York

Diane Nelson, my host extraordinaire and new found friend in Leeds planned a day trip to York as a final adventure for her family to share with me before I left them for my relatives in Colne. York is old just like Leeds. And so I like it. Also, where there is religion, there is often money, power and injustice. And so the cathedral was created. York has one. It's big. And old. I like it. 

 This is Elif, the older of the two girls I was helping to look after in Leeds

 This is Cliffords Tower in York, and it was described to me thus: "So, way back in the day, they took a bunch of Jews up there and well, offed them"
"I can't go up there anymore, gives me the creeps"

 This is Sema, the younger of the two little girls 

 The Shambles, where you can reach across and shake hands with someone in the other building

 Bet ya didn't know that I'd gone into the over priced hang bag and jewelry industry did ya?

 The York Minister

 This wall runs around what used to be the boundaries of York, and it was used to keep out the riff raff and no good hooligans. According my resident guide, it's still legal to shoot a scotsman with a bow and arrow inside the wall. 

 When the Queen visits York, this is the only gate she's allowed to come through. And she still has to ask permission to enter 

It's like the Great Wall but less great