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We took three hours, two on foot and one by bus, with persons who pointed out the restorations in train as well as the new construction underway in the city and outside it. All our mornings and afternoons were absorbed in hearing about and discussing their work with these persons. We felt really we needed more time to explore the city. Many of its outstanding monuments we could not see. One of the most delightful times for me was a night walk through the virtually deserted streets before and after supper. The glamour of the dark and the quiet made all the city’s beauties remarkable in a new way, as if one were in a different and strange place.
On our last afternoon, we went by bus to Castle Howard, some distance west of York, which took us through the rolling farmland of the county. It was as wet in York this Biarch as it was here at home, so little was being done on the land, but most of it was green since the mild climate, although cold, allows things to grow a little throughout the winter. The trees were still leafless, however, allowing us the deep and distant views of approaching spring.
A principal thing we learned was the effect of the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act. (The date was incorrectly stated in the previous article). This act took development rights away from individuals and businesses and put them in the
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