While we were in Knaresborough in May we did quite a bit of walking around the area, going down a steep hill we got to this antiques shop which had a lot of books in it. I managed to buy a few – as usual – Jack didn’t.

From the shop we went down some stairs by the wall to  reach the river.

I’m a fan of bridges and this is quite a nice one I think, the area is incredibly overgrown though and you can’t see much of the river from there. Below is the River Nidd as seen from the bridge

A riverside house sounds and looks lovely but I would be worried about flooding.

The Mother Shipton Inn is also nearby.

Back up at the town the town crier was doing his thing (how English) but there was nothing dramatic for him to tell, it was just news about local societies and their next meetings. He seems to be standing by the market cross. It looks reasonably old but apparently it’s a replica made in the twentieth century.

So that was Knaresborough, a quaint Yorkshire town, definitely worth visiting if you’re in that area.