After a 10 mile run on Saturday morning, we took a quick trip to York. We had got a really good deal on a hotel and I had quite a few ideas of things that I wanted to do there – York Minster, the Railway Museum, the city walls to name a few. We stayed at the Elmbank Hotel which was only about a mile from the centre of York.

Our room was one of those off the courtyard.

Having checked in to the hotel, we walked into York for a bit of a look around.

Having had a bit of a wander around, Andy fancied a local pint. We went to The Falcon Tap which had quite a selection of beer for him to choose from.

After his local pint we went to the Kapadokya Turkish Restaurant for something to eat.

It was whilst we were waiting for the food to arrive that Andy surprised me and asked me to marry him! There was no ring but that would be part of the agenda for Sunday.

The restaurant was a lovely place with really great staff and wonderful food. We couldn’t have picked anywhere nicer!

On Sunday we decided to walk into York and get breakfast there at a place called Your Bike Shed, which we had passed on the Saturday. The place was great and the food was wonderful!

After breakfast we went for a walk around the town walls. They were quite busy as it was Remembrance Sunday.

They must have heard that we were going as there was a parade!

Having watched the parade, we went over towards the Minster.

We stopped off at the Museum Gardens, which were lovely.

We were in the museum gardens when the cannon sounded for the silence. It was a lovely place to pause and consider those who had fought on our behalf.

After a brief wander around, we continued off to look at York Minster. It was rather busy there with the Remembrance Service that was taking place.

We decided to go and look at the Treasurer’s House, which is a National Trust property.

Having had a good look around the Treasurer’s House, we went into York and had tea and cake at a little cafe there called Chloes of York.They had some really great cake there.

Feeling refreshed, we did a little shopping and managed to purchase a rather nice engagement ring. There were a lot of jewelers with some huge price tags!

Having found a nice ring, we went back to the Treasurer’s House for some lunch. It was there that I started to wear the ring that we had purchased.

Leaving the Treasurer’s House, we had a last wander around York.

Our last stop was the at The Last Drop Inn which is a York Brewery pub, where Andy had another local pint.

It was then time to head for home for some further celebrations and to speak to the family. It had been a wonderful weekend and nothing like what I had been expecting!