Recently devastating floods in the Spanish town/city of Valencia gained global attention in news media. The above view of the town as seen and recorded in 1563 shows the medieval walled town on the bank of the River Turia and three multi-arched bridges spanning the River to the built-up area on the other bank. In […]
From the Robin Hood Tower, s.p.b., a straight section of wall passes above the Deanery Gardens and on to Monk Bar which allowed entrance from the the direction of Bridlington and Scarborough. A further stretch of the medieval town walls continues in a south-east direction and then comes to an end. Taking the steps down
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Yesterday I took advantage of the current spell of high pressure weather to take a bus trip to York on the X46 service, amazingly it’s a half hourly service and a double decker so good views of the southern Yorkshire Wolds on the way. However it’s a long journey as the bus diverts through Beverley,
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