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From Hexham we headed south through Durham to York lingering at Durham and dawdling through the North Yorkshire Moors. The remains of the old Cistercian Abbey at Rievaulx, shut down by Henry VIII, were particularly impressive. We stayed for several days by the Monkgate, which leads ito the old town of York. The city had started as a major Roman military base and it was here that Contantine the Great was proclaimed emperor in AD 306. Roman remains along with those of the subsequent Viking city of Jorvik can still be seen but the most impressive monument is the medieval Minster which dominates the town. The drive through the Yorkshire Dales was moist but rewarding with stops at Fountains Abbey and Wensleydale on our way to the Lake District in Cumbria. |
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Durham Cathedral
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Pat and Dave in the Durham market
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The North Yorkshire Moors
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Rievaulx Abbey
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Rievaulx Abbey
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York Minster from the town walls
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York Minster from the town walls
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York: the Teddy Bear Shop
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Whitby: The Abbey and entrance to Harbour
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Sabine on the grounds of Castle Howard
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York: the Multangular Tower, the base of which is Roman
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The York skyline
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Fountains Abbey, outside Ripon, West Yorkshire
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Fountains Abbey, vaulted cellar
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