Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas - Ah, yes, as always, too much to do and too little time to do it. I'd love to get up there again. I'm hoping to be heading over your way in late-October to visit friends on the South Coast and spend at least a few days in London but another visit to York is probably going to have to wait for another time sad to say. In the meantime keep the pix coming. Thanks. Regards, Dick On Aug 01, 2009, at 6:44 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information