We bade farewell to Nigel this morning as he was travelling to Naburn initially and possibly on to York. The lockie had told him that flood was at 8.49am, but it had been a bit early for the last two days. Nigel was called into the lock with another boat, the outer gates opened at 8.40am and he was away. I took some photos for him; as a single handed boater, he does not have many of himself. Walking back to Martlet, we chatted to the crew of a community widebeam boat who were waiting for their party to arrive. They offered us a cup of tea which we accepted gratefully and resumed our chat on board. As today was a Bus Pass day, we had to catch the York bus at 9.37, which we did with time to spare. The bus passengers comprised three fare paying and about a dozen freebies as we started the journey. We went through two interesting looking villages; then we soon entered the southern suburbs of York, which had some nice terraces and good buildings. The bus dropped us off just north of the river Foss, almost in the centre of the walled city and some 200 yards from Clifford’s tower and the Castle Museum which was ideal; as these were the reason for our visit. Clifford’s tower was interesting, the views and the weather made the climb to the top really worthwhile. We enjoyed today’s Castle museum visit; as we had our last one some 32 years ago. We spent just short of three hours today and we think that we had seen it all.
Weather today – very warm and sunny.
The 2008 journey thus far: 83 Locks & 216.5 Miles & 18 Swing Bridges
Journeys using bus pass: 4
