part.

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Fence below.

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Back outside

Alleyway (Turnip thinkz).

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Patients’ entrance (the dispensary again). The apostrophe appears to be a snake.

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Minster frontage in sunlight.

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And again head on.

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Restaurant.

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Part of ruined St. Mary’s Abbey in Museum Gardens.

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Church beside minster (1).

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Minster with green scaffolding,

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Church beside minster (2).

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Alleyway.

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Friday: railway museum

Outside our hotel, roof shadow on road.

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York is home to the National Railway Museum, which we obviously couldn’t miss.

Goods wagon.

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Milk tanker wagon.

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London and South Western Railway locomotive.

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Black and red diesel shunter.

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LNER...

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...Mallard (their most famous exhibit; it holds the world speed record for a steam locomotive).

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Copper pipes.

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Gates from the Euston Arch, knocked down in the 60s when they rebuilt Euston station.

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Nice old carriage.

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Out and about

In the afternoon we went to the York Castle Museum, which is also interesting. Its main feature is a large historical street scene; the only working shop is a sweetshop, where you can buy sugar mice. No pictures of that though.