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Photo's by Roger -England Yorkshire Area - town of York, May 19, 2008
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The view from our room at the Esplande Hotel in Scarborough. |
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This is our room looking towards town. There is a castle on the top of the green hill. |
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The train station in York was a very busy place and used to be a modern high tech facility. |
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Our guide for the York tour. We couldn't loose track of her in that red outfit. She was a very energetic guide who mostly kept our attention. |
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Our land mark for the return to the bus pickup. |
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The river Ouze. It was too cold for boating today. |
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There is a wall around the entire old city.Its been used as back drop many times in the movies. |
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A monkey tree, so called because its the only tree a monkey cannot climb it. The leaves are very sharp. |
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That guide has our attention. |
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Don and Linda from San Diego. They were on the same flights as Herb and I. |
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The wall around the city is approximately 3 miles long. |
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York Minster Abbey a huge building. The stained glass windows are so valuable that they were removed and hid in the country during the war. |
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Unfortunately, we didn't have time to go inside. |
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The school children in this country all wear uniforms. |
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A roman caesar in power who insisted on his statue being placed here. |
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This city is usually very busy, a prime tourist destination with lots of relatively high end shops. |
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All that remains of the castle that was here. |
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After the tour, many of the group ate here for lunch. |
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Herb and I had an afternoon tea and cakes for lunch for $15 pounds or $30 US currency. The scone that came with it was excellent. |