The first weekend in May, I organized an optional hiking trip for Calvin Students to the Hole of Horcum. My brother Jan also was visiting us, and we conveniently all fit into two cars. I was a bit sleepy, because the night before, Kristin (one of our students) had broken her elbow, and we spent most of the night in the Hospital Emergency Room. (Kristin underwent surgery, and is now doing fine!) We hiked from the Hole of Horcum to Levisham Station, and took the train from there to Pickering and back. It was Steam Gala Weekend, and we got a glimpse of the Tornado, and were pulled by Sir Nigel Gresley (pulling in to Pickering, photo right).
Pickering is a friendly town, with a bailey-and-keep castle, and wonderful fifteenth century frescoes in the church of Saints Peter and Paul.
That same weekend (a Bank Holiday) when Jan was visiting, we also visited Wensleydale, where we saw not only Middleham castle (below), but also the folly gardens and mazes of the "Forbidden Corner", England's answer to the gardens of Bomarzo.
Left and right: Kees and Thomas in the garden of wonders, the Forbidden Corner. Below: More mirabilia, when on the way back we made a brief stop in Ripon to see the cathedral’s fifteenth-century misericords (including this boar playing the bagpipe).
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