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Sunday : Sunny
Finally had some good shut eye but still not nearly long enough. Soon we were on the road driving south heading for the border. Well you certainly couldn't miss the border that's for sure. There were heaps of English and Scottish flags and big rocks with Scotland and England signs on either side. There were bagpipes playing for the Scots and scones with jam and tea for the poms. Too funny. We had a short break looking at the view over Border Country, before heading back into England and continuing south.
Leaving the border along the A68 we passed through the Northumberland National Park which seemed to be used for a lot of farming. Not sure why that is? Lots of national parks over here have farms right through them.
There were no stops until we got to our York hotel, and what a hotel it was. Its a nice and quiet little boutique Hotel, 15-20mins walk to the centre. We had a capsule coffee maker in the room and free mini bar! Whoop Whoop! The room was very nicely decorated but the best thing wasn't the mini bar it was that we had our very our bathroom! Haha! Not all that special I know, but after staying in the hostels it's the little things I suppose that put a smile on our dials. Good find Kim!
After sampling a number of coffees we headed out into town. Yeah York was pretty good. Around the river could be spruced up a bit, but the old town was delightful. With its cobble stone streets and Tudor styled buildings. It had heaps of little shops and restaurants too. We saw Clifford's tower perched up on a little hill, which people were sliding down bumpily. The main attraction though has to be the enormous York Minster Cathedral, its the biggest one in Northern Europe. The size of the structure made it impossible to fit into a single frame, even from way back.
When we could no longer hold our heads up, we finished off the city walk by walking through some gardens and picked up some lunch for tomorrow and drinks for tonight then headed back to the hotel.
There wasn't much on the telly for Kim, but there was the ashes action for me. Looked like we could win the test if the weather holds out. We eventually found something we both could enjoy and got stuck into the bar and our drinks.
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