York's Most Famous Street

Welcome to the Shambles, what I suspect is York's most photographed street. Towards the end of the day, the Shambles empties of tourists and I begin to enjoy the quaint narrow passage ways, or snickleways, that come off the street,  and the way the buildings lean in towards each other, almost touching at the top. 

The Shambles was once called "The Great Flesh Shambles" and was full of butchers shops. Now, the butchers shops are gone, replaced with jewelery shops, fudge and chocolate shops and tourist traps. Butchers in York are a dying breed. Scotts of York, a wonderful city centre butcher recently closed after 130 years in business. It's a sad thing when wonderful, local historical shops come to the end of their lives

Campus Wednesday

Understandably, a lot of my time (although much less since I moved into private rented accommodation) is spent on the University campus. Most of it is a series of fairly grey (although architecturally interesting) concrete buildings. In the right light, and from the right angles, these make lovely photos; my banner, for example, is Central Hall, and I do have a strange fondness for the odd angles. 

The photo above is the Quiet Place. It's one of the older buildings on campus, near to Heslington Hall, the original home of the University, and now it's administrative centre. You can access the Quiet Place by asking the Derwent porters for the key and spend a quiet afternoon there, in peace.

Train station by night

Before my ex got me into cycling (which is one thing I am grateful for, except when I have to cycle home in the rain, like last night) I never really noticed the huge number of cycle racks at York Station. I didn't even know where they were. When I got on the train yesterday morning almost every single one of these racks had 2 bikes attached. There are more extending behind me. A sea of bicycles. When I got back into York at 23:20, this was what was left. Much easier to find your bike again under these circumstances! 

Have a sneaky couple of pictures from London as apology for not posting yesterday!

London King's Cross station - fresh off my train.

My destination for the day - Senate House Library to use their Latin American Section

See you later!

Spin round and round

I took a photo of the Minster today, on my phone, but for some reason it refuses to upload it to my computer properly. Ah well. Instead, have this photo I took a while ago of another of York's iconic landmarks - Clifford's Tower. I've never been in the tower (I'd have to pay!) but I will do one day, just to see what it's all about. I love the carousel in this photo - I want to go on one again. I never get why anyone would choose to go on anything but the horses that go up and down; where's the fun in sitting in a carriage?

Tomorrow I'm off on a quick dash to London as a last minute research for my dissertation, so expect a photo of the station, and a late post!

Welcome to York

Hello! My name is Jackie, I'm 22 and a final year undergraduate at the University of York. I'm plannin on doing an MA and staying in York for the next year, maybe moving back in the future, who knows? All I know is that I love all aspects of York - campus, city centre, suburbs and surroundings. 

This is one of my favourite images of York - the Minster against a perfectly blue sky. It can't be beaten. The level of workmanship and time involved in this building astounds me every time I pass it and I can't help but stare up at the spires.

Welcome to York!