Doncaster; Sunday, 06 November, 2016

Another long lie-in and pleasant breakfast before I headed out of the hotel towards the station and my first stop of the day the castle at Conisborough.

On the way to the station it was spitting slightly, and by the time I made it onto the platform the skies had opened and it was pelting it down. I was hopeful that by the time I got to Conisborough the worst of the rain would have passed, and to some extent it had, it was just a steady freezing drizzle accompanied by an icy wind then accompanied me on the walk up the hill to the castle.

The Castle itself was very impressive and I had a long look around the visitors centre and inside the keep where it was warm and dry. I spent much less time looking around the keep as being on the top of the hill made the area even colder in the wind.

After looking round the castle I headed back down to the station to catch the train back into Doncaster, and another soaking as I walked back from the station. I’d originally intended on going straight to the town museum to have a look around, but I was so wet and cold I headed back first to the hotel to dry off and warm up for a little while.

By early afternoon the weather had mostly cleared so I headed out the short distance up to the city’s museum and art gallery to have a look around them and spent quite some time there.

Leaving the museum I had planned to visit the Minster, an impressive site visible from the train as you head North out of the station, but the weather once again intervened as another hefty shower passed through and in the end I decided just to head back to the hotel for a couple of hours of warmth before heading out to dinner.