Yorkshire, England - York - National Railway Museum

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On our drive back to York for a train ride to Manchester airport, we stopped a few miles down the road in Husthwaite to see a 12th century Norman church. 

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							very intact looking
		Norman window		organ		some bored & restless boys, in the last row, did this
	out back a bricked-up Norman window

Back in York at the UK Rail Station, we left our luggage in the rental car, with permission, and made a quick visit to the National Railway Museum, a short walk away.  

	how a steam engine works
				90 mph >
	back when smoking was presented as 'luxurious'			the Mallard could go 126 mph !		time to catch a train to the  Manchester Airport

There are a few old trains to be seen on the Epilogue page (link below), as well as a reference to Sir Nigel Gresley, a brilliant Mechanical Engineer, who designed the Blue Mallard shown here, the fastest train ever built, an amazing achievement at the time.     

After a ninety minute train ride from York, passing through Leeds, we arrived back at the Manchester Airport.  It was somewhat amazing to go from train level (with diesel odors) up a few elevators into the elegant Radisson Blue hotel, which had great interior design and soothing coloration, as well as quiet rooms. The walls at the entrance, dining room, and bar levels were covered with artistic references the great age of British Rock music..     

Around 6 pm we had a candlelit dinner, maybe four stories up, looking out at Manchester Airport, as it slowly closed down for the night.  

We slept in the following morning, since our return flight to the DC didn't leave until noon. Having to walk through an extended duty-free extravaganza, with live models beckoning, was kind of 'gross' and then we had to stand in a dead spot with terrible diesel fumes, but finally a bus saved us and we drove out to board the plane. The final insult from Manchester airport (management) was their incredible crappy main takeoff & landing runway, with the airplane hitting potholes whilst trying to get up to lift-off speed !! 

It was a LOT smoother once aloft and remained so all the way to Washington D.C. A few hours into the flight to D.C. we caught a glimpse of Greenland below. I apologize for the poor image quality.    

Greenland

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