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Thursday 29 October 2015

29th October, 2015...A 'Grand' visit to York!

We had some lovely weather over in Yorkshire earlier in the week....what's happened down at Furness Abbey today...it's pouring( but rather atmospheric!).


 
 
 
 
We've been so immersed in history this week....the hotel we stayed at in York added an interesting twist to this. Our usual place was booked up, so we thought- the Grand Hotel and Spa looked our sort of place, let's give it a try. It turned out to have been built as the headquarters of the lucrative Edwardian North Eastern Railway and superbly renovated to keep those features-wrought iron staircases, marble tiled floors, oak panelling, every bedroom had it's former Edwardian door and office number, the NER boardroom is one of the function rooms, but as a hotel it is also luxurious! A bit pricey though, but worth it!

 
 
 
 
It is also used as a wedding venue, which made the SteveHillman Camera quite envious! Must mention last week's wedding fair at Abbey House...our Gracie was a superb saleswoman and Steve Hillman cannot quite believe that he is the genius behind the photographic side of Abbey House's new wedding web site...check it out!!
 
 
 
 
 
Can't beat our old favourite, York Minster though! We did try out the National Railway museum and the Yorkshire museum this time too, and they are really worth a visit, though only scratching the surface of what York has for tourists!
 
 
We did laugh when we looked at this photo...nana the refugee!
 
 
 
 
 
 
The kids......!
 
 
Fascinating display about Richard the Third- they had an actual skeleton of a soldier found in a mass grave after the Battle of Towton, where Lord Clifford of York played an integral part...a rather spooky atmosphere inside this display!
 
 
 
 
Lots of Viking gold found in Jorvik too! I thought the new Viking TV series based on Bernard Cornwell's books was quite well done...many details were acceptable, unlike some historical
docu-dramas!
 
 
My mother....the ice age hunter-gatherer!! We visited the remains of  Norman Benedictine Abbey too...even older than Furness Abbey!
 
 
 
 
 
A lovely way to end October.....
 
 
 
...happy Hallowe'en!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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