SCOTLAND TO YORKSHIRE
After a scrumptious breakfast in Johnny's intimate dining room, we caught the train that took us from Scotland across the Borders back into England. Passing by villages with church steeples marking their parishes, extensive fields of yellow mustard, smaller pastures marked with hedgerows and stone walls, we pulled into the ancient city of York, where we would change trains for Beverley. |
From York we took the train to Hull, along the River Humber, past the graceful span of the Humber Bridge. We walked to the bus depot and took a double decker bus through 13 miles of urban congestion to the ancient Medieval village of Beverley, where we would research Michael's Lewis family at the East Riding of Yorkshire Archives. |
We wound through the ancient winding streets, taking note of the Green Dragon Inn, looking for Number One, our B&B for the next three nights. Soon enough, we were enjoying a cup of tea in our upstairs bedroom of this comfortable Victorian home, overlooking Wood Lane, the site of Newbegin Bar, the ancient western gate to the city, removed in the 1300s because large wagons could not pass through to the new Saturday Market place within. |