Day 95

This gloriously sunny afternoon found me walking the walls of York. I was thinking about Wilkie Collins' book No Name because the main character, Magdalen, finds herself in York for a fairly important part of the story. Let me share a favourite part from early in the novel:

"At the end of that time, a flying figure in bright garments, flashed upon the two gentlemen through the glass - the door was flung open - flower-pots fell in homage to passing petticoats - and Mr Vanstone's youngest daughter ran up to him at headlong speed, with every external appearance of having suddenly taken leave of her senses." 

Just in case you wanted an idea of what the walls look like...

Day 94

Here are some of my birthday cards. The ones you can see ... an R filled with things beginning with R ... and two cards of women reclining barefoot in a garden reading ... Anyone would have thought that I like reading?!

Day 93

I'm spending the weekend in London, mainly to visit the Tower of London and visit The Cloth Shop to buy some lovely jersey. Happy memory from the Tower? Standing behind a mother and daughter looking at George IV's crown and hearing the mother turn to her daughter and quote a Horrible Histories song: 
    
     "I'm George the Fourth, the Regent King
     Which means I was just standing in, 
     Acting king because my dad
     George the Third had gone barking mad!"

If only she'd sung it; I probably wouldn't have been able to restrain myself from joining in!

Day 92

After four and a half hours of driving, I arrived in my hotel room hoping to find something interesting to photograph. The most interesting thing was my camera! Ah well, where would this blog be without it? Let it have its moment!