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Kevin's Trip - Day 5 - Peterborough & York
August 01, 2007 //
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Kevin again - We woke up, packed and left to go to a ceremony down the street. It was a short ceremony in which some guy from the BBC was talking into a microphone, but no video cameras. Interesting. We left Coventry and started on our way to a second ceremony in Peterborough. These ceremonies were to celebrate the 100th anniversary of scouting. On the way, we had many a scenic route through the rolling green hills of England. Once we arrived in Peterborough, we met the female mayor (in all my years...harumph!) and had a small ceremony because we arrived late for the big one. The ceremony was held in the city council chambers where we recited the British scout oath and the American scout oath, the previous one, pledging our allegiance for the second time in one day, to the Queen Mother.
Afterwards, we went to visit Peterborough Cathedral, a gothic styled cathedral. Gigantic, by the way. Both Katherine of Aragon and Mary Queen of Scots were buried there, the latter's body being removed from the site at a later time. This place reminded us Yanks, of the states, not because of the ambiance, but because you needed to purchase a permit to take photographs and it also had a gift shop. Those silly capitalists. T'was a cool place though. We ate our lunch and took another scenic route to York. Very historic town, that York. ( We drove by Nottinghamshire, yes...Robin Hood) York has old ancient walls from the older city way back when. This place dates back to the Roman times and has been attacked by the Vikings numerous times. It has a huge gothic cathedral with the most stained glass windows in the world. One of these windows, is the size of a tennis court. York Minster is the biggest, old-style cathedral in the world. We walked down some small streets called the Shambles. It used to be an old crappy part of town where all the shops and butchers used to be. It was filled with tiny streets and shops that you see in movies that take place in Ye Olde England. By far, my favorite city so far. We left and headed for our hotel in Scotch Corner, England. On the way, Bill really had to do a number 2 and could not hold it and went on the bus when we weren't supposed to use the bus's bathroom. He was in great peril afterwards. It was quite the adventure. We arrived at the hotel and we will be leaving tomorrow. I believe that we are going to Scotland next. Goodnight.
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Sean :Hey.. hope you're taking a lot of pictures. Do you have any space left on your memory cards?
Posted on: Aug 2, 2007 4:46:06 PM
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