Unfortunately I'm having to take an enforced break from training at the moment as I have a really bad cold, very frustrating.
Its been exciting in York during the last week as we have had a film crew in town shooting scenes for a new TV series of Robinson Crusoe. The series stars Sean Bean and Sam Neill and they have been filming at various locations around the city. Its been very interesting seeing parts of the city transformed into how they must have looked in the eighteenth century with the actors in costume and the old horses and carriages (see photo above). In the original book Robinson Crusoe was born in York and apparently in the TV series there will be flashbacks from the desert island to his childhood in York.
We had a nice afternoon on Sunday when we had a drive across to Fountains Abbey (see photos above) which is a lovely old monastery about 30 miles from York. The abbey was founded by a group of Cistercian monks in the 12th century who left St Mary's Abbey in York because the regime was too soft! Fountains Abbey was closed down as part of the dissolution of the monasteries in the sixteenth century and later on the ruins of the abbey were incorporated into the gardens of a stately home called Studley Royal. It really is a beautiful spot, its no wonder that its a World Heritage site.
I've got another exciting day tomorrow as I'm going to see Bruce Springsteen in concert at Old Trafford in Manchester. If you're reading this Bruce, do us a favour and play Thunder Road.
3 comments:
Are you the one in the silly wig, standing as if he has a sore arse?
DP, You are getting far too cheeky! If you are not careful I will give your address to certain fundamentalist evangelicals who I believe would like to pay you a visit.
O.K. I'll be good.
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