Most of June my wife and I took a little trip to England yes the County. Like most Texas raise ranchers I have not had the opportunity for world wide travel, as there are always cows needing tended to and horses to feed. During my rodeo days I did some traveling mainly Texas and to Oklahoma a time or two, but nothing like what I was about to experience. For those who have been to England or travel the world often this might seem silly to you, but for me it was scratching a lot of first off my list.Threw our travels we stayed at a few places from downtown London to spending time in York then in North Yorkshire on an Sheep/Cattle farm. From the people we stayed with and others we met most of them we nice and got a kick out of the Texas accent. Now my wife is a history buff so this was mainly a trip down thousands of years of history. We walked threw castles filled with history some were just ruins and others had been maintained and as I walked threw them I thought of all the historic events that happened there and Kings that had walked the same steps as I. Sure we have history here in the US and half of mine dates back to the Native Indians, but that falls short in comparison to the ancient times in England. We seen a ancient Roman bath house, remains of a Viking Village and plenty of historic locations that make you wonder what it was like in those times. York was a very cool place and is covering an ancient Roman city that they discover more of each time the dig up and replace old building. We toured old Abbey's , Churches, Castles, Battle sites and Museums I tell you I though I new a little about the old times, well I sure learned a lot and it was great. We dinned at the old haunted Golden Fleece, walked the Shambles and did plenty of people watching. Now while there I did ride my first subway, first train, and walked plenty of stairs as most of the places are old and full of stairs. The rental car was an experience in itself all switched around in the car then driving on the opposite side of the road. The first few days driving took time to get comfortable in the car and on the road and there road signs where are whole different deal. I'd say the US is big on over posting road signs well in England most signs are not visible from the road and the mainly single lane roads were only the size of the miniature cars the drive. Long story short after a few days I had the roads down and we toured that county like nobody's business the places we visited and the things I seen were amazing and in a few years we will be back touring once again.
Contact us at PepperStewart.com if you want the links to the Youtube video's of the trip while touring the Castles and Churches.
No comments:
Post a Comment