Today was spent in York – a fascinating place. Such history. We dropped the camper off at a “Park and Ride” as you are not able to drive into the centre of the city. A coffee at Costas before we set off around the wall. York is a walled city and the wall is in surprisingly good condition considering it was built (by the Romans) around 107 AD. It encloses around 50 acres and we walked most of it during the day.
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| The Roman Wall in York |
Under the Romans, York was called Eboracum. It became the capital of the Roman province of Britannia Inferior, and of the kingdoms of Northumbria and Jorvik (under the Vikings). In the Middle Ages, York grew as a major wool trading centre and became the capital of the northern ecclesiastical province of the Church of England, a role it has retained.
We spent some time in the Shambles, an area of very narrow streets where the buildings almost touch above your head.
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| The Shambles |
We also spent some time in the Minster, Europe’s largest Gothic Cathedral – a really impressive building built in the 1200s.
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| The York Minster |
To support its Viking history (866 to 954 AD) York has recreated Viking village life as discovered from a buried village found in 1979 - It was very well done. We all found it a bit had to keep track of the number of times York changed hands.
Camp tonight was another Camping and Caravanning Club site. Pear Tree Farm at Harton just to the northeast of York. Another lovely spot with a pleasant Becky looking after us. We were the only campers there.
