Off to York

Today was a lovely sunny morning.  So it was off to York to the quilt museum.  I was a bit shocked to find the train fare was £83. but it was a 2 hour ride each way which was only £40 per leg.  Didn't leave London until 11 am and then was held up because a lady showed up at the last minute, and while she put her luggage on-board, the train started to leave, leaving her 2 young children still on the platform.  After her frantically running through the train and yelling to stop it, someone pulled the emergency stop and she was able to retrieve them.  And we were off- about 20 minutes late.  Arrived in York at 1 pm.

York was wonderful and crowded.  I walked from the train to the city center, enjoying looking in some of the shops and the outdoor market.  The quilt museum proved harder to find than I thought, but finally about 2:30 I figured it out. They had about 25 quilts on display, a mix of antique and contemporary.  I did more walking but was getting terrible shin splints from walking the cobblestone streets.  Had wonderful fish and chips for lunch about 3 pm.  More walking, more looking, decided I wanted to catch the 5:20 train back to London. So had to hot foot it to the station.  Got back to London about 7:20 pm

View of the Roman wall that surrounds York.

View of the Minster Cathedral from the Shambles in York.

 

Another view of the cathedral in York.

Signage outside the quilt museum in York in minimal to say the least.  I think I walked by this at least once before I saw this other sign.

And then a river runs through it...

One last shot, of the train station at York.  I'm always making note of architctural detail that serve as all sorts of inspiration.

Supper was a grilled cheese and tomato pannini from the bar with a pint of Magners. Cheers!

Wasn't able tonight to get photos on blog.  Maybe by tomorrow night the wi-fi will be fixed and I can use my own laptop.

Well time for a couple of Aleve and bed.  Not sure what's on schedule for tomorrow.