Date: 10th June 2022
Travelled: 0 kms just walking around York, Yorkshire.
Visited: York Minster
Stayed: Caravan + Motorhome Club, York, ยฃ51 pn, N53.95100, W01.07940ย
Budget: 16 days @ โฌ142 per day
Another quiet and comfortable evening passes in what must be Englandโs most expensive campsite. Feeling a little better this morning so weโll visit York Minster today.
Once again we cross the River Ouse passing Cliffordโs Tower and into the Old Town. We leave the traffic behind as most of the streets in here donโt allow cars during the day.
Finding York Minster isnโt difficult at 160m in length, 69m wide and 72m high, itโs hard to miss. But a bit more difficult to photograph. The surrounding building and trees make a photo of the whole cathedral impossible with my iPhone. The picture above is merely the South Transept.
If your interested the link I have provided above gives some excellent insight into the history of the building. York Minsterโs proper title is โThe Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of Saint Peter in Yorkโ. Considered one of the largest of its type in northern Europe. It was completed in 1472, having been severely damaged by fire and re-built several times since then. If thatโs its name why is it called York Minster ? Well it was originally a missionary teaching church on the pilgrims route, the title is now honorific.
We pay ยฃ12.50 pp entry and jump straight into a tour thatโs just commencing.
Our guided tour concludes at the Great East Window (above), completed in 1408, itโs considered the largest medieval stained glass window in England. The window cost ยฃ50 of which ยฃ10 was a bonus for completing it within 3 years. So we wander down to the crypt for a quick look.
Weโve made a day out of our visit to York Minster. The guided tour was free, but really interesting and our guide obviously passionate about the Cathedral and its history. Iโm glad to be walking home back across the river to the Hymer. We stop at a local butcher for some lamb loin chops for dinner, which proved to be well short of what we considered a nice lamb chop.
All that aside we enjoyed our day and look forward to tomorrowโs adventure.
Michael + Pam
2 thoughts on “York (Day 2), England ๐ฌ๐ง 2022”
Hi Michael and Pam, weโve just been behind you leaving the Rowntree C&M site at York and spotted your website details on your van.
Iโve just had a browse on your website and Iโm enjoying reading your blogs, such a great idea and definitely something weโd love to do once we retire.
And youโll be pleased to know we donโt have a motor mover neither!!
Jennifer
Sorry for the delay in responding, we just rolled off the ferry in Rotterdam this morning after a super smooth passage from Hull. Goodness that was a slow trip out of the campsite in York. The old fellow in front must have a phobia about speed bumps he was painfully slow. Anyway it gave you plenty of time to check out our blog.
We donโt write the blog for anyone other than ourselves really, but we have picked up quite a few followers. I write it as a diary just to remind ourselves where we have been and what weโve done. As we travel for about 4+ months in Europe it can become a bit of a blur. Anyway glad you found it insightful.
Michael+Pam