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UK2018 Trip - Dec 12
Dec. 12th, 2018 04:13 pmMy morning began with gazing out my balcony for many minutes, lost in thought. I took a series of pictures to capture the view:
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( lotsa pics )UK2018 Trip - Dec 11
Dec. 11th, 2018 09:18 pmShort and sweet today - didn't visit any new streets, and spent a good chunk of the day pushing a wheelchair which didn't give me much opportunity to free up my hands and take a plethora of pics. But there are some! Never fear!
First thing this morning I popped out to M&S to get milk for breakfast -- and noticed that M&S has a nifty clock:
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First thing this morning I popped out to M&S to get milk for breakfast -- and noticed that M&S has a nifty clock:
( a few moar pics )UK2018 Trip - Dec 10
Dec. 10th, 2018 04:25 pmToday's walkabout was a bit long, to make up for yesterday. I set off early in the morning and went down Piccadilly, the only remaining street radiating from our flat that I hadn't yet gone down. It took me to another section of the city walls where I found Fishergate Postern Tower:
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( lotsa pics )UK2018 Trip - Dec 9
Dec. 9th, 2018 07:04 pmI decided not to go on walkabout today, so I will have no new historic sites with which to regale you. A week of unwonted walking finally caught up with me, so I was beat and just wanted to take it easy today. But I awoke to a bright sunny morning, serenaded by far-off church bells... so when I went out for coffee I captured the clear sky and the cheery sun on the buildings around my block:
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( lotsa pics )UK2018 Trip - Dec 8
Dec. 8th, 2018 06:22 pmToday I was greeted by a bright sunny morning, wherein I went out for coffee and briefly got lost, during which loss I stumbled upon St. Mary's:
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( lotsa pics )UK2018 Trip - Dec 7
Dec. 7th, 2018 05:21 pmToday's jaunt was short but sweet, taking in stretches I have seen many times along with ones brand new to me! After a damp morning, a sunny break coaxed me out:
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( lotsa pics )UK2018 Trip - Dec 6
Dec. 6th, 2018 03:53 pmToday was mostly another walkabout day for me. This morning we went to the grocery store, on the way to which we passed the 15th century pub The Black Swan:
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( lotsa pics )UK2018 Trip - Dec 5
Dec. 5th, 2018 07:27 pmI thought this was gonna be a quiet day, cuz it was rainy and no one felt like going out. But then after breakfast, we ended up going across the street to shop at Primark and I got some new T-shirts. Then we came back home for lunch and I felt like I didn't wanna waste the couple of remaining hours of daylight... so I put my hood up and went on a wander to places I hadn't been before.
I travelled west along the River Foss:
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I travelled west along the River Foss:
( lotsa pics )UK2018 Trip - Dec 4
Dec. 4th, 2018 05:33 pmFor my first morning in York, I was greeted by a clear sunny day with ducks sailing past below my balcony:
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( lotsa pics )UK2018 Trip - Dec 3
Dec. 3rd, 2018 08:07 pmAfter we checked out this morning, Margery and her clan treated us to breakfast out, then took us back to her place for a parting visit -- where I saw more of those crowned chimneys:
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UK2018 Trip - Dec 2
Dec. 2nd, 2018 09:29 pmThe hotel wifi was a bit better behaved this morning! And an even more welcome surprise: Local Hero was on TV -- one of our very fave films! And most apropos, as its Scottish setting closely resembles the north of England where we find ourselves now:
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( lotsa pics )UK2018 Trip - Dec 1
Dec. 1st, 2018 07:06 pmWe are staying at the Premier Inn in Halifax, West Yorskshire. It is clean, comfy, and well maintained, with an excellent shower - perfectly suitable for us in every respect but one: its free wifi is cranky, spotty, and at times dead. (The fact that they also explicitly advertise the availability of their higher-performance paid wifi raises a suspicious eyebrow.)
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( lotsa pics )UK2018 Trip - Nov 30
Nov. 30th, 2018 06:12 pmOur trip hit a small bump early on when the power went out in the plane twice before we were cleared to take off. Gotta admit, though, that I had more leg room on this flight than any other one I've ever been on:
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( lotsa pics )something I am grateful for today
Nov. 29th, 2018 10:08 amthe excitement and anticipation of returning to the UK
something I am grateful for today
Nov. 25th, 2018 05:59 pmgetting excited about our upcoming return to the UK
