Merry Christmas to all, its been a jammed packed week...

First of all Merry Christmas to all, i do hope everyone has had a grand time for the holidays, eating food, drinking wine and spending that quality time with family playing games and awkward dinner conversations.

So between all that we have done a little bit of travelling, we ended up in the city of York, there is a must see dungeon tour/show that has performers and jump scares, learn history and get sprayed with water now and then, and if you're unlucky enough you could be called forward to be part of the act.

Also the standard massive cathedral in the centre of town but pay to go in to really see the size from the inside, or climb the tower but at pricey entry fee, its just nice to walk around the outside of it and marvel at it. To add to the sight there was a piano guy playing all sorts of songs which made for a lovely sight of it all.
Also in York / around are the best standing roman walls which takes a few hours to really go around but not much of a sight for anything but the Cathedral.

But the best think so far is going back in time to a time travelling museum themed town called Beamish, eras from the 1820's, 1900's and 1940's.

this place hosts an array of different things from working transport during those periods, free and rideable, a working steam train, couple of small town buildings in which most are fully explorable, see how things were made in the day, shop fronts with goods and clothing, working farm, hidden gems, and even the best fish and chips you can get ( though need to wait upwards of a hour in line ).

And after you have done all that, there is even a old coal mine in which you can tour around being lead by some of the old gents who worked in the mines back in the day.

But more close to home for our adventures, we had explored the town of Bishop, where we have been staying, and learning that the second most powerful man in the day lived only up the road in the castle, till the church had its powers revised.

Also other learnings, how coal had been such a big thing and how boys as young as 4 worked underground, also the many deaths as a result of poor health, collapses, gas and many accidents,
It has been a jammed packed week with food, family, exploring and heaps and heaps of history reading about all the different local historys but ill save all that for another day. But other things came of this, how miners turned to artwork to show the conditions, the tower raised next to the art gallery that you can climb and see the whole town from there, and how the modern world is today.

Well ill leave it there for today, as today we are off to Oxford, a long 7 hour journey on bus today but I do hope everyone has had a lovely Christmas and a happy new years...