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Subject: [Leica] More of York - a walk around the city centre
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:44:17 +0200
References: <4A737C45.70705@gmx.de> <7AD99479-9519-486D-9B34-E723F5AA7148@comcast.net>

Dick,

The problem is that there is so much to see in York and never enough 
time, the gardens are probably the least interesting bit, although they 
are really beautiful in summer.

The Castle Museum alone takes about 2 to 3 hours, the National Railway 
Museum another 2, the Minster an hour, at the Jorvik centre you normally 
have to queue for about an hour and then even fitting in a pub, a 
Cornish Pasty and a decent coffee gets difficult.

The trip up the river to the Bishop's palace is a good one on a sunny 
day, but we never seem to be able to find the time, even though we 
usually spend the whole day there.

Cheers and thanks for looking
Douglas

Richard Taylor wrote:
> I had no idea those gardens were there.  I feel like I missed out, but 
> then I only had a few hours in York on my last trip over so maybe it's 
> not surprising I missed out on some interesting stuff.  Thanks for 
> posting this series.  It's brought back some happy memories.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dick
>
>
>
> On Jul 31, 2009, at 7:20 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> This is the rest of my York album, at least for the time being, there 
>> may well be a bit more hiding in boxes of slides I haven't looked 
>> through yet.
>> But I think it's enough for the moment.
>>
>> For anyone who hasn't seen any of these yet, they start here:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/York/?g2_page=1
>>
>> If you have seen the earlier posts, the last set begins here with an 
>> attractive flower seller with a smile and a mouth full of sandwich:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/York/_MG_4675.jpg.html
>>
>> This is the large version: 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/172674-1/_MG_4675.jpg
>>
>> Here are a couple of samples of the latest shots posted.
>>
>> York Minster is so big that and in such narrow streets that even a 12 
>> mm lens isn't quite wide enough, here's about half of it (it's 
>> heavily cropped because the knuckle of my big fat finger covered half 
>> of the right hand side)
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/York/20070813-_MG_6911.jpg.html
>>
>> and an attempt to get the main tower into the frame - unfortunately, 
>> if I try to correct the verticals the top of the tower disappears out 
>> of the frame. So it's still a bit distorted:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/York/York0249scan.jpg.html
>>
>>
>> Where to get the freshest lemonade in York and, behind the stand, the 
>> place where the best Cornish Pasties are sold.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/York/Colour_MG_4713.jpg.html
>>
>> St William's College ( I wrote school in the captions - it's wrong). 
>> A very nice cafe, but a bit expensive for my tastes. An quiet ancient 
>> courtyard, ideal for recovering from the truly breathtaking York 
>> Minster. It's almost next door
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/York/York0250scan-Edit.jpg.html
>>
>> Hope you enjoy a little walk around my favourite part of the centre 
>> of York.
>> Cheers
>> Douglas
>>
>>
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