Day 2 Friday April 11

Up early after pretty good sleep and off to York, via Cambridge. Cambridge is such a beautiful city - watched many a Lewis set here. We didn’t do a tour but walked through the old town ourselves. Spent a couple of hours here and would have spent more but had to get onto Kings Lynn on the next part of the journey to York. 

Kings College Cambridge
Had to take a photo of this shop- not that I think Mum Betty was ever sweaty! 😓 

Free School Lane Cambridge


Kings College 


Heaps of traffic on the road and one section was closed off due to police incident. Diverted through a little place called Orwell with heaps of thatched roof houses and narrow streets! Gorgeous but didn’t stop long enough for photos! Saw canal boat on way and took photo for Ryan’s and Smiths, heaps of these on the rivers!


Didn’t take any at Kings Lynn either, still had 3.5 hrs to go to York! Arrived there at 6pm and met by the lovely Elaine at our air bnb. 


Walked into town to do the ghost tour, a very entertaining gentleman walked us around York and told tales of murders, executions and hangings that York is famous for - apparently! Dick Turpin was hung at the racecourse across the road from where we’re staying and his ghost haunts the town! We walked through the Minster

Millennium Bridge
The wall around old town York
The Golden Fleece pub- ghosts inhabit the cellar, it is a tiny little place next to the crooked building!
The Cathedral
The Kings Arms where the tour started
Site of an old school where the little children were murdered by the evil old principal and you can hear them - mainly after youve imbibed a lot of alcohol apparently!
Treasury House, bodies of Roman soldiers were found here when it was being built and they still Rome it today (sic) 😂
Our bedroom in the attic - we walked through up 3 flights of stairs to get to it but it’s really quaint! Back here about 1030pm and off to bed! 


Comments

  1. Pam and VernonApril 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM

    Great photos!! Looks like you've hit the road running, only 7 weeks to go, hope you can keep up the pace??

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    1. Gary and TrishApril 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM

      Bloody exhausting that’s for sure! But in a good way!

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  2. Delaney BassettApril 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM

    Beautiful architecture!

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