Another traveling day. We had lunch at a truck stop kind of
place. I finally had my fish and
chips. The batter on the fish is like a
beer batter and really soaks up the grease. In my opinion, the only decent French fries in the UK are at McDonalds. The lady in the cafeteria asked me if I
wanted courgettes or peas. Fortunately,
she pointed to the zucchini so I knew what courgettes were. It was mixed with tomatoes and red peppers
and had a stronger flavor than US zucchini.
Blurry bus photos.
No one could tell me, and I still don't know, the purpose of this basket. It was just standing there by the highway.
Some remains of Hadrian's Wall.
We arrived at York about 1:00, stopped
at the hotel for a potty break and then the coach dropped us at a downtown
location since the hotel is two miles away from town. I spent the afternoon just puttering around
and taking pictures of a flea market and the Shambles (used to be the street
where all the butchers were located). I
found a pound store like our dollar stores and bought six pairs of socks for
three for a pound (about $1.50 or 50 cents each).
Fun. Our thistles are weeds.
I love street lights. I should do a book of all the different kinds.
I looked at the Minster Cathedral (13th
century) but they wanted a four and one-half pound “donation”. That’s about $7. I’ve seen enough cathedrals for a donation of
my choice without paying admission for a not-very-exciting one. Knowing what I know now, I wish I'd gone.
I went to the local library and
naturally found four used books to buy. One is a really fat hardback called Presidential
Wives. I’ll try to read it on the
plane so I don’t have to carry it all the way home. And of course I found a paperback of the same book at the fall library book sale right here at home for $1.
We met the bus at a lovely park near the wall.
You can take a video tour of York HERE. Then you can take a tour with Rick Steves with a side trip to Bath HERE.
Dinner was buffet with a served
starter. My prawn cocktail turned out to
be some lettuce with a scoop of bay shrimp and French dressing. I chose roast beef with baby new potatoes,
gravy and a couple of baby corns. I also
had the lemon filling from a slice of cheesecake and left the graham cracker
crust.
We were supposed to be downtown instead
of at the Holiday Inn so the hotel gave us a complimentary drink (beer, wine,
or juice) and some chocolates. I passed
my wine to George and as I was the last one out, I scooped up all the remaining
Ferrero Rocher chocolates.
I was in bed by 9:30 and slept seven
hours.
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