Weather: Day 1, after continual rain, sunny with a few clouds, Day 2 rain all day! and Day 3, cloudy. The whole week colder than down south!
Distance: Day 1 (Fountains Abbey), about 3 miles round the abbey and gardens, Day 2, a mile or 2 round the town after the rain stopped, and Day 3 probably quite a few miles around the shops in York!
No finds of the walks I'm afraid!
Pluses: great company with Pete and Val, stunning countryside, loads of history, lots of birdlife (buzzards, kestrels, sparrowhawk), and a great pub every evening - chez theirs in Easingwold!
Minuses: Eee bah gum but it's cold oop north!
Links: Fountains Abbey, Easingwold http://www.visit-easingwold.com/, York www.visityork.org
We had a brilliant 5 days at Pete and Val's and intended to do a lot more walking than was actually achieved, entirely due to the weather - on and off rain the whole time. A great shame, but meant that we did even more eating and drinking than planned (what a pity!) . . . The boys managed to get onto the golf course each day, dodging the showers as they went, leaving Val and I to do a lovely walk discovering more about Easingwold (the church is very old and quite beautiful) and then hitting the shops in York on Tuesday. It's such a lovely city, chock full of history -and, unfotunately a fair few tourists this time of year - so we covered a goodly number of miles that day!
Back in the Provinces in time for Ms Nohills and I to do a local walk here on Thursday, watch this space, a blog will follow (oh no, I can hear you all groan!) ...........
See you all Tuesday!
Fountains Abbey
Elf and Safey gorn mad at Fountains
- who would have guessed that winds
would have that effect?
Above: York Minster and The Shambles
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