April 23

We're fast running out of things to see, and our time in England is coming to an end. This morning we got up to cloudy skies, and rain forecast. Since we didn't get to see Yorkminster cathedral yesterday, we decided to do that this morning, before we headed south. It was pretty impressive, as was the 275 steps up to the top of the tower! One can only go up on the 1/2 hour as there is not enough room on the spiral staircase to pass another person. After about 50 steps, I had to walk across the bottom of one of the roofs, on a narrow walkway, then start up the second set of stairs. Well the doorway was so narrow, I could barely fit through, and then had another 200+ stairs to climb. If the weather had been clear, I was told, I could have seen about 35 miles. Sadly it was not to be today.





When we finally finished going throughout the cathedral, and got outside, we found that the rain had found us. We headed off to Nottingham, via a few smaller towns. We passed some fields which we could catch glimpses of through the hedges and saw what I thought were pinkish 'cows'. It turned out they were hogs not cows. I just had to stop and take a picture or two of the 'hog farm'.



We passed through Sherwood forest country and finally arrived in Nottingham. Can you imagine a hotel in Canada where you can't drive up to the front door, (which I can't), you'd have our hotel in Nottingham. There is a bus stop in front, and no stopping, there is no parking lot attached, so guests have to park two blocks away at a Marriott hotel parkade, and pay public parking fees. It's not very convenient at all. I mean how does one arrive at a hotel, and not be able to unload luggage?