We went to the nearby town of Thirsk. It sounded like a Norse name,
and in fact the name comes from Viking (Old Norse) word þresk
which means fen or lake. It's a small village of about 5000 people
with a few blocks of stores in the center of town. We stopped by a
cheese shop there to get some examples of local cheeses. I walked
down the street to the veterinary practice of James Wight, who wrote
under the pen name of James Herriot (All Creatures Great and Small).
It is now a musuem to Herriot. We also walked around town a bit.
Part 9: Backyard
Blacksmith Workshop Part 10: Bagby Airfield Part 11: Byland Abbey Part 12: National Railway
Museum Part 13: Cambridge (Part
2) Part 14: Cambridge
Botanical Gardens Part 15: The Departure
000-DSC_1141: Information sign on the pack horse bridge.
001-DSC_1142: The Thirsk Sowerby pack horse bridge over the Cod Beck.
002-DSC_1143: Pack horse bridge over the Cod Beck. The name Cod Beck
comes from Cold Beck.
003-DSC_1144: The stream runs deep, so the water is pretty cool.
004-DSC_1145: A beck is smaller than a river.
005-DSC_1146: There are no freshwater cod.
006-DSC_1147: We're now in the center of Thirsk.
007-DSC_1148: Clock at the Town Centre.
008-DSC_1149: A store were we got some local cheeses, including Swaledale
and Wensleydale.
009-DSC_1150: Where we parked. The deli is right behind us, and the
town center just ahead.
010-DSC_1151: The World of James Herriot. Also note cars can park facing
either direction in England, which is confusing to foreigners.
011-DSC_1152: This was the location of James Wight's (pen name James
Herriot's) veterinary practice.
012-DSC_1153: Close up of the plaques.
013-DSC_1154: St. Mary's Church, a 15th century church.
014-DSC_1155: A store with England tourist junk...Harry Potter, Dr. Who,
and such.
Bottom:
Part 9: Backyard
Blacksmith Workshop Part 10: Bagby Airfield Part 11: Byland Abbey Part 12: National Railway
Museum Part 13: Cambridge (Part
2) Part 14: Cambridge
Botanical Gardens Part 15: The Departure