Stories behind the stories. By Travel Writer, Amy McPherson
I am all for supporting local businesses after events of disaster. The December floods last year devastated north England, including the city of York, so when Visit England called upon everyone to #lovethenorth, we responded with booking a train ticket to York. I have a soft spot for history. Ironically, while history wasn’t my best …
Stayed: 1 night, 25-26 April 2016 Room: 9 Price Paid: £69 through discount site Wowcher, inclusive of dinner and breakfast for two You knew I liked trains right? It was only a couple of months ago that we visited York’s Railway Museum and since then I found out there was a hotel where you can stay …
I am, in a railway museum and I love it. I am not a train nerd. I really am not. I don’t know the ins and outs of a train engine, I can’t tell the difference between a R class steam and RC 4 electric, and I certainly do not know the history of train …
It was the year 866AD. The Vikings sailed from the Scandinavian region under the leadership of Ivan the Boneless, arrived and captured Northumbria Eoforwic. They didn’t like the name, so they renamed it to a Viking name Jorvik. Today, this city is known as York (derived from its last Viking name). The viking history of …
