Getting around England by train still remains a mystery to us. Here's what happens when we arrive at the Lancaster train station to pick up our tickets. Play the video for collecting tickets to Harrogate.
Here's what happens next.
Last week we used our weekend to visit our friend Amanda at her cottage in the Yorkshire Dales. It was cold, snowy, and quiet enough we could hear individual raindrops splishing and racehorses heading from their stalls to their grassy track for practice. There are 20 stables in Middleham. 800 race horses take turns running the track every day.
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| View from Amanda's living room window. |
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| View from our bedroom. |
Across the street from Amanda's is one of Richard III's castles.
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| Richard III's house (background) and his little red car. |
And fields.
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| Richard III castle viewed from up the hill. |
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| Stone wall that's probably been there for centuries. |
After breakfast we hiked quickly in the Nidderdale Area of Natural Beauty and toured the Theakston Brewery (1832).
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| Breakfast at Amanda's. |
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| Taste testing at Theakston's. |
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| A natural beauty in an Area of Natural Beauty. |
We shopped for jams, had dinner in a pub (an experience everyone should have probably every week), and shopped for cheese, just like Wallace and Grommet, a the Wensleydale Cheese factory.
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| A small portion of the jam selection in Leyburn, England. |
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| Ordering a pint. |
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| The Black Bull. A pub. |
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| Some of the cheeses to sample at Wensleydale. |
Our weekend came to an end as we headed home past the Ribblehead Viaduct.
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| Ribblehead Viaduct. |
Wonderful!!!!
ReplyDeleteI counted 14 train tickets? Was that all just to go to one place? And, more importantly perhaps, did you make it there?
ReplyDeleteThe ticket thing seemed a bit confusing. I tend to be really bad at holding on to tickets on a good day. I can't even imagine. The area is so beautiful. I can't wait until we head to Ireland in the fall.
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ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I'm not the only one who was enamored and confused by the robo ticket machine. They never even checked my 20 tickets...
ReplyDeleteCzech tickets were easier -but then again Neil makes it easier. Hope you were able to use all those tickets and sort it... and I hope you are collecting coasters from every brewery in honor of your friends the brewers on Ketura... and maybe t-shirts and glasses too.... Have fun and do update us as to your favorite type of beer so we can be sure to have BEERtzinut brew that type for you when you visit!! (COME VISIT!)
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