York

Our drive on to York was all in fog. Once we came south from Hadrian's Wall we were in thick fog with visibility very limited. Needless to say there were still some driving fast on the roads.
Now that I have found how to use my tablet as a sat nav we are not getting lost as often but if we do take a wrong turn we can find our way back easier.
I just have to remember to download the maps for the next day at night for use 'offline'.
York is a 'walled' city and only the foolish or desperate would drive there. There is a ring road system around the outside and we made use of this to get to our hotel and for our foray to Heartbeat country the next morning. This was our 2nd sunny morning so we drove out and caught the steam train that goes to Whitby from Pickering and stops at Goathland where the village ' Aidensfield' is filmed. Yes there was the pub and 'Scripps Garage' looking just like they should. I believe the station was also used for the Harry Potter movies.
We drove back to our hotel and left the car for a 10min walk into York centre and a tour on the  ity sightseeing bus.  These really are the way to go to see and hear about the local history.
York Minster the beautiful cathedral took 200 yrs to build. It is the 4th on that site as the first 3 were burnt down and it was finished in 1472.
The craftmanship is incredible and there is restoration work being done on the east tower and the stone masons have their work area set up so that you can see the work being done, all by hand, once the blocks are to size.