Fountains Abbey

So today we started off our day with bus trouble... We thought there was a bus coming near us but there wasn't so be ended up flagging another bus down! We didn't think he was going to let us on because he was just shaking his head and wouldn't open the door for a minute!!! It was hilarious! This is the second time we have had to do it in one week!!! So we kind of just make our own bus stops. We treked to Fountains Abbey today. It's not way far away but the whole transportation thing was a mess so it took us FOREVER to get there. We ended up spending some time in Ripon waiting for another bus, but that turned out to be fun too. We just had to laugh at the unfortunate events that occurred today (waving the bus down, frustrating bus schedules, it rained on us at Fountains Abbey). We ate at a pub in Ripon, which was actually pretty good food. There was a football (soccer) game on and people started flooding in and it was getting so packed! There was also some kind of world war II something or other going on in the middle of town so we went there to check it out. They had a plane there and old cars and old music playing. There were other stands set up too.

We only had 1 1/2 hours to spend at Fountains Abbey because of the way the buses worked out, so we were a little rushed. It was so cool and so pretty! We tried to take a lot of pics, but there was a time crunch too so we had to be careful. Fountains Abbey is an old monestary. In 1132 thirteen monks came to this valley and founded this abbey, which became one of the richest in Europe. At the other end of the valley there is a water garden created in the 1700's called the Studley Royal.

This is the pub where we ate "ye Hornblower Tavern"

Me and Michelle inside the pub with our bucket of spicy chicken and chips. Notice the football fans behind us.

We found more telephone booths :)

This is the world war II plane on display in Ripon

This is what the view we had when we first walked in to the valley



The next few pictures are inside the Monestary



Beautiful shots surrounding the monestary


Christina and I inside a tunnel


Behind me is the water gardens (Studley Royal)