My kitchen is on it’s last legs and needs replacing before it falls apart completely.  On the morning of my departure to York for my weekend away with family, the kitchen fitters arrived at 8am to assess the situation.  They only stayed for about 20 minutes which meant a nice early start to the journey because there was no point in hanging around after they had left.  The further north we got the more it seemed that autumn had set in and there were some glorious coloured leaves on the trees.

We all arrived in York in time for lunch, so we booked into the hotel but left the bags in the car and headed into the city.  After lunch we visited the Yorvik Centre and then wandered around the the town before heading back to the hotel to find our rooms and empty our cases.  The hotel was very busy over the weekend and there was a shortage of single rooms so Mum’s had been upgraded.  It was a fabulous room, the bathroom alone was big enough for a hotel room!

We had our evening meal in The Olive Tree which is opposite Cliffords Tower.   I chose Sea Bass which was delicious.  Following that we had a quick drink in the hotel bar before retiring for an early night which for me was much needed after such an early morning start