VikingTom captures York as a living palimpsest where Roman, Viking, and Gothic histories intersect with remarkable clarity. This video moves beyond typical travel tropes to offer a genuine appreciation of the city’s deep architectural heritage.
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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome to a new day and a new vlog. And we are already on the road cuz we've got a bit of a drive. Saying 1 hour 38 minutes. Not a mega drive, but it's not too bad. Not as bad as Graeme's drive the other day. Lovely now. 12 hours, I think it was or something. Um, but yeah, we're on our way to York because Kerry wants to go to a museum there. Well, I do as well, to be fair. uh to get some inspiration. You'll have to watch her channel for that bit. But there's a few things I want to do in York. I've not I've been once before, but I never got to really explore it. We literally went for a day for a wedding, uh my mom's wedding, and um yeah, we didn't really get to see much. So, we're going today and we want to go and see a few different things. So, we're going to take you along with us anyway, and uh hopefully we all have a nice day.
Oh, these tears are bitter.
Won't take long before I'm back on you.
So, so let the feelings simmer.
But I know when I can't refuse.
You just like sunlight in a closed room.
Oh, the world goes dark.
>> Well, guys, we have made it to our destination. We are both dying for the toilets. Um, you can pay for them, but they're still locked, aren't >> they? Then we've just tried paying for the car park as well. Can't pay in your card, but you need a bank loan to pay for the parking.
So, we're going to have to sit in the car um and pay online.
>> Do it very quickly, though, cuz everybody's gone. I'm >> dying for a wee.
>> We really need a wee.
>> Right, we have paid the extra kept parking.
I managed to found a cup. Kerry still needs a wee. Look at this beautiful bridge.
>> This bridge is so pretty.
That's cute.
Some beautiful old York stone.
That is stunning.
That can't be the hill that he marched all these soldiers up.
Can't fit 10,000 up there, can you?
Look at the buildings.
Oh, there's benches for people to have a break at.
>> So, this is the car park. We tried parking it at first cuz it's right near the museum. Um, but they must be resurfacing or something because it's only closed. Well, it's all closed apart from the disabled bays here.
Well, you found the toilets. You're in there a while, though.
>> Oh, there's a problem. Primark.
>> Trying to find the toilet. That was >> Primarks are everywhere, aren't they?
>> Yeah.
>> Wow. Look at that. That's stunning. Oh, I can smell onions.
It's making me hungry.
That's why I can smell eggs. Eggs.
>> Onions. That smells really nice. I might get one when we come out. Welcome.
So, this is where we're going.
Uh, again, I won't be filming inside.
You can watch that on K's channel.
Right, we're going to have to Well, we've had to book online. You can't just turn up and go in, which we thought you could. And by the looks of it, it's like tours as well. So, we'll see how it goes. But, I want to do a few other things whilst we're here. So, we're going to head off. It looks well busy as well. We're like, do we actually really even want to go in there?
But we're in now. 35 quid to get in for two adults.
>> Yeah.
>> Let's hope it's worth it.
>> Beautiful.
>> I'm only getting >> That's a beautiful old building.
>> Do you reckon it's actually original?
You think it's fake?
I'm gonna say that's original. If you look at the top as well, >> look at all the detailing.
>> Yeah, it's hard to say.
>> How or native is that facial?
>> Yes. Well, they're verge boards.
>> Um, this is the shambles.
>> Oh, it's called the shambles, >> I think. So, yeah. Yeah, the shambles.
>> It's the road name. So this is one of the places I actually wanted to come through.
>> See what lovely little shops there are.
>> Oh, it's a Harry Potter shop.
>> Harry Potter.
It's got all the uh ones over there.
Exit only. Shall we go in? We need to go in. Come on.
>> The broom.
>> Yeah.
>> What is it? Fireball.
Got a few seen.
Oh, >> you can actually buy the ones.
>> I want one.
>> Lunas.
>> There's one way and you can get lights and it turns the lights on.
>> It's pretty cool.
That's a really really cool >> shop.
>> Chocolate frogs.
>> Yeah.
about nasty.
>> That's pretty cool.
>> I like it.
>> You would have been slithering.
>> That's not very nice. I would I would have been Gryffindor.
>> Yeah, right.
>> This bit's really cool. All the wands and stuff.
like mini walking sticks.
>> No, the wands carry >> oldfashioned ones.
>> It's like magic.
>> Oh wow.
>> Expect nothing less in here.
>> Oh wow. I was going to say it's so nice if it's Voldemort. Oh my god. I picked Voldemort. I told you he would have been slithering.
>> He thought that was a really cool store.
The ones weren't expens really that expensive either. Well, I don't think they were to be fair.
>> Yeah. Let's carry on having a look.
>> Well, cute. It's really cute.
>> Wow. Amazing.
>> It's all a potion.
>> Oh, it's like a never ending story.
>> He's a good friend.
>> He's a distant cousin of Falco who you're thinking of.
>> Only reason he's not as popular is cuz he's very very lazy. So, he spends most of his time in here with us.
>> Fast asleep on that.
>> Man with our dogs.
>> I know. Yeah.
>> I have always said we should have like a hall of fame that is of dogs that look just like him.
>> Yeah.
We get quite a lot that look just like him. We've had some dogs where they'll get lifted up and be shown around.
>> Really surpris.
>> We need to get out of here. This could be expensive.
>> To be fair, the prices aren't too bad.
>> Really good actually.
>> Oh, they do all like candles and smellies basically. Smells really nice in there as well.
>> Bath bombs as well.
baby's head.
>> Creepy. Yeah, I was just looking at this. I think it's a bath bomb that they have mini ones.
>> I know. Yeah.
Little sweets. Sweets.
>> Yeah, Rosie would have loved it in there.
>> There's all sorts, isn't there?
>> Yeah.
>> Wow. Look at this building. How how >> wonky >> wonky it is.
>> Wow.
Cheesecake guy.
>> Cheesecake.
>> Cheese. Okay.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
Oh yeah. Right. We'll have to go and have a look at the bike.
>> I just nearly dropped my phone.
All right. All right.
I have one of those helmets but without the horns because >> Vikings didn't have >> they didn't actually have horns. No, they drank out of them. But >> that's a lovely building.
I'm going to put your Oh, that's a ghost shop.
>> Sausage rolls.
>> Sausage rolls.
>> I like sausage rolls.
>> You work for the GDC, right?
>> Well, no.
Right. I kind of want to go that way towards the market.
>> Yeah.
>> I love the little cobble sets.
>> Should have broke the ankle.
>> It does smell really nice, doesn't it?
>> It's like loads of Oh, wow. Look at the Look at that.
That's from the rain.
So, it's sandstone. They're quite porous and fragile. Oh, you can actually see shells in it.
>> Full of fossils.
>> Yeah.
>> All the little bits there. Like shells.
>> Right. Let's carry on.
Lovely little market stalls.
>> Oh, look at the roofs on all the houses.
>> Just more Viking things. I've actually already got one of these.
>> It's quite pretty.
Like Kerry was just saying then this looks like the fanciest McDonald's we've ever seen.
Well, my other iPhone has already stopped blooming recording cuz the battery is dead already. I can't believe it. Haven't filmed anything happening actually. But the buildings, every single building is just stunning.
We're just getting around towards cathedral now. I mean, look at the archway on that that brick work.
gargoyles at the top.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. The uh zoom on this phone's a bit rubbish compared to the other one.
>> Look at that. Now, this this is tiny compared to this one. Can >> we go in there?
It's >> giving NRAM vibes.
>> It is, isn't it?
>> Yeah, cuz it's like the twin.
>> Yeah, >> the twin bell bell chambers. Bell chamber.
>> Oh, bells are going off. It's got all the bells and whistles. One of the castle walls is down there. Oh, the zoom is terrible.
Sorry, I didn't mean castle walls.
cement like the city walls cuz it's all there's a big wall all the way around it. I did want to walk it but I don't think we're going to get time today to be honest.
>> But look at this.
Wow.
The more you look at it, the more you see, the more you can find. Like >> Wow.
>> Don't build it like they used to.
>> Really, really don't.
here.
>> Killing himself.
Just insane. It is absolutely insane how stunning this building is.
>> The amount of lead on that roof is insane as well.
Wow.
She'll probably start.
Someone's out there. That's Wow.
the lead on that.
>> I know. It's incredible.
>> I'd probably say this is the most incredible town city. It's a definitely town in that I think I've ever been to.
Wow.
I wish we were staying for longer.
Oh, right. I need to walk at least a little section of this wall.
I want to go in here as well. Sorry.
I think there's some stairs through here. Really tight, but don't know where Kerry's gone. Well, found Carrie, but there's a queue to try and get up there. Um, so I'm pretty sure we can get onto the wall here. I'm hoping. So, going to walk a short section of it just cuz I really, really want to. Um, and then we'll have to get back to the Viking Museum.
Uh we wouldn't have been able to get up there and come out here anyway. There's gates and stuff, but we are on the wall.
>> You can look out at this bit.
>> Oh, that looks like a kiln or something.
>> Yeah.
>> Cooking pizzas.
>> No, not for pizzas.
K's hungry now.
went out very early this morning with the doggies. So we put the dog hair early.
>> Yeah.
>> Lovely art store.
>> Lovely.
>> All right. All right. So the Roman walls >> just over this wall. I think they're doing a bit of archaeology.
What they found in the hole?
She having a sandwich.
>> One day I would love to walk the whole wall. What you looking at? Your silver birches.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> A >> love them.
and to go on to like the next sections of wall. Supposedly there's some like brass um don't know brass arrows or something maybe that show you where to go. I don't know if they're ars or what just some brass plates.
You're talking to these that you >> arrows.
Well, it don't look brass, but it says this way. So, come on then.
Uh, dog poop. Well, the signpost for the wall aren't that good cuz I'm not on the wall. I think we've got to start heading towards the museum now. Anyway, we've done some walking though.
There is a few ugly buildings dotted in with these beautiful buildings like that thing next to this beautiful one.
Right. Well, we've made it back to the shambble now, which is just down there. Um, and we'll head back to the museum.
Obviously, we need to get some food. Oh, Greg's scary. Can I get a sausage roll?
>> No.
>> Oh, no. I need to start being good and have a burger.
>> Oh, that's a squid.
>> Oh, I'm not going to film the squidging.
So, uh, >> we just found a little, uh, passageway.
So, going to have to come down here, aren't we? Wow.
Feel like a proper tourist. Got me backpack on and everything.
>> Well, that's what the shambles is, isn't it?
Like diagal. Yeah.
Well, that took us nowhere near where we needed to go or wanted to go.
>> It does.
>> I think we should maybe go that way.
>> I don't like retracing my steps though.
>> No, I >> Let's go out that way and see what's down here.
Someone's crashed into a plant pot there.
Wow, look at that.
I knew you were going to go wow behind me. Wow.
>> Oh, this road up here. Looks >> quite nice.
Kind of want to see what's behind down here. Couldn't talk. Just saw these doors at the bottom of it. Oh.
Oh, wow.
Wow.
I think I've lost Carrie now though. Oh, some stunning garden.
Oh, wow. I think you can actually come and eat her.
Oh, I better go. Oh, you there.
>> I just I literally I took a guess and I looked down there. I just saw the elbow.
Thought I'd recognize that elbow anywhere.
>> Make it chops.
>> I know.
>> I don't think it's I don't think we're going to get out here though.
We'll have to go back. All right, we're going back. Retracing our steps back onto the main road. But we need to hurry up. Go get some food. Carrie, come on.
>> Oh, I need a snack.
>> Snacky snack.
>> Just a snacky snack.
>> Right.
>> This is lovely. Another lovely bridge.
But I think we need to be on the next road over. I don't know how we're going to make it there.
Uh, we need to be over there, Kerry.
So, that's the bridge we've just walked over. And that's the building that we've just been walking around as well.
Well, it turns out we could have walked straight through there. We We didn't have to walk all the way around. We could have walked through and out.
>> I said to go.
>> I know.
>> It doesn't matter. We're seeing things.
>> Yeah, exactly. I think Primark's there and um it was right near the Viking museum, was it? So I reckon >> do left now.
>> Ferris wheels there as well.
>> Ferris wheels right down there. But yeah, left down here and I think we're there. We made it to food. Come past it earlier, didn't we? I'm just going to have a cheeseburger with an egg. Well, no, I won't have an egg on it just in case I spill it down myself.
>> You You'll make a right.
>> I will. Yeah. Um, and I think I'll have a >> Viking burger.
>> Oh, it looks like I'm having a Viking burger, don't you?
>> Burger, >> right, let's find somewhere to sit. Oh, you hear the dog barking at the Oh, there's a little seat here.
Bit pricey, but it does look pretty nice. So, going to tuck in. Don't worry, I won't film myself eating. Oh, what?
Not you all sick. Oh. Oh, no. There's escape doggy.
>> Oh, I really did enjoy that. Can have a bit of a chill, I think, before we go in there now. Some walk in that.
All right, that's car park. Look at the park there.
Just weird seeing cars above the shop, right? Yeah, I won't be filming in there. That'll be on K's channel. So, make sure you go over to K's channel. QR on screen.
Then I'll see you there.
>> I don't know if I want to go in here now.
>> No.
And health, safety, regulations. That's all it is. Don't worry about >> to go through my bag.
>> Need to go through your bags.
>> Go. Oh, she's got something.
>> We all have to have our bags ready for searches, but there is a saying, never go through a lady's handbag, in there.
>> Yeah.
>> Um, and it's actually a young lad having to go through all the handbags and stuff. So, I think that's a bit I think it's a bit wrong that, don't you? You >> You never go through a lady's handbag.
The >> center of their home that could be fire two to 300.
>> All right, back to my vlog. And if you want to find out exactly what I actually thought of the Viking Museum, make sure you go over to carriage vlog because we've just done a little clip of what I thought of it. Uh >> I don't know whether to put it in or not. I don't know if you have your >> You can put it in yours. But I love the stonework.
Just >> like I love finding shells and stuff in the sandstone. I think it's amazing.
>> I'm thirsty. I don't think that's original though. But that isn't obviously >> the fire exit sign.
>> All right. No, that's definitely.
>> But I'd say that one is there. Right.
>> Yeah. Go over to Car's channel to find out exactly what I thought of the Viking Museum.
>> I don't know if I'm putting that in yet.
>> You're putting it in.
>> Go over there cuz she's going to put it in.
>> My channel wasn't for you to review the museum.
>> Well, that's what you got out of it.
>> Um, right. Moving on somewhere else. I don't know where to go from here. Time is it? I don't want to hit the traffic on the way back as well.
>> Um, >> it is 10.
>> Oh, yeah. We'll have to set off back soon. But >> some nice buildings here at least. Well, we had a race.
>> We did chocolate cuz you set off first >> and I won.
>> You didn't win cuz it wasn't rain.
>> And then we got up here.
They tried ripping us off again.
I said you >> Yeah, I was like, you should be paying me for making it over there.
>> Oh, man.
>> That was easy.
Easy. Um, but yeah, lovely, lovely place, York. But everywhere is just after your money.
>> Well, obviously this is a tourist place, isn't it?
>> Yeah, but come on. The prices the park like parking was expensive. I just spent a lot of money on >> nothing. What do you spend 20 quid on a burger?
>> Quid 20 quid on two burgers and a bottle of water.
>> Oh, speaking of which, I'm really thirsty.
>> I mean, you're probably thinking I'm tight. Everyone from London's like, "Oh, that's nothing. What do you want about?"
>> No, but No, but everything's different.
Everything's high. You pay wages are higher in London, though, so it balances out, doesn't it?
>> Not up there. No.
>> No. The most that water.
need some cost me a fortune getting up here as well the price of fuel at the moment all this vlog's going to be me wingering about money yeah on it >> right do you reckon I can slide all the way down >> that I will happily watch you do >> I'm going to try and get a sneak peek from there that was uh definitely not worth a turn that >> just cost you three quid right be careful going down races going So, >> how many people do you reckon walk up, find out how much it is and what went down?
>> I mean, to be fair, it's only a small building. So, >> I didn't know you had to pay to get an >> Yeah, for us to be 20 quid.
>> Probably a lot of you think, "Oh, it's not too bad." But >> that's what it is, isn't it?
>> We got up the hill anyway.
Was it bottom?
>> Well, I was too busy racing you up there.
>> Well, that's your silly fault because it wasn't a race.
>> I just wanted to go to the top anyway.
I'm not bothered about going in.
There's a little sign saying you can't go around, but there's uh >> Yeah, do not climb the hill as well.
>> Loads of path lines all around going up because people just keep walking up.
does say don't climb in the bank, but I think people do. Tell you what, it better be a good place to come and ride your pedal bikes and skateboard and stuff.
>> Oh, yeah, definitely. Oh, I don't know about skateboards in North York.
>> Oh, that's true, actually. Yeah, >> that wouldn't be a great idea.
>> It is a really nice place to come.
>> And I would say it's my Is it class as a town or a city?
>> City.
>> City of York, but >> then you've got like the town center. Oh god, I could be so wrong, guys. I do apologize for people screaming at me, >> but I would say it's my new favorite place.
>> Yeah, we need to come back.
>> Definitely going to have to come back over a weekend >> so we can adventure the bars >> and finding a nice spar on the wall evening.
>> Yeah.
>> And just watching the world >> hustle and bustle.
>> That would be really nice. So, I think I've just found one of the brass things that tells you which way to go for the walls, but that's the only one I've seen all the way around. Can you see any more?
>> Any more?
You can get both.
>> Should we go for a swim?
>> We made it back to the car park and to the car and now we're going to head off back. 1 hour 42 minutes. It's saying >> that's not bad.
>> It's not too bad really, is it? It's >> not in half the time. Anyway, joking. Um, but yeah, I love York. It's really nice, isn't it?
>> Oh, I love it.
>> 100% going to have to come back here because it is such a stunning, stunning place.
>> Seen a fraction of it. Really, I think, haven't we?
>> Yeah, we've not seen all like Terry said, a fraction.
>> So, we're going to head off back anyway.
I'll catch up with you when we're back.
Well, I've dropped Carrie off. Nice drive back. A bit of traffic, but I'm on another adventure now. I don't know if I'm going to film it all, but I need to go anyway cuz I got to set off. Welcome to a new location. And this is my digs for the next night. Uh meeting up with the lads. Uh doing a bit of fishing and some other bits as well. So I'll see if I take you with me. You might get this vlog. You might not. If you wear this now, you'll obviously be getting it. So yeah, just going to set myself in and uh we're going to head off. Right. Time to explore.
Wow.
It's a bit of a walk to where the lads are staying. It's right down there. Feel like I've been walking forever, but had a quick look on maps when I was crossing that bridge a minute ago. And it said 20 minutes walk from there. So, I'd say in total 25 minutes from the caravan where I'm staying. I might end up getting a taxi back to be fair. I'll see what time the last bus is.
cuz we've already done a few miles today. It's already walked all the way around York and stuff. But look at that.
I just love it near the sea. It's just calming. It's good for the soul, they say.
Never actually stayed here before. I think it's Is this Clusters tower here?
I think real's further down, isn't it?
Um but yeah, go catch up with the lads and hopefully cast a rod out tonight. I think we've missed high tide. It said like 2:40 in the morning high tide. So to be fair, we probably missed the uh opportunity now.
But 22 tomorrow, high tide again, and it'll be in the day as well. So, but I still might throw a rod out. Like I say, it's good for the soul.
Oh, sweating though.
Oh, still sweating. Still walking. But I can just see Steven just about. But he said we might be able to catch on a low tide. So low tide's about 8:00ish, 9:00ish, I think.
So we'll give it a go. I've been told of someone that I was just walking past before this is a good spot to go. So I'm going to have a good look in a minute.
Look for some sand bars.
And tomorrow on high tide, I'll probably uh find a like a a nice sandbar there to cast out to. Hello, Steven.
Oh, I'm sweating.
>> See you here.
>> Fancy seeing you here. This is a nice bit of concrete.
Some nice new sea defenses. I've heard just been speaking to someone. This is probably one of the best places to fish.
>> So, yeah.
So yeah, we'll have a good scope out.
Might be worth having a chat with him.
Look at the sweat on my forehead.
>> Yeah.
>> See where that >> Miles >> see where that um steps are.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> That's where we are.
>> Not too bad. 25 minutes, I think.
>> Finally made it. I made it to there.
>> So, >> I'll try and zoom in. This isn't the best phone in the world for zooming in.
But >> so, >> good view as well.
>> That tall my big fat finger. that big tall ride there. I'm about the same distance again on the other side of that. But you guys have got quite a nice view in between there. I've been fishing next to those on a on a boat. Got really bad seasick. It was awful. Awful.
Look at that sky.
That's crazy.
Wonder if we'll get to see a sunset.
Yeah, I was just saying then I sees lot go for some food. I'm going to grab a a fork a bag and go and try and get some lug. Will be lug, won't it? You got me.
That's a great picture. Look at that.
>> It will be lug, won't it?
>> Yeah.
>> So, there's a load of seagulls over there. So, I won't be surprised if uh >> that's where Yeah. And then hopefully we got more chance of catching on that because it's obviously a local bait.
I'm thinking about casting in between these rocks here. But that'll be on a high tide tomorrow.
>> You know what? Get sunset.
>> I was just saying yeah before >> because hopefully it'll just come below the the clouds.
>> So that's Ross on sea there. Um and then you got the great arm behind it and little arm in front of it.
>> It is a little arm, is it? Do they call it little arm? That's the >> Yeah, there's a great arm behind.
>> Little arm.
>> Yeah. So, the great arm is the one in front and then >> No, sorry.
>> Yeah.
>> Little arm and then >> Yeah, that's great. Yeah.
>> Supposed to be a dragon, ain't it?
>> Dragon coming out to see.
>> Yeah.
>> I'm not sure whether it was a Vikings actually. Thought it was a a dragon.
>> I wouldn't be surprised.
So, it's a few days later now. Uh had a great weekend with the lads. Um, didn't film it because I just enjoyed it instead of getting my phone out every two minutes and just enjoyed the time that I was away. Uh, back now just doing the edit. Get this up for tomorrow morning or now for you guys that are watching it. Uh, and then back to it, I think. Back to some daily grinding. So, I hope you've enjoyed the vlog. If you don't mind giving us a like, hit the subscribe button, hit the notification button, and stay tuned for some actual work vlogs coming up. See you tomorrow, guys.
Yeah, we could we could we could be tight.
Make it like time.
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