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As we walked up the hill from the camp site in Hebden Bridge we noticed nearly all the houses had little yellow bicycles either in their front window or on the lawn. We stopped a passerby and learnt that the Tour de France is coming to Yorkshire in July and part of the route is up this road which is called Cragg Vale and is the longest continuous gradient in the United Kingdom. So we have walked part of the Tour de France! The whole of Yorkshire is very excited about the Tour coming there and so yellow bikes are everywhere, including the centre of York where we were today. We took the train today from Bradford to York getting there at lunchtime. What a magnificent city! York is a walled city dating back to Roman times. We walked along the city walls on our way to the Shambles which is a really quaint area where the streets are cobbled and extremely narrow. We could have wandered around there for ages imagining cloaked historic figures walking the streets and housewives throwing dirty water out of the overhanging windows into the streets below. York Minster (the cathedral) is fabulous. We wandered through it taking in all the beautiful stained glass windows and stunning artwork on the walls. The height of the interior was amazing and when someone played a few chords on the pipe organ the sound was something else. We walked up to the top of the tower which was certainly a test for the legs but the views were fantastic from the top. The weather has been definitely average with lists of rain but there has been tittle wind until today which was cool with a strong wind. Tomorrow the day should be lovely and we have our fingers crossed that it will stay until Saturday and the wedding but at the moment they are threatening thunderstorms! Ryan has arrived in Bradford ahead of the wedding so it's lovely to be with him again. We phoned The Carnie's and Wilson's tonight and they are together at last and spending the night at a camp ground in Cambridge. We will be meeting up on Monday night We have been trying to help Dom and Bex get ready for the wedding. Their small one bedroom home is packed full of things for the wedding. The cake was being prepared last night and Geoff was there to help with getting the cake sorted - yes that is a drill in his hand!
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Akscarlett Don't forget about the white bait
mum If the historic attraction 'YOrvik' is still run ing it is a must to exoedience the sights, sounds andsmells of ancient York