Monday, May 19, 2008

Knaresborough

Knaresborough is a small village-like town just outside Harrogate. I saw it as I passed by on the train. They have the most perfect idyllic train station—exactly what you would imagine. After you pass through that, you go across a very high bridge over a river gorge. The town is nestled on the slopes and has a castle ruin at the top. Once I saw it, I had to come back with Pat the next weekend.




Besides the idyllic atmosphere, I think the best part of Knaresborough is the traditional tourist past time—taking a row boat out on the River Nidd. Pat was kind enough to row us around and I controlled the rudder. Pat was in charge of speed and I was in charge of navigation. For those who know us, this could be a recipe for disaster on a crowded river, but we were only hit once and it wasn't our fault. It was a beautiful day (we wore shorts) and being out on a peaceful river was a great way to spend it.




Knaresborough is also home to Mother Shipton's Cave, the oldest English tourist attraction dating to 1630. We deemed it overpriced and couldn't see how it could beat Mammoth Cave or the caves we saw in Mexico. Mother Shipton's Cave is a geological phenomenon for the area and is suppose to be the legendary birthplace of Mother Shipton, the most famous prophetess in England circa 1500. I guess that was before witch burning...

2 comments:

Butch said...

I thought I saw Harry Potter in the train station but alas, I was wrong.

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