Along the Way

When Mike mentioned to people at his work that one of the towns we were staying at was Hull, they were quite mystified. Apparently, it was featured prominently in the book Crap Towns. In fact, it took the top spot. I didn't know that when I booked us there. I was more interested in taking advantage of some super bargain hotel rates I found, and this happened to be along the way of our route North. The town has since done some revitalization. The downtown really has some promise, although it is eerily deserted. When we were leaving town and saw this lot, we couldn't resist taking a picture for Mike to share with his colleagues who were skeptical of our vacation choices.

Less than a half an hour's drive from Hull is the town of Beverley, where we found some good places to eat and nice town walks.

Hull does have a really nice aquarium. It would be worth visiting just for that. I had hopes from walking the semi-desereted streets of Hull that we'd have the aquarium to ourselves, but not so. That's where we found all the missing people.

Another day we were in the town of Alnwick. If ever visiting Alnwick, you must visit this used book store. It's in an old train station and features a model train running through the store, an open fire, cosy seating and a huge supply of books.