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| Stairs down from our Castle room |
Tuesday 22nd May 2012
The weather gods were smiling on us again today. Woke this morning
to clear blue sky. Temperature was in the high 20’s. Just perfect for sight
seeing.
Checked out of Lumley Castle about 9:30AM and headed still further south
to Durham.
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| Durham Cathedral |
Parked the car and caught the Park & ride bus into the city
centre to visit the beautiful Durham Cathedral. Building of the Cathedral
started in 1093 and until 1539 it was the church of the Benedictine Monastery.
Back in the car for a short trip to West Cornforth to follow-up on
more of my family history. Unfortunately we had no success as according to the
Post Master who has lived in West Cornforth all his life the North East Railway
Cottages and the Old West Cornforth railway station were demolished many years
ago. We did see the remains of what looked like a station platform and some old
railway lines.
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| City of Truro |
Next stop was Shildon Rail museum to see if we could track down
the ‘City of Truro’ locomotive. No luck at Shildon, however museum staff
checked and told us it was at York. As luck would have it our next stop is York
where we will be spending 3 nights.
Arrived in York about 3:00PM, checked into Elliots B&B Hotel,
unpacked the car, and set off on the short walk to the National Rail Museum.
After asking some of the Museum staff we finally succeeded in finding ‘The City
of Truro’ in one of the yards. Looks like it is being prepared for an outing as
its tender was full of coal and a hose was filling the water tank. A very
helpful staff member told us that it is being prepared for the upcoming
Railfest 2012 in early June and they are bringing in rail record-breaking
locomotives from all over the country to York. The staff member said to come
back tomorrow, as we may be able to get a closer look and take some more
photos.
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| Lynne on the City Wall in York |
After a very interesting 1½ hours wandering round the museum we
walked back into the city, had dinner and went for a short walk along the City
Wall.
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