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Not sure if we got to much of those at all, but seemed to be busy walking all day. Started  in the Shambles again before most shops opened, seems they need the wire mesh at night, can't trust anybody these days.....



The Shambles street was built in the year dot as a butchers' street, so was designed to be narrow and overhanging to keep the sun off the goods. The original meat display shelves on the street edge are mostly still in place like at the fudge shop above.

The overhanging nature of the Shambles as below, the drop cloth belongs to the painter, doing some work before it all gets too busy.....



The York Minster is really just another amazingly large old cathedral, so no need to show it again. The interesting bit is the restoration that is constantly going on. It took about 250 years to build starting in 1220, and now stone erosion will mean it will take to eternity to keep it in a fit state of repair, scaffolding will be somewhere there forever. Here's some stonemasons chipping away at replacement blocks......



More old buildings everywhere, can't avoid them.......



I told a lie earlier, here is a distant Minster view taken later in the day from when we were walking along the city wall, the sun popped out on just it alone, so made it glow.......



Another view of the city wall and gate complex......



Next to the National Rail Museum, this is a free one but has plenty of boxes there with hints to drop donations in. Totally overwhelming with train stuff and accessories. Too much to look at, would need days to do it justice.....



A royal carriage from the 1840's, the later ones were much bigger and more luxurious, this one was used by Queen Adelaide who was Queen Victoria's aunt.......



A similar age regular passenger car, the classes look the same to me, maybe one had wooden seats and the other padded?.....



The back room store would take days to explore properly, I think I even see some Harry Potter stuff.....



Back in the fresh air and walking again, Micklegate is one of the more impressive gates in the city wall.....



The old guild hall and chapel look very nice, but so hard to capture as it is surrounded by trees......