At the Multangular Tower, which dates from Roman times | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3493.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3496.jpg) | Lots of people seemed to live on these narrow canal boats | | A view of York Minster from the town walls. It turns out, this same view is the one that shows up in Google Maps when you look up York. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3498.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1089.jpg) | | | On a walk back home from Aldi, I saw this unusual utility tower |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3500.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3502.jpg) | At Castle Howard, a "county house" (palace) near York | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1098.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3505.jpg) | They had really good guides, who were happy to answer any questions you had. Eric spent hours talking to them. The kids were happier playing "Crossy Road" on my phone. | | An old fashioned folding desk |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3515.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1112.jpg) | Walking around the grounds - a little drizzly, but not too bad | | They had a really amazing adventure playground |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3529b.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3535.jpg) | | | More of the grounds - truly some beautiful walks |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3539.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3541b.jpg) | They had trenches like this, so you could look out over the grounds, and have the illusion that there were no walls | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3542.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1134.jpg) | A time capsule, to be opened in 2000 years! | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3551.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3552.jpg) | A close-up of the bridge to nowhere - built as a folly | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3558.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3562.jpg) | In the vegetable and flower gardens | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3563.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3565.jpg) | Peter wearing his new shows - the old ones were pretty ratty looking | | In the Rambles area of York |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3567b.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3570.jpg) | A church, repurposed into a senior center - St. Sampsons Centre for the Over 60's | | York Minster cathedral |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3571.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3579.jpg) | Great views from the tower | | You can see part of the town wall |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3584.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3588.jpg) | | | We stopped to have a traditional English Tea. I was very overstuffed after eating. It was weird - when we asked for the leftovers, they had us sign a paper agreeing that we were taking them at our own risk. I've NEVER had to do anything like that before. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3591.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3593.jpg) | It seemed that about 95% of the houses we saw in England were of brick, very similar to these. It got a little boring after a while. | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3601.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3602.jpg) | We took a daytrip to hike around the North York Moors National Park - Hole of Horcam. Unfortunately the weather was very rainy - we got soaked, and since we were wearing jeans, it was pretty uncomfortable. | | In the distance we could see a weird building which a volunteer ranger told us was a radar installation |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3610.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3612b.jpg) | Just after a heavy rain, which soaked us. | | Eric is not happy about getting wet. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3621.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3629.jpg) | Heading towards a deserted hut | | At the Beamish Open Air Museum, south of Newcastle. They had lots of guides that hey knew. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3633.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3635.jpg) | Making rag rugs | | An "nice" home from around the 1900's |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3637.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3640.jpg) | The outhouse. According to the guides, it was a big improvement over shared outhouses | | The schoolroom, with some tiny benches and tables |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3642.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3644.jpg) | Kenny had fun trying to run with the hoops | | The Fish and Chips restaurant at Beamish - very authentic, everything was done by hand the old-fashioned way. However, it was extremely slow! |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1194.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1197.jpg) | A view from the coal tower | | An old excursion train - these were used for transport with Beamish, which was huge |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1198.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1201.jpg) | We rode on the Steam Elephant - one of the earliest steam engines | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3653.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3660.jpg) | | | A bedroom in one of the old houses |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3661.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1219.jpg) | Coffin shaped bathtub | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3664.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3666.jpg) | At the village bakery, making everything the old fashioned way. Again, very slow - it smelled wonderful, but I didn't want to wait in line. | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3669.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3671.jpg) | In the children's room of the "upper class" house. | | I was surprised that the resource center (where they kept artifacts) was open. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_1228.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3675.jpg) | At the 1940's farmhouse | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2016/07-18-2016-europe/gallery_img_3677.jpg) | | | This was an air raid shelter, to protect from shrapnel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |