Last weekend Sarah and I enjoyed a weekend in York. It had meant to coincide with our first anniversary since getting engaged, but with all the other things going on we had put it back to early December. We stayed at the Jorvik Hotel which is situated opposite St Olafs and across from the entrance to the Museum Gardens. Having enjoyed an evening meal at Las Iguanas, the following morning we headed over to our favourite cafe – Your Bike Shed….
This weekend Sarah and I took the opportunity for a pre-Christmas weekend break to York. One of the attractions we decided to visit was the National Railway Museum. Both of us had visited this museum before, but for us both it was quite a while ago. And it has changed! We began our tour by visiting the Station Hall. The first train we came across was Gladstone. This was Queen Victoria’s ‘Palace on wheels’ and was the most famous and…
Wednesday was our Way of the Roses 2017 Day 4 – York to Hutton Cranswick. However, there were things to do before we left. Andy took our clothes off to a little laundrette on Walmgate Bar, where the owner was very helpful and friendly. Whilst the laundry was being done, we went to Your Bike Shed cafe for breakfast. The food was good and the place was very interesting. After breakfast, we walked over to York Minster and had a…
Tuesday was our Way of the Roses 2017 Day 3 – Pateley Bridge to York. We left Pateley Bridge and it was basically straight uphill! Once we reached Brimham Rocks, the worse of the hills were done although there were plenty of undulations along the way. We then continued on to Fountains Abbey. We stopped off at Fountains Abbey to have a look around. We went in via the West Gate. Our first stop was the cafe for a drink….
Our Way of the Roses 2017 Itinerary outlines our first tour of the year, starting in May. Sustrans describes this as a spectacular coast-to-coast cycle route passing through both the red rose county of Lancashire and the white rose county of Yorkshire. Sarah and I have completed this particular coast-to-coast tour twice before. In 2012 it formed the second of our preparatory training tours for the End-to-End (LEJOG). And in 2014 we completed the tour with Alan and Gill, two of our Stockport Community…
