Okay, these posts are taking me forever to complete, so I am going to keep the writing to a minimum and let the pictures tell the story.
This morning we checked out of our B&B and headed over to York Minster before heading back to Manchester Airport. My pictures just can't do justice to the beautiful stained glass. There was an interesting exhibit on how they were repairing one of the large windows.
The undercroft was also very interesting. There is a whole museum down there in space created during emergency excavations to keep the central tower from collapsing during the 1960s and 1970s. It was fascinating to see walls from the old Norman Minster running under the present building.
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| Doomsday Stone |
We bought tickets to climb up to the tower. I don't think I did that the last time we were here. Fantastic views of the city and surrounding countryside.
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| Flying Buttresses |
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| Looking down on the city. |
That ended our time in York. If we were to do it again, I would try to get York done all in one day. Upon reflection, we should have visited the Minster in the morning, maybe even done a guided tour. In the afternoon we could have done the tour of the town and finished up in time for dinner. That would have left us with time the following day to visit some of the countryside.
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