Hull; Saturday, 11 August, 2012

The forecast had been for a sunny day, but that obviously wasn’t taking account of sea mists as it was pretty foggy when I woke up.

After breakfast I headed out into town to have a look around, taking in the remains of the Beverley Gate, one of the former city gates, and arguably the place where the English Civil war kicked off when the city refused to open the gate to King Charles to prevent him getting access to the weapons stored in the town.

I wandered further on past the towns marina, taking in the Spurn Lightship which is moored up there and watching the impressive sea lock at work letting ships out into the Humber estuary. A short walk further along the water front brought me to the river Hull and I followed it back into town stopping off at the Holy Trinity church and then the Church of St Mary the Virgin.

By now the fog had burned off and it was turning into a very pleasant day, so I wandered back through town to the hotel to change into shorts and a T-shirt as it was getting a little too warm for jeans.

After the change I took in a couple of the city’s free museums starting with the Wilberforce house museum before visiting the streetlife and then the Hull and East Riding museums.

It was getting quite late in the day so there wasn’t enough time to visit any more of the museums so instead I hopped on a bus out over the impressive Humber Bridge to Barton-on-Humber to take in the view of one of the most impressive modern structures in the country.

Unlike many of the other impressive bridges in the UK you can actually walk across the Humber Bridge, so I did that. I hadn’t realised quite how wide the bridge was, as it took over 40 minutes to get from one side to the other.

Having crossed the bridge I caught the bus back into Hull and went for some dinner, then to bed.