Tuesday saw us visiting York. Good start, free parking and free bus into city. Railway museum free. Jorvik centre, had to pay. One out of four, not bad. The Jorvik centre has changed, we did not think it was as good.
Railway museum, something for all ages, including recycled teenagers. You do not have to be a railway geek to enjoy it. There are often temporary exhibits from various parts of the world that reflect other cultures. The warehouse, an area where articles are stored which are not exhibits in the purest sense is an Aladdins cave and very cleverly set out.
You can view the workshops and they have a real time signal display that duplicates the York signal box.
Keith has refrained from going into anorak mode.
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We are currently on a site near Sheriff Hutton, North of York. There are some lovely looking villages in the area, the archetypical English village, however they are not on the tourist routes. Foston,West Lilling and Stillington. Easingwold is a small but, attractive town.
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I had a problem when trying to use my generator with the van, it came up on the electrics as a reverse polarity fault and would not charge the liesure battery. Despite some ideas from other motor homers I was unable to solve the problem.
Took the generator to LLoyds of Carlisle who put me in touch with thier expert, who explained the possible solutions. The following day I sought the advice of my son Phillip and nephew Martin to make sure that I was on the right track. Using the information they gave me I was able work through the problem and solve it, yippee it now works.
A big thank you all three of them.
Keith
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We are both fond of Beamish, it is one of those places that always has something new of interest. Find it difficult to put into words what it has to offer to people of all ages.
Gordon, the man in the lamp store was very good and gave us an insight into the development of the Davey lamp.
The bus in the pictures may not be what it appears. It is actually quite new but designed to look old. Its main function is an access bus for people with wheelchairs.
Also, have a look at the marquee. Does Dover marquee know they have a tent that far north?
The horse. Whats that saying? you can take a horse to water but you cannot make it drink.
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This is the northern branch of the N R M. Whilst I can understand both the reason for and location of the museum, it seems to lack something. It is as if they have built a big shed just to store locomotives and rolling stock.
Keith found the hand operated crane quite interesting. The counterweight is mounted at the rear, which is usual. However, the weight is mounted on a trolley which can be moved fore and aft by a worm and crank. Assumption is that this allowed the load to be balanced, therefore, making it easier to move the crane through its vertical axis.
Have a look at the pictures. Jan looks as is if she is saying typical, you wait for ages then several turn up at once.
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Built for the Armstrong family, as in heavy engineer. First a few statistics, I know stats are boring, bear with me. The idea is to give you a flavour of the size of the estate. 6 miles of roads. 40 miles of footpaths. 7 car parks. Yes its a big area, so big that they have an on site shuttle bus service.
With the Armstrong background in engineering the house is fitted with many innovative labour saving devices, great for the boys who like toys. The house and grounds are well worth a visit. Make sure you allow plenty of time to visit the various sites around the estate, the pump house, power house, water wheel, iron bridge and formal gardens. Ho, and on the way around play with the interactive toys. Keith did. See if you can find the flutterbys in the pictures, no prizes.
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Phil, you are right, what a wonderful piece of engineering. We took a boat ride which takes from the lower basin on to the wheel and up to the higher level. From there you travel a short distance along the upper canal, turn around and return to the lower lock via the wheel. We recomend it, see the pictures.
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I would hope that most of us are aware of the history relating to this site. I have heard people say that places at which brutal events happened have a certain feeling about them, we can confirm that. To appreciate the level of violence, the associated deaths and the aftermath you have to visit this site. No photo that I could take would convey the raw beauty of the location. The National Trust for Scotland have done a magnificent job in creating a visitor experience.
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Although these are some distance apart I will include them in one blog as they are both managed by historic Scotland.
Fort George is on the shore of the Murray forth and was constructed following the Jacobite uprising. It is still use as an army garrison. We enjoyed our visit, it helps that you do not have to explore it in any particular direction, the audio tour guide is designed to allow this. An interesting place complemented by the scenery.
Stanley mill, located on the river Tay about seven miles north east of Perth. The first buildings were started about the same time as the fort to process raw cotton using water wheels to provide power. It was in use, with some gaps, for around two hundred years under different owners. In that time it was extended and modernised. It finally closed in 1988. In 1995 it came into the ownership of historic Scotland. Part of it is now open to the public the rest of it as been converted for housing.
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You will have to see the pictures to appreciate this. While we were at Dingwall we fed the birds with seeds and sultanas. One blackbird became very brave, to the extent that he would stand in the doorway if there was no food out. We left the jar containing the sultanas outside, so what did he do, help himself? When he could no longer reach them, he tipped the jar over.
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