We went on a trp to Scotland and England, first to take my mother to Glasgow, where she was going on a Hebridean cruise; then on to Knowl Hill (near Reading) in England (see map).

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We’re back from a whirlwind trip to York. We departed Amsterdam for Rotterdam/Europort on wednesday afternoon, to catch the night ferry to (Kingston upon) Hull. We drove from Hull to York, and got to the Wheatlands Lodge hotel at about 9:30. It’s a kind of anniversary for me, as I first stayed there in 1980, when I started my 1st term at YCAT (York College of Art & Technology, as it was then called). Apart from Jan, all of us had been to York previously. All of us was my mother, my brother and sister-in-law and their two daughters, and Jan and myself.
Things hadn’t changed as much as I thought they would have. The York Arms was exactly as I had left it 20-odd years ago. Or it looked suspicously like nothing had been changed.
Other things had changed though: there’s now a Starbucks on the corner of Stonegate and Petergate, with a wireless hotspot. Technology certainly has moved along. It was in York that I saw the first Apple Macintosh. Now if only I could get a wireless card for my iBook….
After an all-too-brief (not-quite-)two days, we took the ferry back to Rotterdam/Europort. We’ve only been away two days/three nights, but it seems like a much longer trip. I suppose that’s good value for money…