York, part 2

Not being the sort of people to let things go, we decided to do York again. But we had a totally different trip this time. See my posts about visiting York and doing York with children.

We took the medieval wall walk from the station

to Clifford's Tower.

 and attempted to climb the hill - which we discovered later via signage that you are not supposed to do!

 We explored the inside.

and admired the view from the top!

We nipped across the street to the York Castle Museum. We enjoyed the vintage toys section, the Victorian street and the fashion exhibition with a sacque-back gown and other period pieces!

 We were tempted to leave the kids in prison.

 But took them for icecream instead.

We visited the Birds of Prey in the Museum Gardens! Then we explored the ruins and ran wild around the beautifully maintained flower beds and hills leading down to the river.

Also we decided the best place to eat with picky kids in York is Spurriergate Cafe at St. Michaels Chambers. It has lots of variety, lots of space and a mini soft play in the corner so you can supervise the kids whilst you eat! D loved the full English breakfast all day option and my veggie lasagna was a feast. They do a soup of the day and top quality roll for 4.20. The bathrooms were clean and there was a baby changing, as well as highchair facilities.

I am a month away from having this baby so this may be the last trip-related post for a while!