Riverside Walk

This is the view toward Lendal Bridge from the riverside walk. In a highly controversial move York City Council are proposing to close this city centre bridge to cars and motorbikes during the day.

Monkey Business

This handsome metal bracket can be found high up above Monkey Puzzle, a jewellery shop on High Petergate.

Souvenirs for Sale

York Minster snow globe anyone? Go on you know you want one..............................

Old Pub...

............. with a new name. According to local records after he was hanged Dick Turpin's body was brought to The Blue Boar pub in Castlegate. The Little John pub on Castlegate (previously The Robin Hood) has changed it's name yet again to make a feature of this story. Good luck to them, they serve a very acceptable pint of Timothy Taylor's Landlord and you cannot ask for better than that!

Journey's end

This quiet lane is the end (or beginning) of the snicket. The house on the left is called Littlegarth and a bronze plaque near the door notes that John Woolman American Quaker and anti-slavery pioneer died here Oct 1772.

Cycle Track

 

Here the snicket passes the steps leading to St Marys. The metal gutter on the right is to allow easy passage up or down the steps for cyclists (pushing the bike that is rather than riding it!)

Creative Artisan from the Past

Sometimes artists cannot resist painting themselves into a picture. This carving outside the west end of York Minster suggests that perhaps stone masons sometimes succumb to the same temptation. This gentleman could be anywhere between 200-700 years old.
Taking part in CDP theme day