Showing posts with label yorkshire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yorkshire. Show all posts

Wednesday, 24 October 2007

The City of York

York Minster from The Walls.  ©Arthur Loosley

York Minster seen from the city walls on a dull, cold day in March. Daffodils were in bloom around the walls.

Below: Landmarks - Ancient and Modern

©Arthur Loosley©Arthur Loosley Left:
The Shambles.
(Old Butchers'
quarter)


Right:
The York Eye.
(At the National
Railway Museum)






NRM, York. ©Arthur LoosleyThe National Railway Museum: World's largest train set?

Dry Stone Walls


DRY STONE WALLS are as common in the highland areas of Britain as are hedges in the lowlands. I photographed these in the Yorkshire Dales. Dry stone walling is an ancient craft in which no cement is used, but the walls are extrtemely strong.