Sunday we caught the train to Newcastle. The train was full of kids on the way to a concert – getting louder the more alcohol they consumed. We wandered around town for a while then crossed the tilting Millennium Walkway to visit the Baltic Centre of modern art.
With the noisy crowds in town we were glad we had booked a room at the airport Hilton near where we are picking up a car tomorrow.
Monday we headed south to York via Whitby and Scarborough. It is a bank holiday and we were amazed at the crowds in these seaside towns. We visited Whitby Abbey, another ruin of the Henry VIII reformation and Scarborough castle which had spectacular views.
On Tuesday we wandered the streets of York including a guided walking tour of York. Roy, our volunteer guide obviously loved York and explained its history with great enthusiasm.
We braved the cold to see the remains of the roman fort, the medieval wall, and then visited the Jorvik Viking museum. This museum includes a Disney like ride through the reconstructed village that was discovered when they excavated a site in York in the seventies.
