We wandered about and York Minster was our very first stop. I was instantly blown away by how massive the entire structure is. The architectural work is absolutely amazing and the entire atmosphere is just superb.
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| Stinks doing the infamous Asian squat. |
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| Constantine The Great, or what Stinks call ' The Boss'. |
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| Me for scale! |
The Shambles is a meandering medieval street with much character, it features overhanging timber-framed buildings, some of which date back to as early as the fourteenth century.
It was once known as The Great Flesh Shambles, probably deriving from the Anglo-Saxon Fleshammels which literally meant 'flesh-shelves', the word for the shelves on which butchers used to display their meat for customers. As recently as 1872 there were twenty-five butchers' shops in the street but now there are none.
In some of the narrower sections of the Shambles it is possible, with your arms outstretched, to touch both sides of the street. During the medieval period there were no sanitary facilities or hygiene laws as those that exist today, and offal and blood were often thrown into a runnel down the middle of the street. The pavements were raised either side of the cobbled street to form a channel where the butchers would wash away their offal and blood twice a week. [1]
If you happen to be in York, do visit House of the Trembling Madness! Walking in you will see that it is a liquor store with a huge variety of alcohol. With just a walk of stairs, you will find one of York's most famous pub, a medieval drinking hall with a great selection of ales and beers. Food was definitely great and everything was perfect to the edgy decorations on the wall. We walked in on a quiet Tuesday afternoon and we were told to be lucky as it is usually jam packed with people.
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