York Minsters towers above the clutter of the medieval streets of York. @shepherdmandswife wanted to visit the city to circumnavigate the ancient city walls, which is precisely what we did. There are, apparently, more miles of surviving city walls than in any other English town, but depsite this there are an awful lot of gaps between surviving sections. By the time that we had finished, both the dogs and I had had quite enough of climbing steps, walking above the street, descending steps, walking along the street, before once again climbing steps to repeat the process, without so much as an ancient ice cream van for refreshment.
It amazes me how compacted the buildings are in some areas. Maybe it looks more so because of the variety of architectural styles. The towers look like a crown above the other buildings.
A marvellous shot of Petergate and the Minster towers - Fav. I've posted a simular viewpoint several times. This link shows how quiet it was in June last year when the first lockdown was being relaxed - http://365project.org/fishers/365/2020-06-25
Ian