North Yorkshire and The Lake District

The National Railway Museum in York



The Shambles
Beautiful sea-side town Whitby
The Whitby Abbey

Couldn't resist this photo...
Robin Hoods Bay

Walking through Ambleside in The Lake District


Steam train near Windermere. Toot toot!


We caught a train to York from London and then hired a car and drove around the north of Yorkshire and The Lake District for five nights. Surprisingly, we had never been up that way in our five years over here was quite nice to hear the different accents and see other parts of England. London really is quite different to the rest of the country...

York was cool little town. Would have liked to have stayed a bit longer here. Lots to see and do and of course the National Railway museum was there.

We were really impressed with how lovely Whitby was. Sea-side towns are not normally that glamorous in this country, but this one was quaint and not overtaken by tacky shops on the sea front. We even had the best fish 'n chips we had ever had in this country up there. Managed to source a bit of Whitby Jet while there as well. Lots of local jewellers sell it and seems to be quite an attraction to the town.

The Lake District was nice, but really touristy! Not that keen to spend our holiday with millions of other tourists but we managed to find our way into the wilderness and went on a few walking missions around the lakes. Very beautiful. Lots of visits to the local pubs and restaurants to put some energy back in after all that walking.