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The Hammond's go to York (Part 1)

I've been a bit slack lately in writing new posts for my blog... so I've decided to remedy the situation. This last weekend we went for a break in York, a city that N had never visited and which I had last been to quite a few years ago. We drove there on Saturday morning arriving at about 1pm and checked in at the Mount Royale Hotel. We dropped off our luggage and headed off for a wander around the city centre. We explored the famous sites - although I flatly refused to pay £5.50 each to go in York Minster. This has to be the only cathedral on the planet that demands an extorniate admission fee. In fact everywhere you looked in the place they were after your cash... another £5 for a brochure for instance! Or an extra £4 to explore the crypt. Nice little earner York Minster. After that we looked in the shops and strolled back to the hotel to get ready for dinner!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hambo,

The fact is it costs an absolute fortune to run cathedrals, and they really do need the money. The govt won't give them any more than is necessary to stop them falling down, if they did they'd be a public outcry , and if they fell down they'd be a public outcry, maybe even a rant or two maybe?
Regards, Simon

Anonymous said...

Good for people to know.