York

York, in my opinion is one of the nicest and most beautiful city in England. Its full of medieval remains, it has a great choice of scenery, and the people there are really friendly. It's also full of good things to do.

The first thing to do is the national railway museum. It's free to enter, and is packed full of many different types of engines, including the bullet train, all the way from Japan! Its great for kids, but if you're an adult, a weekday in the school holidays isnt the best time to visit, as it can get very full of visitors.

Handily enough, there's a little road train that takes you from the railway museum to Yorkminster, the beautiful cathedral for just a couple of bob per person. The cathedral is expensive to go into, so try to take your time in there, and not get caught up in the rush of coach tours rushing round the place. It's got a little exhibition on in the vaults, telling you this history of the place. There's evidence of a roman place of worship underneath!

York has one of the most complete set of medieval defensive town walls in the country, and they are all open to the public to walk on. They take you round the entire city, and you'll be surprised at what you find. Some of the gatehouse's have little cafe's tucked in them, and you get a feel for the size of the town in the middle ages. After all, it was one of the most important cities in England!

 The beautiful remains of St Mary's abbey, one of the many places of worship dissolved in the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry the 8th.

 York is a city full of geese. I'd never seen so many before! We ended up buying a bag of bird seed from poundland and feeding them. The little goslings were so sweet, and they make the cutest chirping noises you've ever heard!

 Sorry for the blurriness of these photo's but I took them on a mechanical arm ride thing that carries you through a recreation of York at the time of the vikings. Jorvik, right in the city centre has an amazing exhibition, all with commentary in your choice of language. That in itself is fantastic, but, there's horrific ques, we waited nearly an hour and a quarter to enter, and it's not cheap either. The museum part after the ride is really lacking in content, well, actually just lacking in general. There's not a great deal there, and if you are looking to really learn masses about the viking settlement of York, you will be sorely disappointed.

                                                                         Refreshments!

The last part of our trip to York was exploring the river banks, and we met some more Geese! The bottom one, with the orange beak and feet, was incredibly friendly, and sat with us for ages. We decided to name him Richard, after king Richard the 3rd.

I really recommend York to everyone. It's a delightful city and well deserving of a visit.