We left Hereford and travelled to Thirsk in north Yorkshire. A pleasant market town... but why did we go there?
As we wandered around the town, I heard an old Yorkshire man comment "Ohh Aye, thats a poorly lookin wombat! he ort to see 't vitinary! 'erriots not bad, go see im!"
Filled with concern I looked around for a "vitinary" and managed to find a practice on Kirkgate, here I am waiting outside Skeldale House.
Unfortunately I could not get in to see the Vitinary as he was tending to a poor dog owned by one Mrs Pomphrey. Apparently the dog suffers from "flop bot" and also suffers from the unfortunate name of "Tricky Woo".
Of course Mr Herriot (or Alf Wight) used to practice here and wrote the wonderful James Herriot stories. The practice has been preserved.
With life like figures and furniture depicting life in the Vetinary practice
The car used in the television series "All Creatures Great and Small" was also on display
As were the studio sets from the series.
After leaving the surgery we wandered down by the river before dinner and saw this location which may contain a Geocache but used to contain a Mill and the remains of the old mill race can be seen.
More soon!
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