OK, this is a little of tooting my own horn - but I thought you folks might be interested in reading my article. It was just published on Travelmag, and it's about abbeys in Yorkshire.

THis is my first attempt at an actual travel article. Let me know what you think, I welcome critique

http://www.travelmag.co.uk/article_1204.shtml


PS Travelmag is very easy to publish in. Just email the article

GD-- the article ROCKS!! Excellent! Loved the format, bulleted highlights, and the personal touch of perspective, i.e. your thoughts while sitting on the steps of Rievaulx Abbey. Well done! Thanks for sharing!

Congratulations on your article. It's an interesting piece and a useful guide for visitors.

If I may be permitted a few historical quibbles, there are a couple of inaccuracies that you might want to correct.

Technically, York Minster is a cathedral (hence the name) rather than an abbey or monastery. Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in England and most were destroyed along with their works of art and libraries. However he did not "destroy most of the Catholic Churches", as they continued to serve as churches and cathedrals under his leadership as head of the Church of England. York Minister was and is one of the principal cathedrals whose archbishop was an important cleric in the Church, but Canterbury remained the prime centre of the Church and its archbishop has always been the Primate of the Church both before and after the Reformation.

These aside, I enjoyed your article and look forwarding to revisiting these places.

Well done. Keep up the good work.

Dragon: Excellent article that makes me long to hop on a plane and see everything myself. Congratualations on a job well done. How gratifying for you.

Congratulations, GreenDragon. Very nicely done.

Anselm

Thanks for the corrections on history - I was going by memory from the short tour they gave inside, 2 years ago

THanks for everyone's good words - but then again, being inspired to travel isn't that hard with this bunch, is it now?

Lovely article. Did you get a load of their forums though? We all complain about the Fodors editors but Travelmag badly needs them!!! They should just ditch their forums if they can't keep out the porn and ads.

Didn't even stay there - figured this was my home

Loved the article in travelmag- I was in York last summer and loved it and Whitby Abby so much I am going back again this summer to spend more time exploring!

This was my second trip to Whitby, as we didn't spend nearly enough time there the first time, exploring It's a very addicting area!

GreenDragon - thanks for the link to your lovely article. Well done!