| Saturday, 20 December, 2003 |
| After an trouble free journey up (I expecting the worst using the trains the Saturday before Christmas) I arrived in York about 5pm and quickly checked into the hotel. After that I wandered out into the city to have a look around at one of the UK's oldest |
| Sunday, 21 December, 2003 |
| Sunday dawned bright, clear and cold over the city so the obvious thing to do was to warm up with a quick walk. The biggest site (in terms of scale) in the city are the old medieval city walls. Despite the best efforts of the English Civil War, The Georgi |
| Monday, 22 December, 2003 |
| After an exceptionally comfortable night with the heating on full blast it was almost inevitable that I would wake to the sight of snow covering the ground. Overnight winter had made it's way to Yorkshire and had left a good inch of snow on most things. S |
| Tuesday, 23 December, 2003 |
| Thankfully overnight the temperature had risen again and by dawn all the snow was gone. On my way to the station to drop off my luggage I had a further wander round the ruins of the Abbey of St. Mary's. |
| Friday, 07 June, 2019 |
| As I was transporting a hefty suitcase and a roller-banner I’d already booked a taxi to get me to city airport weeks in advance… |
| Saturday, 08 June, 2019 |
| I was booked on an early train from Manchester Airport so I had to skip breakfast in the hotel and get an early shuttle bus round to the station… |
| Sunday, 09 June. 2019 |
| I had a nice lie in and a late breakfast before heading out in the sun to the bus stop near the hotel to pick up the sightseeing bus… |
| Monday, 10 June, 2019 |
| I was due to be at a conference for work in Manchester later in the day… |