Day Out In Bearstone Fruit Farm - Market Drayton 2020

It's the time of the year in UK for the strawberries. So we decided to visit the local fruit farm last week, which was a good decision.

There is no entry fee, you simply pick your fruits and the pay for the weight you have picked. From the stall next to the car park you can get free containers/ baskets to collect the fruits.  

There were loads of strawberries ready to pick. Vibrant, Elegance, Cupid and Symphony are the strawberry varieties they had in the farm. Out of them Cupid strawberry variety seems to be more sweeter than others. Following are some clicks I took while picking strawberries. 

Barley Crop In Bearstone Farm

Barley Crop In Bearstone Farm

Broad Beans Crop In Bearstone Fruit Farm

Following is a small video clip I made while I was there,

The cost for the strawberries were very cheap, comparing to the supermarket prices. Also Bearstone Fruit Farm have card payment facility, so it's very convenient. 

Bearstone Fruit Farm also have Raspberries, Tayberries, Blackcurrants, Blackberries but on the day we visit they had only strawberries & gooseberries only. Might visit them again in few weeks time for the Raspberries.

Please visit Bearstone Fruit Farm web site http://www.bearstonefruitfarm.co.uk/ for more details.

Enjoy!

Day Trip To Mam Tor in Peak District 2020

In England, with the Corona virus lockdown relaxes, we decided to go for a hike in Peak District last weekend. After doing some research, came across the Mam Tor circular walk.

View of Edale valley road from Mam Tor

We started the journey on a Sunday morning and after 1 hour drive from home, we came to the Mam Tor National Trust Car Park. Here you can park the vehicle safely and pay for it though "pay by phone" app, which was very easy and convenient. 

National Trust Car Park Mam Tor

We started our journey from the Mam Tor National Trust Car Park towards the hills of Mam Tor under the cloudy sky. 

Following are some photos I took while we were there,

On the way back to the car park we took a short cut went bit of off road and came across "Winnats Pass" a hill pass and a limestone gorge in the Peak District. Following are some amazing photos of "Winnats Pass" I took,

So if you are looking for day out in peek district, Mam Tor is highly recommended.

Enjoy!   

Road trip to York in 2020 - Part 3 (York)

After viewing the York Railway Museum, we decided to explore the ancient cathedral city of York. After a short walk form the Railway Museum we came across the ancient Roman wall. There is an entrance staircase to the York wall and decided to explore it. Below are some photos I took, 

Entry point to the York Wall (Micklegate Bar)

Daffodil Flowers growing beside the York wall

We walked on the part of York wall for around 15 minutes until we came to end where exit near the Skeldergate Bridge over river Ouse. The water level was high due to the storms that landed in UK several days ago, and seen several families of ducks with their chicks enjoying the sunny weather.   

River Ouse

Skeldergate Bridge

Ducks in River Ouse

Skeldergate Bridge & River Ouse in York

After walking another 10 minutes we came across a magnificent view of Clifford's Tower, the keep of York Castle.  

Clifford's Tower from afar

Clifford's Tower entrance

     

Entrance to this is not free, I think it cost £6 per adult ticket. From the top you can view the surrounding York city clearly.

View of York Castle Museum

Surrounding View from Clifford's Tower

After several hours of walking around the city we felt tired and decided to walk back to the car and go to the airbnb place to have a rest. On the way we come across several parks with blooming flowers as it was early spring.

After resting that night, next morning we decided to cut our journey short and head back home as it was started to spread Covid-19 virus in UK. After one week returning from York, UK government decided imposed the lockdown in UK. Although we did not manage to explore all the places in York, we are thinking going to revisit York again once everything get back to normal.

Enjoy! 

Road trip to York in 2020 - Part 2 (York Railway Museum)

On the next day we decided to explore the ancient city of York and its surrounding although the wether seems to be gloomy. So decided to visit indoor attraction first.

One of the most popular places to visit in York is the York railway museum which is one of the largest train museums in the UK. We park the car in the York Commuter car park next to the York railway museum and paid for £8 for 6 hours of parking.

York railway museum admission is free of charge and you can give a donation to help to run this incredible museum.

They had a huge model railway with several running trains as the photos below, which was amazing.

This museum contains all the history of the train from the beginning. Following are some photos I took. 

Cross section of steam engine

Cross section of steam engine

They have lovely cafeteria area in middle of the trains you can enjoy a cup of tea with some snacks. As it was near to the lunch time and we were hungry after walking around decided have some sandwiches and a hot drink from the lovely cafe.

GREAT HALL CAFÉ

The museum have their own workshop, so that they can renovate train engines and carriages for the museum. There is a viewing balcony so you view how the team of engineers and craftspeople working on train engines and carriages. 

York Railway Museum Workshop

Railway Signals Work Model

We spent around 2 hours going through each exhibits and enjoyed the history of the trains. This train museum is highly recommended if you are visiting York as you can enjoy learning stuffs about train and learning the history.

After finishing viewing the York train museum we decided to explore the York city as it started to become sunny over York.


To be continued...