Day Five is Tuesday September 19th, our full day in York. It’s still a favorite!
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Postcards Day Four
Day four was Monday September 18th and it was a Uber, Plane and Train day to get from Dublin to York.
We’ve had a couple days with very sketchy internet so my postcards are behind. We have been blessed with sunbreaks and rain breaks at just the right time. Thank you, Lord!
The Walls of York…
After we spent time in Derbyshire we traveled northeast to the city of York and dropped off our rental car for the remaining days of our literary tour. For York we had a walking guidebook that Katie was in charge of and we saw many things we would have missed otherwise.
We weren’t looking for any of our literary favorites here but just enjoying the walls and history surrounding this city.
We attended our first evensong at Yorkminster and were so blessed by that hour of singing and readings. Katie and Dear also climbed to the top of the minster and Dear took this great photo above.
We went to a history museum and donned these heavy helmets for a photo op.
And…of course we had to take a photo of the Pharmacist in front of the Apothecary.
From York we boarded a train to Edinburgh where we would enjoy the city and take a bus to Stirling for some fun with Monty Python. Two more posts to go to wrap up our 2004 Literary Tour of Great Britain.
Back to the present…I’ve been very busy with my sisters the last few days. On Monday my sister Kathy flew home and on Tuesday my sister Vera will be flying home. I’ll share our Saturday road trip when I have some time to create the post.
Jesu, Our Hope, Our Heart’s Desire ~ Hymn
Jesu, Our Hope, Our Heart’s Desire
Jesu, our Hope, our heart’s Desire,
Thy work of grace we sing;
Redeemer of the world art Thou,
Its Maker and its King.
How vast the mercy and the love,
Which laid our sins on Thee,
And led Thee to a cruel death,
To set Thy people free!
But now the bonds of death are burst;
The ransom has been paid;
And Thou art on Thy Father’s throne,
In glorious robes arrayed.
O may Thy mighty love prevail
Our sinful souls to spare!
O may we stand around Thy throne,
And see Thy glory there!
Jesu, our only Joy be Thou,
As Thou our Prize wilt be;
In Thee be all our glory now
And through eternity.
All praise to Thee Who art gone up
Triumphantly to Heav’n;
All praise to God the Father’s Name
And Holy Ghost be given.
Words: Unknown author, 7th or 8th Century (Jesu nostra redemptio, Amor et desiderium); translated from Latin to English by John Chandler (Hymns of the Primitive Church, 1837) and the compilers of Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 