York

Leaving Redcar we returned to York, as we are making our way south over the next 10 days.
We looked in at the Castle Howard Christmas displays which were themed around the Masque balls of yesteryear. The House and grounds were magnificent and the displays quite colourful, although we thought not quite up to Chatsworth House standards.
We stayed over at a site in the centre of York where we had two nights.
Karen spent an afternoon with her sewing machine whilst Alan wandered along to the Railway museum to have a look at The National Rail Collection - well worth a few hours of anybody's time. I was going to amble back to the site in the evening darkness taking in the christmas lights of the city but by then the heavens had opened and instead I took a soaking on a frantic scramble along side streets.
Settled down in the evening to watch the election night special on BBC. According to the exit pole Redcar would probably just remain red and Winchester may turn yellow.Read more