Walk Around York

Suzie - What a beautiful day!! The sun is shining, we're in York and we had a wonderful breakfast recommendation from a woman who overheard us discussing possible breakfast locations as people do not do early mornings here with most places opening at 9am or later.

Our friend recommended The Blue Barbakan - a Polish restaurant in the Fossgate, so named as it's a street (gate) that leads and goes over the River Foss - a tributary of the River Ouse. I had a delicious spinach, garlic, cheese and mushroom omelette which was honestly the biggest I have ever seen!

We then went to the Co-Op store and got some supplies for our last pre-booked tour to explore the Yorkshire Moors and Whitby tomorrow and we then went to the Shambles which led onto a square and the York Chocolate Shop. I left Nik there and brought the groceries back to our rooms here in Little Stonegate.

We met back at the square and travelled to the tourist information centre for information on the York hop on hop off bus and went to Clifford Tower bus stop. We had a wonderful trip around the city and got off back at Clifford Tower and went to Coppergate.

Clifford Tower is the keep of York Castle, the castle was built on the orders of William the Conqueror in 1068 to subdue the people in the north and this motte and bailey castle was made of wood. It was rebuilt in stone by Henry III in the 13th century.

It was used as a prison in the 15th and 16th centuries and was an important Royalist strategic location in the English Civil War against the Parliamentarians.

The remaining parts of the castle were again used as a prison in the 1800's when it fell into disuse. The castle is now the York Castle museum and Crown Court.

After another bus trip, we walked back to Little Stonegate and are resting in our rooms ready for a ghost tour tonight. York is one of the most haunted places in Europe so here goes!!!!Læs mere