Tag: York

  • Monday 7 February 2000 Highlights: Durham Cathedral, Durham Castle We travelled to Durham today were we stayed out our first Bed and Breakfast of the trip, an English tradition I could get used to 🙂 Durham is home to the Durham Cathedral built as a shrine to St Cuthbert and dates from the 12th century.…

  • Sunday 6 February 2000 Highlights: York Cathedral Foundations and Treasury We headed back to the Cathedral today, this time to visit the Foundations and the Treasury.  The Foundations were excavated in 1967 when the Tower looked like it would collapse.  While strengthening the tower they uncovered Roman and Norman ruins.  The Roman section included a…

  • Saturday 5 February 2000 Highlights: York Cathedral This time our hostel was an even greater distance from the walled city of York.  Definitely something to look into for future trips, better accommodation location selections.