York's own Leaning Tower

Clifford's Tower, up on a motte (hill.) The tower was once past of a great castle, and a lake lapped at its foot. The waters turned the inside of the hill to mush, and the tower tipped outwards.

Romans and Vikings and Ghosts, oh my!

October 12th 2007
I was looking forward to visiting York, but I had very little idea of what to expect... a small, picturesque walled city on the borders of Scotland, perhaps? I'd wanted to visit ever since falling in love with the slack-jawed way the Prince announced "Wallace has sacked York!" in Braveheart. In actual fact, William Wallace didn't make it that far south, but the quote is certainly the reas ... read more

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