Back to the UK after 50 years

[OZDUCK]

And speaking of Rowntree - a local lad made good.





Clifford's Tower

Clifford's Tower: History of York

The Shambles by day - crowded like normal










The back view








We had a very nice shared lunch at Mannion & Co with some interesting drinks



That night my wife was under the weather and didn't want an evening meal so I decided to try a Five Guys Burger. We had been walking past their various outlets for a number of years and never been inside and I should have maintained that practice. I average about one takeaway burger a year or two. On the plus side there were free peanuts in their shells and 'endless' drink top-ups - even though half the dispensers were empty.

Better than a McDonald's - not a high bar to reach - but not much better. The bun was very blah and the meat pretty tasteless.

 

[OZDUCK]

My wife always likes to follow some local trail - the hunt for bronze mice in the Eckhart in the City Scavenger Hunt in Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island in Canada, the gnomes/dwarves of Wroclaw etc. In York it was for statuary cats. We didn't do as well here as we normally do. I think we were just so tired by this stage of our trip.

York Cat Trail Map | Free Self-Guided Cat Walk

Follow the York Cat Trail - a quirky, free walking tour hunting down cat sculptures across York’s streets, riverside and historic buildings

www.yorkluckycats.co.uk

There were more cat related shops





One evening we went to the Museum Gardens at dusk - just before the gates were locked





We were amazed at how bold the numerous squirrels were

The remains of St Mary's Abbey destroyed during the during the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII





There were still some nice blooms around



The wire 'statues' were part of a ghost in the gardens festival.





And speaking of ghosts. There were plenty of ghost tours all round York - to which I can only say pshaw!