Hi everyone! We apologize for holding the Union Flag upside-down as many have pointed out, we are American after all so we are still learning. Also, should we keep Travel Wednesdays? Let us know! Thanks for watching ❤️
Oh yes, keep it going, not just for the U.K., even though you haven’t had a look at the Scottish Highlands yet and haven’t had a look at Wales. Even though you might not venture up there yourself, (I’m a fellow arthritic with an artificial hip but who hasn’t hung up his hiking boots just yet, despite advancing years and currently a bit of an uneven struggle) have a look at some of the many walking and hiking You Tube pieces, because some of the scenery and camera work is just sensational. Scotlands Mountains is a good one for the Highlands and I’ve seen several excellent pieces on Wales and Snowdonia - the cheery Tea in Valhalla couple are excellent. Abbie Barnes does excellent pieces covering the whole country extensively, but she has the added focus on the constant battle she faces with her mental health. Nothing wrong with her camerawork though and you do get to see the ‘roads less travelled’ with all of them. Other countries are welcome too - I have been fortunate to visit Bagan in Myanmar and that was amazing, perhaps you could give us a run down on where you’d go in the US and what to do when we get there!
PS. You’re fine with getting the Union Flag the wrong way up, many people would admit to not knowing when it was upside down. Flown upside down I’m told it is a signal of being in distress - highly appropriate here just about now anyway!
I live in Sweden, recently came home from my first proper holiday in the North of England, and I must say Yorkshire blew me away! York was fantastic, as were Whitby, Haworth and Settle. Highly recommended, especially if you’re into history, beautiful old towns and gorgeous scenery. Will definitely return there!
Similarly, whilst some pubs will do a perfectly edible curry, don't expect to eat authentic Indian food in a pub, leave that to the restaurants that specialise in it. That said, there are some pubs that do serve proper Indian food cooked by professional chefs (I used to go to one in the Waterloo area of London when I worked around there). But the kind of curries served up in a Wetherspoons on 'Curry Night' are no better than the microwavable curries you can get from any supermarket.
Yup you read it ..F&AC 🐟go to the take away fishy !! Fried haddock or cod in beautiful batter with vinegar and salt .wrapped in paper ..mmm..British street food 👌🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸💪
York being my city of birth and residence it was absolutely delightful to see you adore it so much. Quite frankly I can say with absolute certainty as someone who lives here, it is a beautiful city, much of which is often lost on me as a simple everyday sight. Despite that It always amazes me what those of other origins think of York. It may not be as openly grand as many places in the world but it has a very unique charm to it. My personal favorite sight in York is simply the Train Station itself, while not as painstakingly magnificent as the Minster it is a simply delightful building.
York, such a historical place. As a Yorkshireman, it is my counties capital city. It was so fondly missed, a 'New York' was named after it 😉 A couple of points missed in the video are the great age of the York Minster, at 1385 years old. It is a vast masterpiece in stone & glass. Also, in the great train museum, the history of the train is seen. From its start in England & beyond. The yellow small train in the video was the Stephenson's Rocket. That old steam machine was right at the beginning of railway history (1829) & being the first intercity train ever.. And for the time, all at a very frightening 30mph!! Lol. York is a wonderful little city! 👍🏴🇬🇧🇺🇸
Why do Yorkshiremen not go to church? What's the point? Why spend good money on the collection plate in church in the hope of going to some fictional heaven when you can live in Yorkshire and have the real thing for free?
Ladies! I just stumbled upon your channel completely by accident and I love your personalities and reactions. I am lucky enough to be born and raised in York, still living in this beautiful city to this day. Judging by your reactions you should definitely visit. I get the impression that many people from other countries think visiting London is all of the UK, so seeing you react to where I live in the North and be so excited by it was very refreshing. Much love to you both. Quick thing: The reason the National Railway Museum is based here is that York has historically been a huge hub for railway tranport. I work in the rail industry myself, and can confirm the reason for this is that geographically York is pretty much the middle point between London and Edinburgh so the entire signalling system for the East Coast of the country was based here, and still is to this day. We have so much history here, and the North of England has so many great attractions to see within a short drive of the city. From York places like Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, beatiful moors and coastlines are accessible within an hour or so by car. Good luck getting anywhere in London within an hour given how busy it is! Sorry for the lengthy comment, but I enjoyed this video so much. If you ever want to visit York drop me a message and I'll be more than happy to give you some recomendations of things to see here. Keep up the wonderful work and if you ever want some original guitar based music making for the channel please let me know as that's what I do in my spare time
I wouldn’t generally go to a pub for fish and chips, although there may be some good places that do them so by all means go for it - but the traditional place for fish and chips is not the pub as it is in the US with Irish pubs and what not - but the fish and chip shop. Drake’s is a popular one, not far from the Minster so you can get you fish and chips and eat them on a bench looking at the Minster and then maybe head in too look around! Pubs are a great place to have a roast dinner - including a Yorkshire Pudding!
Did you know York was the Capital of the Roman Empire for a short period between 208-211 AD Watching your reaction to York, tells my how London-centric the US are shown places to visit in the Uk. It’s also not far from the Lakes and stunning Yorkshire moors and Dales.
You should look at the west country counties in England, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset have some lovely places there too, Cornwall has St Michaels Mount a castle on a small island just off the coast of cornwall in a bay which you can walk to when the tide is out. Cornwall also has an outdoor theatre which is built into the rocks at a side of a cliff with sea views called the Minack theatre in Porthcurno, the Eden project is in Cornwall as well, Cheddar Gorge in Somerset where Cheddar cheese is from, as well as all counties have lovely scenery, bays and beaches, old villages, shops and pubs. worth looking at.
@@stevejpm1 Of course i love Lynton, ilfracombe, Clovelly etc and the whole of Devon, Dartmoor, Brixham harbour, Dartmouth etc are some of the most beautiful places in England.
I'm a Yorkshire Gal... Last time we went to York, we stayed a couple of nights in the Golden Fleece... Our room was top floor and the windows faced straight up the Shambles. York is the County Capital of Yorkshire. So it's gone through MANY ages of building & "modernisation" & you can still see slices of it all.
I live in North Yorkshire about an hours drive from York. Watching your reaction made me realise how much I take things for granted, I have lived around so much history and ancient buildings for so long I don't notice them anymore. You have made me look again at a city I have known all my life with fresh eyes Thank you.
You girl's will just love York. I'm a Brit and have lived on the outskirts of London most of my life, but through my work I got to live in a small town between York and Leeds for ten years. Leeds is nice, but York is just fantastic. It had history in every brick, it looks right, it smells right, it is just the most historic place you can ever imagine, and take the ghost tours, you get taken down some little alleyway, and told about the horror's that befell someone hundred's of years ago, and the building is still there, staring you in the face! York will blow you away, it is living history, spanning over 1000 years. It should be one of the world's modern day wonders ...
you would love whitby, climb the 199 steps (sorry i know thats a problem for you) up to the whitby abbey where its said that dracula alighted to do his deeds in whitby its old and beautiful
Hi guys …thank you for loving my country …I live in West Yorkshire which York is in our county ..it is beautiful…I live in Halifax in the Yorkshire Dales ….on the video you just watched you reacted to the steep cobbled street ..that the Main Street in Howarth where the Brontë sisters lived … I love watching your videos your enthusiasm is lovely xx
East Yorkshire lad here, i lived in west yorkshire many years & back in east now. Be it north, west, east or south, our York 'Shires' are stunning. Love Yorkshire. 🏴🇬🇧
The shop windows in The Shambles have large, wide, ledges. There used to be a sign in one of the shop windows that said: "To our American visitors, please do not sit on the ledge, it's older than your Country." (Edited to improve readability!)
Whitby, Yorkshire Dales (I'm from near there) Manchester, Brighton, St Ives or Cornwall in general, Devon, London, Canterbury, Peak District, Exmoor, New Forest, Dover (especially Dover Castle) and the Seven sister cliffs
So pleased you enjoyed York showing London is not the only place in the UK. York is a fascinating place the Minster a must see. I did take my Uncle on a visit from NY he had a thing about churches we entered he cried, but didn't know why. Most pubs sell food, beer is not the only drink although you will get alcohol free beers and wines as well as soft drinks and tea and coffee. Fish and chips better at the coast but still good in pubs. Castle Howard is not far from York and worth a visit, travel on Whitby the fishing town (fish and chips) and Dracula also the ruins of the Abbey. Next try the Highlands of Scotland a feast for the eyes and taste buds.
Oioi lasses, Durham Lad here, the piece with the railways in, the rocket engine , the yellow one, well many , many years ago when I was an apprentice, we helped make and build that very engine, 1974 I think, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, also the very first railway for it was the Stockton to Darlington, actually Shildon to Stockton but Darlington was the nearest large Market Town. The very first track was at the bottom of our back garden, Moule Close, where our local pub is called the Iron Horse, but quocically known as the "Tin Donkey", lol. If your into owt like this maybe Beamish Open Museum will interest you lasses, (owt = anything ), it's about 60 miles north in County Durham and there's also Durham Cathedral, the 3rd most visited Cathedral after St Paul's, York Minster, it's on the pilgrim route. Enjoying the crack lasses 👍👍
One thing you may appreciate at the Minster is that the Masons that are continually repairing it have a lean-to outside the building where they work on various sculptures and decorated masonry for the Minster, so you get to see them at work - they get an elevator outside (a temporary one) but we don’t. Used to work right next door to the Minster so used to enjoy seeing the Masons in the morning - and my view at the end of the day was the looming Minster over a narrow cobbled street. Beautiful whatever the weather
Shambolic, it is thought the name comes from York, a street name the Shambles, where nearly every shop was a butchers. The street ran with animal blood and discarded body parts etc. So if you say it’s a Shambles its chaotic, disorganized, or mismanaged. To eat humble [umble] pie, meaning a pie made with poor quality meat offal and caste away bits from various animals etc for only the poor , the rich of course lived off the fat of the land. Ps Only buy fish and chips from a chippy, if you can find one that cooks in beef dripping ,but avoid Pubs. Its not the full deal.
This small street was first mentioned in the records of York around the year 1505. Back then, it had the name ‘Whitnourwhatnourgate’. According to the plaque hanging above the street, these words were thought to be Saxon for ‘What a Street!’. However, modern research into the Saxon language has revealed that these words stringed together actually translate into ‘Neither One Thing Nor The Other’.
Been on many pub crawls round York great place to visit, 14:30 is outside the Kings arms and when the river floods the water is from building face to building face and you cant get a rowing boat under that bridge. I have just noticed that you can see it on Google maps street view looking from outside the Slug & Lettuce amazing!
Hi Natasha and Debbie, Living in northern England I have visited York many times and I guessed you would like the city which was founded by the Romans in AD71 who named it Eboracum. After the Romans left and we descended into the Dark Ages as it was called, the city was invaded by the Vikings in 866 and renamed Jorvic (Yorvik).
Re: "Whip-ma-whop-ma-gate": It's the shortest 'street' in York, being only a few feet long, so there are no buildings located on it, and apart from it forming a junction between two other streets, nor does it go anywhere. As to the name: it was first recorded in 1505 as "Whitnourwhatnourgate" meaning "neither one thing nor the other street" (the 'gate' part comes from the Germanic: "geht" which means 'way' or 'path', - seen as part of street names in many parts of England, mainly in Yorkshire.) As a tourist attraction, all you can say about seeing it is that you've seen it! Of course, you can take a photograph of the street sign, (which stretches almost the street's entire length,) but to be honest, there's very little else there as an attraction, (except that it's on the walking route to many other more interesting places in York!)
Have had a couple of lovely holidays in York. Our hotel was overlooking the river and we used to sit there every morning after breakfast. Lovely and restful.
The pretty little villages that hug the coastline and hidden coves of Devon and Cornwall,rich in smugglers lore and artists colonies,and the 'English Riviera', are well worth a look up. Portloe,Polperro,St Ive's,Torquay,..AND the Scilly Isles with their almost tropical feel about them..
Hi love your channel, I’m surprised the Nestle KITKAT factory & Roundtree village wasn’t mentioned. Good video tho! I believe all KitKats are made here & where they originated from. Thanks x
I'm not from there but the New Forest is a gorgeous part of our country. Loads and loads of horses walking wild but all owned. But probably thousands walking wild!
I have recently found your channel and some of the video's are fascinating. There is an ice cream boat in York for Debbie. It's a narrow boat and can usually be found moored beside Lendal Bridge in the city centre during the summer. There are also ice cream shops on Stonegate. There was a TV series called Heartbeat which was filmed around Whitby on the North Yorkshire moors which gives views of the area.
Ladies you must check out the Keukenhof bulb festival which takes place each year in Holland . I know you both love flowers and this event from March to May each year showcases the bulb growing industry. We went in person back in 2016 and just driving to the event through fields of tulips stopping for photographs every 5 minutes. The local couples come in their wedding attire to have lasting images of their big day.
Visit York several times a year ( pre-covid ) and never tire of it. The video didn't mention that the river floods most years - there is a pub on the river that always ends up under water.
York Minster has sections of it with scaffolding up - maintaining the Minster never stops, there is even dedicated stone mason and glass works, training new stonemason's and stained glass specialists!
Hi Ladies. Just discovered your channel by accident and it's great to see you enjoying a look around my home City. In medieval times the water was not safe to drink and the masons who built the Minster were given a beer allowance as that was purer than the water. That could be one of the reasons that it took 250 years to build.
York is my home city. As a Yorkshireman it is a great base to use to explore other nearby locations. Harrogate, Ripon cathedral and Appletons pork pie shop in Ripon. A few miles further on is Fountains Abbey and Styal Gardens. The two places are on one site. Pickering, Whitby, Scarborough and Beverley are a few other places. Richmond Castle, Middleham Castle ( Richard lll ) childhood home. There are so many places all within an hour to 90mins away. Also look online for the many abbey ruins around Yorkshire. They are spectacular.
Hiya from York. I've lived here for 30 years and wouldn't want to move anywhere else in the UK. York is often described as being an international city in the north of england. Unlike many others, most people in the city centre tend to be tourists. We have Viking, Roman, Norman, Tudor, Georgian, Edwardian, Victorian and modern history within a small, easily walkable area. Please visit when you are able to do so. You won't be disappointed. If you are in the area i would be pleased to show you both around.
The walls aren't medieval,they're Roman. York is known as Chocolate City.Rowntees and Terry's which were two main confectioners in the country. Whip ma whop ma gate is where the stocks and pillory were ,where lashinga and other punishments were carried out.It's included in a list of streets called Snickelways.These were small lanes linking different sections of the city.There is a book about them, think you'd love that. If you want to enjoy a lovely British tradition you should take afternnon tea at Betty's in St Helens Square or Taylors tea rooms on Stonegate which is above an original tea merchants shop.It still operational and has the original drawers for all the different teas...have a sniff at the cherry leaf drawer ,it's divine. I spent 11 years living in one of the most beautiful cities in Europe and miss her so much.When you go ,ask the locals where the best places are. Happy travelling x
I've watched your videos for ages but I'm I'm from York and I was so excited by this video! The video you watched really only scratches the surface and there is SO much more that you'd love in York!
York is perhaps my favourite place on earth. I've been several times and I've always loved it. But the moment which changed everything was when I organised a Stag Do (which I believe is a Batchelor Party for you Americans) for my best mate in York. I went a day early on my own so that I could enjoy a day in York and I had the best time. I can vouch for pretty much everything on this video. I've not seen the Railway Museum or been inside the Minster, but I've done everything else + more over several trips. When my friends arrived the next day, we started with a trip to York Dungeon before having a quick pint, doing some Axe Throwing, having a meal and then heading out into town for drinks after first dressing up as Vikings. The pub we spent most time in was Valhalla which is Viking themed. I also went last March for a day and immediately wanted to go back when I made my way home by train. And so a few months later I took a full week there and it was amazing. The main attractions have been mentioned, but a couple i'd add is Ghost Bus Tour York where you board a creepy looking old fashioned double decker bus and are driven around York at night being told a mix of humorous and scary tales. Also when you are at the Minster, just across the road is a small pub called the Guy Fawkes Inn. It's small, quaint and old fashioned, but I always stop in because it's most impressive fact is it was the house Guy Fawkes was actually born in. There is still plenty more i've not done so I may go back this April. I'm going to be in the area so may stop by, even if just for a short wander and a pint. Another side note, I travelled around Yorkshire from York on my recent Holiday and it's dead easy to get to some lovely towns and villages from York. I took day trips from York to Whitby, Scarborough and then one to Harrogate via Knaresborough. All of which were great. I'd also recommend Filey and even Leeds has a nice charm about it and is good for a city shopping break. One i'm planning on doing this year which is also a bit further from York but still reasonably close is Durham. You are out of Yorkshire by this point, but I'm reliably told it's an amazing city so I'm definitely checking it out as soon as I can.
@@Paul-hl8yg in the UK those are called cottages. Which is even more confusing seeing as live in a cottage (an actual cottage as opposed to a public lavatory)
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Betty's tea rooms are where one can get a nice cup of tea & a cream scone, cake or sandwich. A tad expensive but a treat. Harrogate & York are where you will find famous Betty's tea rooms in Yorkshire. 🙂🇬🇧🇺🇸
So pleased you’ve done York. Nearest city to where I live. I may be biased but York is amazing, packed full of history…especially if you’re in to vikings and romans. It’s got beautiful cobbled streets with lovely quirky shops, fantastic museums, an amazing cathedral, parks, you can take a boat out on the river and all within walking distance. You would love it!
I've been to York a few times, first time as a kid of 10. It really is beautiful and full of attractions. The city walls are great. I've done the old jail museum where Dick Turpin's cell can be visited. The viictorian street museum there is cool too. When I did the minster it was free. Different times vack then. The railway museum I've done two or three times. I love a steam engine. The royal trains they have their are stunning. Finally, I've done the viking museum, named Jorvik their name for the town. They only stumbled on the viking remains when they were doing some construction, so it's quite a new museum, but well worth seeing, they have reconstructed the old viking village below ground, where they found it. You sit in an electric cart and get driven around , speakers tell you what there is as you are taken round. It is impressive. York was a centre of chocolate making until quite recently. Companies like Terrys, Rowntree 's, , and Frys were based there. They have been absorbed by multinationals and production shifted elsewhere, which is a crime in my opinion. Modern times. I didn't know about the cats, that's new to me. Good video though. It didn't say, but the river ouse frequently floods the city, which causes damage and needs a lot of clearing when it does.
As a local, one thing that these sorts of videos never get across is just how small our city is. Despite all these attractions, the population is only around 200,000, only about 13 square miles. So all these sights and experiences are really close by to each other.
This video is bringing back childhood memories, I went to York a couple of times when I lived in West Yorkshire (aged 5.5-8), loved the Viking museum, the castle gardens though the peacocks chased me lol and the dungeons in the castle freaked me out! Also used to live in Rochester for 18 months or so, used to walk past the cathedral quite a bit, also went to the Dicken’s Festival which was fun.
We stayed in York a few years ago, we stayed in the annex of an Edwardian house. It was in a courtyard where they kept sheep and horses. Was stunning. York is beautiful, was lovely to see it again in this video. The Shambles was an experience. There is also a Roman museum too that we visited. For such a small Country we do have some amazing places to visit. Wet to Warwickshire for my 40th, check out the castle there, 1400 years old. We went on their anniversary and that is a whole day’s experience, love from 🏴
The mention of rain at the beginning wasn't the case when I spent an Easter weekend in York some years back. It was so warm and sunny, the boats on the river ran out of beer. The good thing about the city is that it is easy to walk round, no places to visit are that far away.
Great video, if you ever come to York you have to come just before Christmas, we have our own Christmas Market, there's mulled wine stalls everywhere. It's a really fun time of year, the streets looked even better when all the lights are up. I wouldn't really focus on the attractions to much, maybe its because I live here, (in fact you can almost see my house on the video) but most of them are a little dull. I'd recommend the dungeons and the viking museum but honestly, York is much more about the feel of the town, just wondering around the tight streets, eating, drinking and just soaking it in. Our only real down point is the river floods.........alot, any kind of sustained rain and it will flood, sometimes its fine other times like in 2015 its really bad.
York is my home town and I feel very lucky to have been born there. If you like history, it's the place to go. My mum's house is built on a Roman cemetery, and 200 yards up the road is the tyburn where Dick Turpin was hung. She was a dinner lady at the school where Guy Fawkes went to school before he tried to blow up Parliamnent in 1605. I proposed to my wife at the top of York Minster. It was a long way up, but well worth it (and she said 'yes' 🙂)
I live in the south of England but visit York frequently for a long weekend. It's absolutely gorgeous-not a massive city and most things are in walking distance so I park the car at whatever guest house I'm staying at and it stays there until my drive home. That's one of the reasons I love this stunning city. It really is as beautiful as it looks on the video and the atmosphere is amazing. The Jorvic Centre (where the viking museum is)is brilliant. The commentator had to skip over it a little as there is no photography inside but it is really well done and something for all ages.Same with the Castle Museum. The Minster is beautiful. It's amazing to think that so many of its builders/stonemasons/carpenters etc never saw it completed as it took centuaries to build. The ghost walks are great fun and really not scary! The video didn't include "Betty's" tea shop which is a lovely classy teashop that's quite famous. Love this city. If I could afford to I would by a place near it for weekend stays
York Minster is massive. But you can also go down under part of it, where there is one or more massive stainless steels nuts and bolts set in concrete as a means to stabilise the building. Also down there are some remnants as there was previously a Roman temple and then a Norman church in this very site. When I visited York frequently in the early-mid 70s, one end was covered in scaffolding, the purpose of which was to push the wall back into place. I believe it was there for 20 years. As with other medieval cities York is small and walkable. It is also extremely crowded during peak tourist season, so time your visit accordingly.
Hi both of you, York is less than an hours drive from me so we visit 3/4 times a year and its beautiful. You would love the shambles, some lovely shops, old and unusual. The minster is gorgeous, I’ve been inside before they started charging. A York boat ride is lovely too. Hope you get over to UK soon. Mandy West Yorkshire x
thought you girls would like to know york was the capitol city of england in medevial times, and the best fish and chips in the uk are in yorkshire, take care and be safe.
York is always a good day out. It can be expensive but you never feel ripped off. It's only 40 minutes up road from me and I should go more often than I do. You should look at what Yorkshire has to offer it was the largest county in the UK until it was split into north, south and west Yorkshire and east Ridings and Humberside. We have some great architecture here, I live a 15 minute walk from Europe's biggest manor house (Wentworth Manor) a nice place to walk around.
York is a great place too visit and the surrounding country is great. The wall will is a flat walk. I’m with you Natasha with back issues, my knees a goosed, new hips, 21 surgeries down the line and not much better. But I can do York wall, with a couple of stretching stops. 👍🇱🇷🇬🇧❤️🇱🇷🇱🇷🇬🇧❤️😛
As a Yorkshireman I used to go there every month or so. Just a 40 min bus trip then a 30 min train trip' got me there until the Covid virus stopped it. Must return in summer! NB! The Railway Museum admission was free when I was last there!
I took my daughter (when she was little) there one Sunday for a day out. It was a lovely. A lot in the video wasn't there then so I may have to visit again.
That train you paused on is regarded as the world's first successful steam locomotive. There are plenty of ex-industrial canals in the north there too :P
York is my favourite city in the UK, it can just about rival London for history, but without much of the tat. My favourite attraction and not even mentioned here, is the brass rubbing centre. It is ideal to go along on a rainy day, choose a small brass plaque, enjoy a cake and coffee and create your own moment. Visit York and you will want to stop.
My happy place york we go twice a year ..a great place to visit is york Castle museum. The victorian Street is amazing .. even going into night-time mode xx a ghost walk is a must xx the golden fleece is fantastic its so uneven walking you can tell how old the pub is .. the yorvic is a must , eat drakes fish and chips sat on the cathedral steps xx
Hiya Natasha and Debbie, I visited York 31 years ago, it was really lovely, if you are going to York I Would fly into Manchester rather than Heathrow or Gatwick (both in London) then your only about 2 hours away, plus the lake district is only about 1 hour 30 minutes away from York, if your going to have fish and chips don't go to the pub go to a fish and chip restaurant there much nicer, have a look on your Cumbria and Lake district map too see where Whitehaven is, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
Ahhhh I forgot about the Sundays dinner in a Yorkshire pudding sarnie, my mouth started drooling just thinking about it, and York is only a couple of hrs away.
if you go there i suggest you go to the Yorick museum (if it's opened) as not only do you get the sights & sounds of medieval York but the smells as well
Keep Travel Wednesdays of course you must. There are so many different places to see and visit around the UK and across the World. And also, more importantly to me, it gives me something to look forward to after a hard days work. So keep Travel Wednesdays is an absolute YES from me. Love, hugs and prayers from Sussex, UK.
I was horn in a little village called cawood about 10 miles from York, now I live in the south of Britain, Aldershot , cause my late father joined the parachute regiment who were based in Aldershot
You might like to see Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare. There are a number of RUclips videos, some are walking tour guides, others are your 'best things to see'. If you do visit, I can recommend visiting Shakespeare's old schoolhouse - it's still part of the current school !!
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Hi everyone! We apologize for holding the Union Flag upside-down as many have pointed out, we are American after all so we are still learning. Also, should we keep Travel Wednesdays? Let us know! Thanks for watching ❤️
Keep. Its lovely to see you enjoying other countries :)
No need to apologise at all!
Yes please carry on visiting England ❤️
@@bodeciawoman it won't just be England, it will be all of the UK and eventually other countries
Oh yes, keep it going, not just for the U.K., even though you haven’t had a look at the Scottish Highlands yet and haven’t had a look at Wales. Even though you might not venture up there yourself, (I’m a fellow arthritic with an artificial hip but who hasn’t hung up his hiking boots just yet, despite advancing years and currently a bit of an uneven struggle) have a look at some of the many walking and hiking You Tube pieces, because some of the scenery and camera work is just sensational. Scotlands Mountains is a good one for the Highlands and I’ve seen several excellent pieces on Wales and Snowdonia - the cheery Tea in Valhalla couple are excellent. Abbie Barnes does excellent pieces covering the whole country extensively, but she has the added focus on the constant battle she faces with her mental health. Nothing wrong with her camerawork though and you do get to see the ‘roads less travelled’ with all of them. Other countries are welcome too - I have been fortunate to visit Bagan in Myanmar and that was amazing, perhaps you could give us a run down on where you’d go in the US and what to do when we get there!
PS. You’re fine with getting the Union Flag the wrong way up, many people would admit to not knowing when it was upside down. Flown upside down I’m told it is a signal of being in distress - highly appropriate here just about now anyway!
I live in Sweden, recently came home from my first proper holiday in the North of England, and I must say Yorkshire blew me away! York was fantastic, as were Whitby, Haworth and Settle. Highly recommended, especially if you’re into history, beautiful old towns and gorgeous scenery. Will definitely return there!
Don't forget the Lake District!
Don't have fish and chips in the pub, have them at a proper fish and chip shop! :)
I came here to say the exact same thing! Whilst you may get decent fish and chips in a pub, leave it to the experts and get it from a chippy!
The UK should ban Pubs from serving fish and chips
Similarly, whilst some pubs will do a perfectly edible curry, don't expect to eat authentic Indian food in a pub, leave that to the restaurants that specialise in it.
That said, there are some pubs that do serve proper Indian food cooked by professional chefs (I used to go to one in the Waterloo area of London when I worked around there). But the kind of curries served up in a Wetherspoons on 'Curry Night' are no better than the microwavable curries you can get from any supermarket.
At a coastal town.
Yup you read it ..F&AC 🐟go to the take away fishy !! Fried haddock or cod in beautiful batter with vinegar and salt .wrapped in paper ..mmm..British street food 👌🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸💪
York being my city of birth and residence it was absolutely delightful to see you adore it so much. Quite frankly I can say with absolute certainty as someone who lives here, it is a beautiful city, much of which is often lost on me as a simple everyday sight. Despite that It always amazes me what those of other origins think of York. It may not be as openly grand as many places in the world but it has a very unique charm to it. My personal favorite sight in York is simply the Train Station itself, while not as painstakingly magnificent as the Minster it is a simply delightful building.
York, such a historical place. As a Yorkshireman, it is my counties capital city. It was so fondly missed, a 'New York' was named after it 😉 A couple of points missed in the video are the great age of the York Minster, at 1385 years old. It is a vast masterpiece in stone & glass. Also, in the great train museum, the history of the train is seen. From its start in England & beyond. The yellow small train in the video was the Stephenson's Rocket. That old steam machine was right at the beginning of railway history (1829) & being the first intercity train ever.. And for the time, all at a very frightening 30mph!! Lol. York is a wonderful little city! 👍🏴🇬🇧🇺🇸
Ah Yorkshire !! God practised first on paradise - and then He made Yorkshire.
Why do Yorkshiremen not go to church? What's the point? Why spend good money on the collection plate in church in the hope of going to some fictional heaven when you can live in Yorkshire and have the real thing for free?
Gods own county. Would not live anywhere else
This is what people miss out on when they only visit London and think they have seen the UK. Not...Even....Close 😀
Ladies! I just stumbled upon your channel completely by accident and I love your personalities and reactions. I am lucky enough to be born and raised in York, still living in this beautiful city to this day. Judging by your reactions you should definitely visit. I get the impression that many people from other countries think visiting London is all of the UK, so seeing you react to where I live in the North and be so excited by it was very refreshing. Much love to you both.
Quick thing: The reason the National Railway Museum is based here is that York has historically been a huge hub for railway tranport. I work in the rail industry myself, and can confirm the reason for this is that geographically York is pretty much the middle point between London and Edinburgh so the entire signalling system for the East Coast of the country was based here, and still is to this day. We have so much history here, and the North of England has so many great attractions to see within a short drive of the city. From York places like Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, beatiful moors and coastlines are accessible within an hour or so by car. Good luck getting anywhere in London within an hour given how busy it is!
Sorry for the lengthy comment, but I enjoyed this video so much. If you ever want to visit York drop me a message and I'll be more than happy to give you some recomendations of things to see here. Keep up the wonderful work and if you ever want some original guitar based music making for the channel please let me know as that's what I do in my spare time
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I wouldn’t generally go to a pub for fish and chips, although there may be some good places that do them so by all means go for it - but the traditional place for fish and chips is not the pub as it is in the US with Irish pubs and what not - but the fish and chip shop. Drake’s is a popular one, not far from the Minster so you can get you fish and chips and eat them on a bench looking at the Minster and then maybe head in too look around!
Pubs are a great place to have a roast dinner - including a Yorkshire Pudding!
i totally agree, a pub chippy isn't the best representative. gotta be an actual chip shop
Did you know York was the Capital of the Roman Empire for a short period between 208-211 AD
Watching your reaction to York, tells my how London-centric the US are shown places to visit in the Uk.
It’s also not far from the Lakes and stunning Yorkshire moors and Dales.
Wasn't Septimius Severus declared Emperor there as well?
@John Ashtone How could I forget Constantine! 🤦♂️
You forgot the ebor handicap race. Partly named for the old Roman name .
@@simonmonk7266 Eboracum, to be fully correct.
@@dinerouk is that's what the race is called ? I thought it was just eboracum shortened for horse race .
York is the safest city in the UK to live it as the lowest crime rate great place to live
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In the UK do not go to the pub for fish & chips. Go to a chippy instead. Pub fish & chips are not proper fish & chips.
You should look at the west country counties in England, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset have some lovely places there too, Cornwall has St Michaels Mount a castle on a small island just off the coast of cornwall in a bay which you can walk to when the tide is out. Cornwall also has an outdoor theatre which is built into the rocks at a side of a cliff with sea views called the Minack theatre in Porthcurno, the Eden project is in Cornwall as well, Cheddar Gorge in Somerset where Cheddar cheese is from, as well as all counties have lovely scenery, bays and beaches, old villages, shops and pubs. worth looking at.
Dont forget us up here in north Devon and exmoor
@@stevejpm1 Of course i love Lynton, ilfracombe, Clovelly etc and the whole of Devon, Dartmoor, Brixham harbour, Dartmouth etc are some of the most beautiful places in England.
We have searched and searched for a non-copyrighted video of Cornwall that doesn't just play music and cannot find one!
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Oh thats a shame, i will try to look out for one too maybe one that covers Devon as well.
Somerset,Devon and Cornwall are amazing places
I'm a Yorkshire Gal... Last time we went to York, we stayed a couple of nights in the Golden Fleece... Our room was top floor and the windows faced straight up the Shambles.
York is the County Capital of Yorkshire. So it's gone through MANY ages of building & "modernisation" & you can still see slices of it all.
I live in North Yorkshire about an hours drive from York. Watching your reaction made me realise how much I take things for granted, I have lived around so much history and ancient buildings for so long I don't notice them anymore. You have made me look again at a city I have known all my life with fresh eyes Thank you.
york is outstanding place to visit, was based there for 6 months ,strensall. visited york all the time, cracking place to visit, enjoy
You girl's will just love York. I'm a Brit and have lived on the outskirts of London most of my life, but through my work I got to live in a small town between York and Leeds for ten years. Leeds is nice, but York is just fantastic. It had history in every brick, it looks right, it smells right, it is just the most historic place you can ever imagine, and take the ghost tours, you get taken down some little alleyway, and told about the horror's that befell someone hundred's of years ago, and the building is still there, staring you in the face!
York will blow you away, it is living history, spanning over 1000 years. It should be one of the world's modern day wonders ...
York is amazing..it’s got to be on your itinerary..a must do
you would love whitby, climb the 199 steps (sorry i know thats a problem for you) up to the whitby abbey where its said that dracula alighted to do his deeds in whitby its old and beautiful
Hi guys …thank you for loving my country …I live in West Yorkshire which York is in our county ..it is beautiful…I live in Halifax in the Yorkshire Dales ….on the video you just watched you reacted to the steep cobbled street ..that the Main Street in Howarth where the Brontë sisters lived … I love watching your videos your enthusiasm is lovely xx
Thank you so very much Susan ❤❤
East Yorkshire lad here, i lived in west yorkshire many years & back in east now. Be it north, west, east or south, our York 'Shires' are stunning. Love Yorkshire. 🏴🇬🇧
The shop windows in The Shambles have large, wide, ledges. There used to be a sign in one of the shop windows that said: "To our American visitors, please do not sit on the ledge, it's older than your Country."
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I saw a video for the Yorkshire dales there at the end, you should definitely have a look at that if you enjoyed the lake district.
Whitby, Yorkshire Dales (I'm from near there) Manchester, Brighton, St Ives or Cornwall in general, Devon, London, Canterbury, Peak District, Exmoor, New Forest, Dover (especially Dover Castle) and the Seven sister cliffs
Hurray, someone mentioned my lovely Sussex even if they didn't say the name!
So pleased you enjoyed York showing London is not the only place in the UK. York is a fascinating place the Minster a must see. I did take my Uncle on a visit from NY he had a thing about churches we entered he cried, but didn't know why. Most pubs sell food, beer is not the only drink although you will get alcohol free beers and wines as well as soft drinks and tea and coffee. Fish and chips better at the coast but still good in pubs. Castle Howard is not far from York and worth a visit, travel on Whitby the fishing town (fish and chips) and Dracula also the ruins of the Abbey. Next try the Highlands of Scotland a feast for the eyes and taste buds.
I’m from Yorkshire which is where York is. Plus my Dad maintained the Flying Scotsman Train
York is stunning, if you havnt already check out Bath and if you like architecture Glastonbury and Rosslyn Chapel Outside Edinburgh.
Oioi lasses, Durham Lad here, the piece with the railways in, the rocket engine , the yellow one, well many , many years ago when I was an apprentice, we helped make and build that very engine, 1974 I think, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, also the very first railway for it was the Stockton to Darlington, actually Shildon to Stockton but Darlington was the nearest large Market Town. The very first track was at the bottom of our back garden, Moule Close, where our local pub is called the Iron Horse, but quocically known as the "Tin Donkey", lol. If your into owt like this maybe Beamish Open Museum will interest you lasses, (owt = anything ), it's about 60 miles north in County Durham and there's also Durham Cathedral, the 3rd most visited Cathedral after St Paul's, York Minster, it's on the pilgrim route. Enjoying the crack lasses 👍👍
One thing you may appreciate at the Minster is that the Masons that are continually repairing it have a lean-to outside the building where they work on various sculptures and decorated masonry for the Minster, so you get to see them at work - they get an elevator outside (a temporary one) but we don’t. Used to work right next door to the Minster so used to enjoy seeing the Masons in the morning - and my view at the end of the day was the looming Minster over a narrow cobbled street. Beautiful whatever the weather
Shambolic, it is thought the name comes from York, a street name the Shambles, where nearly every shop was a butchers. The street ran with animal blood and discarded body parts etc. So if you say it’s a Shambles its chaotic, disorganized, or mismanaged. To eat humble [umble] pie, meaning a pie made with poor quality meat offal and caste away bits from various animals etc for only the poor , the rich of course lived off the fat of the land. Ps Only buy fish and chips from a chippy, if you can find one that cooks in beef dripping ,but avoid Pubs. Its not the full deal.
This small street was first mentioned in the records of York around the year 1505. Back then, it had the name ‘Whitnourwhatnourgate’.
According to the plaque hanging above the street, these words were thought to be Saxon for ‘What a Street!’.
However, modern research into the Saxon language has revealed that these words stringed together actually translate into ‘Neither One Thing Nor The Other’.
Hi ladies. When I was young and lovely and had all my own hair and teeth, this was my favourite holiday destination 'up north'
Been on many pub crawls round York great place to visit, 14:30 is outside the Kings arms and when the river floods the water is from building face to building face and you cant get a rowing boat under that bridge. I have just noticed that you can see it on Google maps street view looking from outside the Slug & Lettuce amazing!
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Hi Natasha and Debbie,
Living in northern England I have visited York many times and I guessed you would like the city which was founded by the Romans in AD71 who named it Eboracum. After the Romans left and we descended into the Dark Ages as it was called, the city was invaded by the Vikings in 866 and renamed Jorvic (Yorvik).
Thanks for the shout out, really enjoy all your contents.....keep up the good work😄
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Re: "Whip-ma-whop-ma-gate": It's the shortest 'street' in York, being only a few feet long, so there are no buildings located on it, and apart from it forming a junction between two other streets, nor does it go anywhere. As to the name: it was first recorded in 1505 as "Whitnourwhatnourgate" meaning "neither one thing nor the other street" (the 'gate' part comes from the Germanic: "geht" which means 'way' or 'path', - seen as part of street names in many parts of England, mainly in Yorkshire.)
As a tourist attraction, all you can say about seeing it is that you've seen it! Of course, you can take a photograph of the street sign, (which stretches almost the street's entire length,) but to be honest, there's very little else there as an attraction, (except that it's on the walking route to many other more interesting places in York!)
Have had a couple of lovely holidays in York. Our hotel was overlooking the river and we used to sit there every morning after breakfast. Lovely and restful.
My brother has a flagpole in his garden and a lot of flags, one for each holiday and memoriam day etc and fly's them on that day, good tradition
The pretty little villages that hug the coastline and hidden coves of Devon and Cornwall,rich in smugglers lore and artists colonies,and the 'English Riviera', are well worth a look up. Portloe,Polperro,St Ive's,Torquay,..AND the Scilly Isles with their almost tropical feel about them..
Totally with you on that. Remember when i took my South African partner down to Cornwall he couldnt believe how beautiful the fishing villages where
Agreed. I may be an Essex gal, but Cornwall has my heart !
I live in south Devon also a stunning place
@@evar7816 Oh I agree and the best cream teas!
The south is overrated and way too much attention is paid to it.
Hi love your channel, I’m surprised the Nestle KITKAT factory & Roundtree village wasn’t mentioned. Good video tho! I believe all KitKats are made here & where they originated from. Thanks x
I'm not from there but the New Forest is a gorgeous part of our country. Loads and loads of horses walking wild but all owned. But probably thousands walking wild!
I have recently found your channel and some of the video's are fascinating. There is an ice cream boat in York for Debbie. It's a narrow boat and can usually be found moored beside Lendal Bridge in the city centre during the summer. There are also ice cream shops on Stonegate. There was a TV series called Heartbeat which was filmed around Whitby on the North Yorkshire moors which gives views of the area.
Ladies you must check out the Keukenhof bulb festival which takes place each year in Holland . I know you both love flowers and this event from March to May each year showcases the bulb growing industry. We went in person back in 2016 and just driving to the event through fields of tulips stopping for photographs every 5 minutes. The local couples come in their wedding attire to have lasting images of their big day.
York is a joy and a gift. I love it at Christmas. It has a real Dickensian feel.
Visit York several times a year ( pre-covid ) and never tire of it. The video didn't mention that the river floods most years - there is a pub on the river that always ends up under water.
It's called The Kings Head and the beer barrels are kept not in the basement but on the first floor to save them being ruined by the flood.water.
York Minster has sections of it with scaffolding up - maintaining the Minster never stops, there is even dedicated stone mason and glass works, training new stonemason's and stained glass specialists!
Hi Ladies. Just discovered your channel by accident and it's great to see you enjoying a look around my home City. In medieval times the water was not safe to drink and the masons who built the Minster were given a beer allowance as that was purer than the water. That could be one of the reasons that it took 250 years to build.
York is my home city. As a Yorkshireman it is a great base to use to explore other nearby locations. Harrogate, Ripon cathedral and Appletons pork pie shop in Ripon. A few miles further on is Fountains Abbey and Styal Gardens. The two places are on one site. Pickering, Whitby, Scarborough and Beverley are a few other places. Richmond Castle, Middleham Castle ( Richard lll ) childhood home. There are so many places all within an hour to 90mins away. Also look online for the many abbey ruins around Yorkshire. They are spectacular.
York Minster is absolutely stunning.
Hiya from York. I've lived here for 30 years and wouldn't want to move anywhere else in the UK. York is often described as being an international city in the north of england. Unlike many others, most people in the city centre tend to be tourists. We have Viking, Roman, Norman, Tudor, Georgian, Edwardian, Victorian and modern history within a small, easily walkable area. Please visit when you are able to do so. You won't be disappointed. If you are in the area i would be pleased to show you both around.
One of my favourite places,such alot of history.The Minster,the Viking centre and rail museum.😊
The walls aren't medieval,they're Roman.
York is known as Chocolate City.Rowntees and Terry's which were two main confectioners in the country.
Whip ma whop ma gate is where the stocks and pillory were ,where lashinga and other punishments were carried out.It's included in a list of streets called Snickelways.These were small lanes linking different sections of the city.There is a book about them, think you'd love that.
If you want to enjoy a lovely British tradition you should take afternnon tea at Betty's in St Helens Square or Taylors tea rooms on Stonegate which is above an original tea merchants shop.It still operational and has the original drawers for all the different teas...have a sniff at the cherry leaf drawer ,it's divine.
I spent 11 years living in one of the most beautiful cities in Europe and miss her so much.When you go ,ask the locals where the best places are.
Happy travelling x
I've watched your videos for ages but I'm I'm from York and I was so excited by this video! The video you watched really only scratches the surface and there is SO much more that you'd love in York!
And the Minster was built from 1220 to 1472.
York is perhaps my favourite place on earth. I've been several times and I've always loved it. But the moment which changed everything was when I organised a Stag Do (which I believe is a Batchelor Party for you Americans) for my best mate in York. I went a day early on my own so that I could enjoy a day in York and I had the best time. I can vouch for pretty much everything on this video. I've not seen the Railway Museum or been inside the Minster, but I've done everything else + more over several trips. When my friends arrived the next day, we started with a trip to York Dungeon before having a quick pint, doing some Axe Throwing, having a meal and then heading out into town for drinks after first dressing up as Vikings. The pub we spent most time in was Valhalla which is Viking themed. I also went last March for a day and immediately wanted to go back when I made my way home by train. And so a few months later I took a full week there and it was amazing. The main attractions have been mentioned, but a couple i'd add is Ghost Bus Tour York where you board a creepy looking old fashioned double decker bus and are driven around York at night being told a mix of humorous and scary tales. Also when you are at the Minster, just across the road is a small pub called the Guy Fawkes Inn. It's small, quaint and old fashioned, but I always stop in because it's most impressive fact is it was the house Guy Fawkes was actually born in. There is still plenty more i've not done so I may go back this April. I'm going to be in the area so may stop by, even if just for a short wander and a pint. Another side note, I travelled around Yorkshire from York on my recent Holiday and it's dead easy to get to some lovely towns and villages from York. I took day trips from York to Whitby, Scarborough and then one to Harrogate via Knaresborough. All of which were great. I'd also recommend Filey and even Leeds has a nice charm about it and is good for a city shopping break. One i'm planning on doing this year which is also a bit further from York but still reasonably close is Durham. You are out of Yorkshire by this point, but I'm reliably told it's an amazing city so I'm definitely checking it out as soon as I can.
I can’t believe no one has mentioned Betty’s!
I know we’re not usually noted for our food… but Betty’s is special :)
I believe 'tea rooms' mean something different in the states Lol. 🇬🇧
Tea rooms aren't very common but they only mean Tea room. Not slang for anything.
@@Paul-hl8yg in the UK those are called cottages. Which is even more confusing seeing as live in a cottage (an actual cottage as opposed to a public lavatory)
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Betty's tea rooms are where one can get a nice cup of tea & a cream scone, cake or sandwich. A tad expensive but a treat. Harrogate & York are where you will find famous Betty's tea rooms in Yorkshire. 🙂🇬🇧🇺🇸
So much to do and see in York. Time is a necessity. It's a beautiful place and I love it. I hope you both get the chance to see it too.
So pleased you’ve done York. Nearest city to where I live. I may be biased but York is amazing, packed full of history…especially if you’re in to vikings and romans. It’s got beautiful cobbled streets with lovely quirky shops, fantastic museums, an amazing cathedral, parks, you can take a boat out on the river and all within walking distance. You would love it!
10 minutes down the road from me. Amazing place.
York is one of my favourite places. The cobbled side streets are lovely. Xxx
I live 20miles from york,went there on sunday to go to the railway museum,cracking place
I've been to York a few times, first time as a kid of 10. It really is beautiful and full of attractions. The city walls are great. I've done the old jail museum where Dick Turpin's cell can be visited. The viictorian street museum there is cool too. When I did the minster it was free. Different times vack then. The railway museum I've done two or three times. I love a steam engine. The royal trains they have their are stunning. Finally, I've done the viking museum, named Jorvik their name for the town. They only stumbled on the viking remains when they were doing some construction, so it's quite a new museum, but well worth seeing, they have reconstructed the old viking village below ground, where they found it. You sit in an electric cart and get driven around , speakers tell you what there is as you are taken round. It is impressive. York was a centre of chocolate making until quite recently. Companies like Terrys, Rowntree 's, , and Frys were based there. They have been absorbed by multinationals and production shifted elsewhere, which is a crime in my opinion. Modern times.
I didn't know about the cats, that's new to me. Good video though. It didn't say, but the river ouse frequently floods the city, which causes damage and needs a lot of clearing when it does.
And now I'm homesick. I used to love spending my lunch breaks reading in Museum Gardens.
Whip-ma-whop-ma-gate makes me smile when I get the Coastliner bus from Whitby to York I always look out for it
As a local, one thing that these sorts of videos never get across is just how small our city is. Despite all these attractions, the population is only around 200,000, only about 13 square miles. So all these sights and experiences are really close by to each other.
This video is bringing back childhood memories, I went to York a couple of times when I lived in West Yorkshire (aged 5.5-8), loved the Viking museum, the castle gardens though the peacocks chased me lol and the dungeons in the castle freaked me out! Also used to live in Rochester for 18 months or so, used to walk past the cathedral quite a bit, also went to the Dicken’s Festival which was fun.
York is beautiful and very old!!! York Minister and it's Rose Glass Window is beautiful. I am off to Yorkshire this summer holidays.
It took a while to build because ever tiny part of it is made by hand from the bricks to the carvings, the glass windows and even the nails!
We stayed in York a few years ago, we stayed in the annex of an Edwardian house. It was in a courtyard where they kept sheep and horses. Was stunning. York is beautiful, was lovely to see it again in this video. The Shambles was an experience. There is also a Roman museum too that we visited. For such a small Country we do have some amazing places to visit. Wet to Warwickshire for my 40th, check out the castle there, 1400 years old. We went on their anniversary and that is a whole day’s experience, love from 🏴
Waking the wall is a great thing to do. Also a relaxing drink by the river Ouse near the bridge.
The mention of rain at the beginning wasn't the case when I spent an Easter weekend in York some years back. It was so warm and sunny, the boats on the river ran out of beer.
The good thing about the city is that it is easy to walk round, no places to visit are that far away.
Just a quick hello from the UK 🇬🇧.once again another lovely video.stay safe ,stay happy.🌹
Betty’s Tea Rooms !!
Great video, if you ever come to York you have to come just before Christmas, we have our own Christmas Market, there's mulled wine stalls everywhere. It's a really fun time of year, the streets looked even better when all the lights are up. I wouldn't really focus on the attractions to much, maybe its because I live here, (in fact you can almost see my house on the video) but most of them are a little dull. I'd recommend the dungeons and the viking museum but honestly, York is much more about the feel of the town, just wondering around the tight streets, eating, drinking and just soaking it in.
Our only real down point is the river floods.........alot, any kind of sustained rain and it will flood, sometimes its fine other times like in 2015 its really bad.
York is my home town and I feel very lucky to have been born there. If you like history, it's the place to go. My mum's house is built on a Roman cemetery, and 200 yards up the road is the tyburn where Dick Turpin was hung. She was a dinner lady at the school where Guy Fawkes went to school before he tried to blow up Parliamnent in 1605. I proposed to my wife at the top of York Minster. It was a long way up, but well worth it (and she said 'yes' 🙂)
I live in the south of England but visit York frequently for a long weekend. It's absolutely gorgeous-not a massive city and most things are in walking distance so I park the car at whatever guest house I'm staying at and it stays there until my drive home. That's one of the reasons I love this stunning city. It really is as beautiful as it looks on the video and the atmosphere is amazing. The Jorvic Centre (where the viking museum is)is brilliant. The commentator had to skip over it a little as there is no photography inside but it is really well done and something for all ages.Same with the Castle Museum. The Minster is beautiful. It's amazing to think that so many of its builders/stonemasons/carpenters etc never saw it completed as it took centuaries to build.
The ghost walks are great fun and really not scary! The video didn't include "Betty's" tea shop which is a lovely classy teashop that's quite famous. Love this city. If I could afford to I would by a place near it for weekend stays
York Minster is massive. But you can also go down under part of it, where there is one or more massive stainless steels nuts and bolts set in concrete as a means to stabilise the building. Also down there are some remnants as there was previously a Roman temple and then a Norman church in this very site.
When I visited York frequently in the early-mid 70s, one end was covered in scaffolding, the purpose of which was to push the wall back into place. I believe it was there for 20 years.
As with other medieval cities York is small and walkable. It is also extremely crowded during peak tourist season, so time your visit accordingly.
Hi both of you, York is less than an hours drive from me so we visit 3/4 times a year and its beautiful. You would love the shambles, some lovely shops, old and unusual. The minster is gorgeous, I’ve been inside before they started charging. A York boat ride is lovely too. Hope you get over to UK soon. Mandy West Yorkshire x
Great video, I live 20 miles from that lovely city. Love the market and taking a boat on the river Ouse. 😀
thought you girls would like to know york was the capitol city of england in medevial times, and the best fish and chips in the uk are in yorkshire,
take care and be safe.
York is always a good day out. It can be expensive but you never feel ripped off. It's only 40 minutes up road from me and I should go more often than I do. You should look at what Yorkshire has to offer it was the largest county in the UK until it was split into north, south and west Yorkshire and east Ridings and Humberside. We have some great architecture here, I live a 15 minute walk from Europe's biggest manor house (Wentworth Manor) a nice place to walk around.
York is a great place too visit and the surrounding country is great. The wall will is a flat walk. I’m with you Natasha with back issues, my knees a goosed, new hips, 21 surgeries down the line and not much better. But I can do York wall, with a couple of stretching stops. 👍🇱🇷🇬🇧❤️🇱🇷🇱🇷🇬🇧❤️😛
As a Yorkshireman I used to go there every month or so. Just a 40 min bus trip then a 30 min train trip' got me there until the Covid virus stopped it. Must return in summer! NB! The Railway Museum admission was free when I was last there!
I took my daughter (when she was little) there one Sunday for a day out. It was a lovely. A lot in the video wasn't there then so I may have to visit again.
That train you paused on is regarded as the world's first successful steam locomotive. There are plenty of ex-industrial canals in the north there too :P
York is my favourite city in the UK, it can just about rival London for history, but without much of the tat. My favourite attraction and not even mentioned here, is the brass rubbing centre. It is ideal to go along on a rainy day, choose a small brass plaque, enjoy a cake and coffee and create your own moment. Visit York and you will want to stop.
My happy place york we go twice a year ..a great place to visit is york Castle museum. The victorian Street is amazing .. even going into night-time mode xx a ghost walk is a must xx the golden fleece is fantastic its so uneven walking you can tell how old the pub is .. the yorvic is a must , eat drakes fish and chips sat on the cathedral steps xx
That street at the end of this video is a place called ... HAWORTH.. You Would Love HAWORTH x
Hiya Natasha and Debbie, I visited York 31 years ago, it was really lovely, if you are going to York I Would fly into Manchester rather than Heathrow or Gatwick (both in London) then your only about 2 hours away, plus the lake district is only about 1 hour 30 minutes away from York, if your going to have fish and chips don't go to the pub go to a fish and chip restaurant there much nicer, have a look on your Cumbria and Lake district map too see where Whitehaven is, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
Thank you so much for the video it inspired a conversation in the family that we have booked a couple of days in York
That is so cool!!!
York is lovely and tons more to do: The Treasurers House, Roman Baths - I could go on!
Afternoon Tea, at Betty's Tea Room
Westminster Abbey in London too over 100 years to build. You have to remember they didnt have mechanised tools. They were craftsmen.
Ahhhh I forgot about the Sundays dinner in a Yorkshire pudding sarnie, my mouth started drooling just thinking about it, and York is only a couple of hrs away.
if you go there i suggest you go to the Yorick museum (if it's opened) as not only do you get the sights & sounds of medieval York but the smells as well
Keep Travel Wednesdays of course you must. There are so many different places to see and visit around the UK and across the World. And also, more importantly to me, it gives me something to look forward to after a hard days work. So keep Travel Wednesdays is an absolute YES from me. Love, hugs and prayers from Sussex, UK.
York Minster is built of hand carved stone which is why it took so long to build.
Hey I live about a 10 minute drive from York! Nice to see you giving it some love!
I was horn in a little village called cawood about 10 miles from York, now I live in the south of Britain, Aldershot , cause my late father joined the parachute regiment who were based in Aldershot
You might like to see Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare. There are a number of RUclips videos, some are walking tour guides, others are your 'best things to see'. If you do visit, I can recommend visiting Shakespeare's old schoolhouse - it's still part of the current school !!
It’s good to see someone doing something about York lived here all my life