Archive for the tag 'Clifford’s Tower'
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, York 2023
York – Day One
Our journey to York ran smoothly despite experiencing some erratic drivers along the various motorways. When it was time for lunch we stopped at Woodall services with its never endimg walkway to reach Waitrose on the opposite side of the road. In Waitrose we picked up sandwiches for our in-car picnic.
Comfortably replete we continued our [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 12th 2023
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York Castle Bailey
The first photo was taken from Clifford’s Tower and shows three blocks of buildings that mark out the extent of the bailey or courtyard of York Castle. The second photo shows what was originally the Assize court (now used as the Crown courts) with Clifford’s Tower in the background to give it perspective.
The three neoclassical [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 28th 2010
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Testing Email to Flickr to Blog
For some time I have been meaning to try out the option of emailing photos to Flickr so that they auto-post on my blog. I know it worked on Blogger, but the photo sizes didn’t go with the templates that were available at the time and as I am fussy about layout I decided [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 25th 2010
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Clifford’s Tower
Clifford’s Tower is the castle keep and originally it was surrounded by a moat fed by the river Foss. It has three essential parts:
The grass-covered earth mound which dates from William the conquerors reign
The stone keep that was built on the orders of Henry III in the mid-thirteenth century
The gatehouse that was erected in the [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 24th 2010
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York – Day Two
The plan was to visit Newby Hall and Gardens but by the time I had driven there it was a few minutes to early to go in so I drove on to Ripon because it was almost time for a mid morning cuppa. I was tempted by a rather colourful display of cup cakes in [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 13th 2010
