A day in the North

Woke up to find that my cousin had laid a breakfast for me - so cute!! so ate that and stared at the horrible rain, thinking how ironic it is that I'm in scenic area and the clouds had decended.

Anyway, I hopped into my car and programed my route into the GPS unit and off I went!! First stop way Haworth, the home of the Bronte sisters. I went to their house, saw each of their rooms complete with the original furniture. Right down to clothes and shoes and bonnets, and creepy things like locks of hair.. but still very fun. The town was really sweet - up on a hill and difficult to drive through.

I then got as lost as I could get with a GPS unit - I started driving without it for fun. Drove through the moors for a while to see the sites and got 'yelled' at my a bunch of sheep. creepy!!! Then turned the unit back on and made my way to Skipton. It has a really awesome Medieval castle that is still totally in tact. Lots of fun, and the rain abaited for a while so saw some of the beauty of the town.

Then drove to Bolton Abby. Turns out its a full on park area, so you pay to park and then hike all over the place. Plus its the first river I've seen in the UK that isn't completely walled and set - it was totally wild and beautiful. The abby was really interesting - its mostly in ruins but they've kept part of it in tact for holding services - first time I've come across that.

Then drove on to Ilkley, but as it's sunday, everything was closed. So I did a bit of a walk around but then just drove back to Bradford.

I got home to find the gang heading out to their Church service, so I tagged along to see where Charlene spends much of her life (she works there and takes classes there too). It was a huge room with a 10 piece 'rock' band - about half the service was 'rock' songs (all faith based) and then a service. After we sat around having lemonaid etc...

Now the gang is sitting in the living room waiting to watch a movie, so I'd better go.. more traveling around the countryside tomorrow!