Trip to York

Today Me, Meg and Shelly went on a well deserved trip to York as a bit of a celebration for the end of the cop module. I was super excited as I have never been before and have only heard good things! I was definitely not disappointed.

First we visited York Art Gallery and stopped by Mark Hearld's lumber room, which I turned into a bit of a nerd about (on a separate post). Grayson Perry also had a sculpture displayed in one of the exhibitions which I found really interesting. I saw his new documentary 'All Man' yesterday and found his work to be very symbolic and profound when you look into it, kind of makes me want to try ceramics - maybe something to think about next year!

OUR DAY

Walking along the walls

I don't know if we were supposed to do this but we found a creepy looking door so we went to investigate and it led across some beautiful gardens in York. On the other side there was a sign and an entrance for some kind of roman ruins tour that you had to pay for - I think we were supposed to do that but we went the wrong way so oh well! It felt so nice to be in the quiet and at one with nature, York is such a peaceful place! Just what we needed after a hectic few weeks to clear our heads.

Shambles market

Now this was seriously cool. I felt like I was on the set of Harry Potter or something, I feel like this part of the city is what people think England is like. Wandering around the market and into the cute little shops was so much fun! We also bought lots of fudge and watched it being made, I got chocolate orange (my fav) and chocolate mint flavour which didn't last long. We also went to the little shambles tea room for afternoon tea which was lovely.

The Train

We were a bit naughty and got an earlier train. Because Leeds was only one stop away we thought we would get away with it but the ticket dude did notice, however he was a very nice chap and let us off 'just this once' phew! Also, we bumped into Jamie at the station which was funny because we had been joking about that all day.

I felt very refreshed after the trip.