York Station and Railway Museum

Still sorting images from our long weekend in York. Particularly pleased with the wide-angle shots of the station in that for once people were more or less where I would have chosen to place them. The Railway Museum has so much to look at so only a flavour of the place with its multitude of carriages and engines. Again my favourites were the wide-angle shots this time looking up in the pit built under one of the engines.

York Minster Looking Up

For me, the interesting features in York Minster were looking up at the ceilings (partly as there is a lot of restoration involving scaffolding going on inside the Minster etc). Certainly other people agreed! The Grotesques are from the Chapter House.

York Museum Gardens and Station in Infrared

Our train home was not till midday yesterday, so we spent a bit of time in the Museum Gardens before walking to the Station. As my travel camera (Sony RX100) is now converted to infrared, here are a few shots from the morning - jpegs from the camera which is set to give these two-tone images.

 

A Rainy Day in York

Yesterday was wet all day in York except for a short dry spell that allowed us to walk up on the Walls around the Minster to find somewhere to eat in the evening. Spent morning in Castle Museum, some time photographing umbrellas and some of the many groups of people celebrating special days in York (not sure the reason for the dressed up group here) and a respite period in the Travelodge drying out.

York Minster in Evening Light

York's cathedral church is one of the finest medieval buildings in Europe.  The first Christian church on the site has been dated to 627 and the first Archbishop of York was recognised by the Pope in 732. The present Gothic-style church was built over 250 years, between 1220 and 1472.  Some images from our first (sunny) evening in York and after sunset images yesterday. Final image in morning light.