Today, our last day in York, we started bright and early to fit in a much as we could on another beautiful warm and sunny day. We wandered around further, enjoying the quiet streets while everyone recovered from late nights. We went to the Castle Museum, detailing York though the centuries, taking you into the old prison and giving us a glimpse of the Castle before it was severely damaged and fell to ruin. We also visited the much anticipated York Minster. While...

Yesterday afternoon we arrived in York. We're staying at Ace York, a beautiful old Georgian building that has been refurbished into a quite fancy hostel. It is inside the old castle/city walls of York and our top floor dorm affords great views across the city. Each room has a small plaque telling you who lived in this room - ours is the "wicked" butler's room. It seems he had loose morals, particularly when it came to young female servants. The train ride to Yor...