Yorkshire, England - York Minster

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Morning on the ranch with an organized fox hunt. The day before, cottage owner Jackie said I should come out at 8 am if I wanted to take photos of her 'fox hunt' riding group, as they headed out, their route being mostly on public bridleways. I think they do this quarterly. 

Jackie said the group enjoys the dress-up & formal riding aspects, but real fox hunting is rarely practiced anymore in the UK.  "Most Brits got the unfairness and animal cruelty aspects long ago", she said. 

Following the 8:30 am photo shoot, we had b'fast & drove to York, 20 miles south. We stopped at a park & ride about a mile out of town and rode the bus in.    

note - you can enlarge any part of a picture by left-clicking in and then out again.

	riders, horses and hounds mobilizing		getting organized		riders heading out
		here come the hounds
	on a public  bridleway		walk back to the cottage

If you visit the York Minster on a mid-week day in mid-October, crowds are non-existent. If you arrive early, you'll have the place to yourself.

	the Nave, looking east						< incredible ceiling
		Nave looking west		the organ		human history
	a memorial side chapel for  Yorkshire soldiers		see note 1 below			the names of the fallen
		someone who was in the service for 54 years		followers of the Rule of St. Benedict		interesting light in the Minster
			celebrating the end of the War of the Roses		not really sure what this means
				memorials		eternal damnation all but guaranteed for sinners
	starting to look other-worldly up there (bell tower)		note the crowds		colorful old floor
		have to enlarge this photo to read it		down one level are the excavated...		..walls of a Roman fortress (see note 2)
	the first Romans arrived in 55 B.C.		the old Roman road system as of about 200 A.D.		check out the creatures !

note 1 - this emblem is used by the Price of Wales' Regiment, in Yorkshire.

note 2 - it was not until one corner of the Minster began to sag, due to ground settlement, that the wall of an old Roman Fort was revealed below. When we walked on the City's medieval wall, we saw other boundary markers showing the same wall.  The displays stated that the Roman Fort at Eboracum (early York) encircled fifty acres, an impressive size.  The top of the old Roman walls are 15 feet below today's ground level.      

Out & about again in York on a quiet mid-week day. 

			atmospheric		a Citroen Picasso		at the York Minster
				mixed weather day		great Medieval architecture
			on the menu are enlightened monks or gargoyles		we took a walk until the tour boat returned
		variegated hydrangea		St. Mary's Abbey was once as large as the Minster		on River Ouse
					people on Clifford's Tower
				nice Tudor house on the river	Millennium Bridge
						old Lendal Bridge house

Horses at dawn & at dusk. Here's Holly again with her proficient trick horse, Nellie. As the last photo shows, they are a great pair.  I did not use a fastre speed so the images are a bit blurry, which gives a sense of movement.

				Holly & Nellie

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