York

 

Today we had a day of rest in York. We slept in and went for a walk. The town centre was overcrowded so we tried to find roads off the beaten path. We stopped in an excellent lunchroom Lucky Day, highly recommended!

We made our way to Minster, the famous cathedral in York. Next to it is a statue of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great - history tells us that it was here, next to the current Minster, that he converted to Christianity and chose it as the official religion for the Empire. The building itself is enormous and contains amazing stained glass windows. In the basement there is a large and very interesting exposition about the history of Minster, primarily geared towards teenagers but highly recommended for everyone. Entrance price for Minster is £10 but extremely worth it.  

We also tried to find some York Snickelways (half-hidden passageways usually not visited by tourists) and that's fun: please find a map of Snickelways (you can find one here) and spend some time discovering the unknown York. You can also do a 'cat tour' - finding pictures or statues of cats around York - you can find a map in a shop halfway The Shambles.

We walked back on town walls - which go almost around the entire city. Before ending our day at an Indian restaurant near our B&B (the second B had to be provided by us again) we decided to investigate the ChargeYourCar charge point nearby. It turned out to be available and working so we topped our car - £3 for 20KWh is not bad if you ask me.

CyC CHAdeMO charging spot at Nunnery Parking