I had a great time recently walking the streets
and alleyways of York – okay, so I know there is a name for people who do that!
LOL.
This was part of the six week step challenge and
I decided to give myself the task of walking every street and alleyway within
York’s city walls. That is not as daunting as it sounds – it only takes ten
minutes to walk from one side of the walls to the other – but as I was walking
the length of every street I often had to go back on myself, particularly if I
was walking a cross street, or no-through road.
I discovered parts of York I have never visited
before – some beautiful, some ugly (particularly the newer parts). I also found
some new alleyways – commonly called snickleways bringing together the three
different names for an passage (snicket, ginnel and alleyway).
I also found the riverside walk along the
smaller of York’s two rivers – the River Foss. I knew it existed from the maps
but I couldn’t work out how to get onto it.
Six hours and twenty minutes’ later I was done
(an hour of that were rest breaks!). I was very exhausted and footsore but
proud to report that I added another 36,000 steps to my total (approx. 18
miles). Here's me by my favourite church - St Denys' (naturally!)
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