Sunday 5th June.

Departed the White Rose a bit after 8:00, brekky this morning started a bit after 7:00; so everything happened a wee bit earlier than has been happening.
The proprietor's father was there to help out, and after breakfast came out as we were packing the car.

He told us that a 'must-do' was the village/town of Thirsk if I had ever read any of James Herriot's books; because this is where they were based; on Thirsk and the surrounding areas. I don't know whether I've read them all (All creatures Great and Small was the first as far as I know,) but I've certainly read a lot of his work and enjoyed them.
So that was our first stop, took us about three hors to 'do' the place, about two of those hours were spent in the museum The World of James Herriot.
A great way to pass a cold overcast morning.
All good.

And so into York itself, an absolute nightmare of a place to drive with winding narrow streets and route indicators so grubby and overshadowed by advertising hoardings that by the time you see then it's too late to react.
Thank god we came a day earlier on Sunday rather than Monday...the traffic will be worse to-morrow.
We spent the rest of the day wandering around the very inner city. I'm told it was originally built by the Vikings; which ain't so long ago when you compare it to Orkney!

We didn't find either of the two hotels we were told to look for; instead we're booked in to the Royal York Hotel which is right next to the station. I can see the trains as I sit here at the window, which, thank God, is double glazed!

And we found where to return the car on Tuesday.

So that's all good too.