"...it's oh so nice to just wander
But it's so much nicer,
But it's so much nicer,
yes it's oh so nice, to wander back"
On this bright and not very warm Sunday morning, while gentlemen in England were abed, I set off down Hotham Road North
carried on down this grassy path
over this tastefully decorated footbridge
down Priory Drive, a quiet back street filled with the chirping of sparrows
trudged along the soul destroying Hotham Road South
walked down Wold Road
passed this young crow sitting on a fence
and arrived at my destination ... Ta daa
well yeah erm underwhelming doesn't begin to tell it ... "Worth seeing, yes; but not worth going to see" was Dr Johnson's opinion of the Giant's Causeway, this gravity defying rubble is not even worth seeing. This is all that remains of Haltemprice Priory farmhouse built in the early 16th century or thereabouts. It said that some of the building uses stone from Haltemprice Priory which if HenryVIII hadn't dissolved the whole lot would have gone into receivership or the medieval equivalent. The site of the priory is a scheduled monument though there is nothing to see but a huge security fence. As you can see it's a lot of a wreck and despite being Grade2 listed it is on that list of buildings at risk.
The whole walk was about a little bit over two miles to this place and was proof of that old saying that "to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive". Better still though is the coming back and putting your feet up.
