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This is the third and final installment of Judith Hays' 2000 trip to England with her husband to follow the footsteps of four of A.S. Byatt's characters (Randolph Henry Ash, Christabel la Motte, Maud Bailey, Roland Mitchel) from her book "Possession: A Romance." We hope you enjoyed being along for the trip.
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Judith Hays and her husband Frank in York |
June 19, 2000
Lunch at the Harbour Inn Tea Room - Whitby
For lunch, we once again agreed to have "tea" - so we chose the Harbour Inn Tea room, overlooking the busy and colorful harbour. Frank and I decided to order one "full" afternoon tea, and share it, since it included more than enough goodies for both of us: finger sandwiches (butter, cucumber, and tuna), raisin and sultana scones, jam, clotted cream, and an apple tart. It was served with a pot of tea, but we also ordered two bottles of spring water, as the temps were in the 80s that day. "Tea" was excellent, as usual, and the view of the harbour was wonderful. As we ate our tea, we shared with one another that we could easily see ourselves retiring in England - as we would never get bored of exploring not only the villages, moors, and coastlines - but also the tea shops!
June 20, 2000
Lunch at a Tea Room in Pickering
After spending four hours in search of the Roman Road (and getting lost several times) we ended up in Pickering, without having ever found the Roman Road. We decided to take a little break before resuming our search. Since we were both still stuffed from our full English breakfast, we decided to simply have a pot of tea and scones - as for us the "simple" scones are a little feast in themselves. I had mine with jam, and Frank had his with jam and clotted cream. They were, as always, melt-in-your-mouth delicious!
P.S. Our trip to Yorkshire in search of the ghosts of Byatt's four characters was not only completely successful (we ended up with three huge photo albums of glorious snapshots of the moors, coastlines, and villages of Yorkshire), but we also totally fell in love with British "afternoon tea."
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