Guys... I don't know what time it is
But I just woke up to that...
It's like from "The Ring!"
Scary.
What's up, guys? Welcome back to our road trip across
Northern England.
Right now, we are in York, one of the most beautiful
cities in the country,
and also, one of the most haunted.
So we're going to start things off by going
on a ghost tour.
We are going to hit all of the most haunted places
in this town, in one night.
Are you ready to get supernatural? Let's do it!
Wooooooo
I'm Mark Graham, and I run the original ghost walk of York.
You might see one.
We're going to walk around the city
history, mystery,folklores, and legends.
Real ghost stories.
The ghosts are this way.
The first ghost story I'd like to tell concerns that bridge.
Days gone by, we used to behead people.
Used to place their head on a spike.
Spike would go through the neck and out the top.
It's haunted by a boy, ten or eleven years old
He's as surprised to see you,
as you are to to see him.
I think general opinion
is pretty evenly divided on
whether or not ghosts are real.
What are your thoughts?
I don't really believe,
but I know my brother had a recent experience.
I did, indeed.
I was not a believer,
and I'm not a Belieber,
but now, I'm a believer.
Well my ghost story takes place in Tallinn, Estonia.
We were in an Airbnb in the old town
This was one of the few buildings that got bombed
in the second world war.
It was obliterated, but only the top part of the building.
So we were on the 5th floor.
There was the 6th floor above us.
I was all alone in the room that night,
and I basically had an experience with a poltergeist
There was a series of noises.
It sounded like somebody sliding a table on the ceiling
above me.
Then footsteps. Then the door shutting.
Then footsteps running down the stairs.
And then finally a very large kaboom!
That series of noises started a 1 a.m.
and continued until 6 a.m.
And I was kept up all night.
I had cold chills
I had a very strange encounter where I said,
"Ghosts aren't real."
And right when I said that,
the series of noises happened again.
And there was a final kaboom which shook the floor
that I was sleeping on.
I had to stay there all night.
it was really uncomfortable.
So we'll see.
Hopefully, I don't meet any other ghosts tonight
because I didn't enjoy it.
If you guys have ghost experiences, please put them
in the comment box because I'm super curious.
Interesting little tidbit to add two things: first of all
we'd heard the thumping a couple nights before,
but we'd thought there were people partying
because the upstairs room
was also rented out in Airbnb.
But when I went up there,
it had actually been empty the whole weekend.
Weird. Stranger still. Afterwards we logged onto Airbnb
and looked at the other reviews, and
lo and behold, the people right before us had said,
"Amazing place. Excellent view of the old town."
But, all night on our last night,
it sounded like elephants were playing sports above us.
Coincidence? We've got to go.
The oldest pub in York is the Black Swan
1417, and it's haunted
by a choking sensation.
It's not unusual to see people collapse
at the bar
when people sleep walk from room to room,
awoken by some strange noise
and find themselves in cupboards, corridors,
other people's bedrooms.
There's a ghostly figure that dissolves on the stairs.
A great old pub full of history
All right, guys, well whether or not you believe in ghosts,
that was a fun way to spend the evening.
We're going to wrap it up by heading back to the hotel
to grab a pint at the Guy Fawkes Inn.
Guy Fawkes, you might recognize from his mask
which was made famous
by the movie V for Vendetta.
But here in the U.K., he is famous for
trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
Every 5th of November
there is a bonfire night
which is where they burn his effigy in the street
to celebrate the fact that his treasonous plot failed.
Treasonous plot or not
fact remains that he was born
in my hotel room.
And the rumors say that his ghost
still haunts that place.
So I'm going to drink myself into a drunken stupor
and pass out because I don't want to have
any ghost stories.....no more ghost stories tonight.
Well, you know...
It could be a worst ghost to be visited by.
Yeah, except he's a pyromaniac.
Bad
I slept here last night
and didn't have any problems
So fingers crossed that
that is the same story tonight
because I'm not looking for any unexpected visitors,
any bumps in the night.
Guys, I don't know what time it is, but I just woke up
to that.
It's like from [the film] "The Ring."
Scary
How do I turn this thing off?
And the bell strikes 9:00.
Well, that was.....
kind of a weird way to wake up.
Not going to lie.
Pretty spooky.
Could be coincidence.
Could be Guy Fawkes.
Thank god he didn't burn my room down.
It's a wet, but lovely morning
here in York,
and we are going to explore
York's chocolate scene.
York is famous for its chocolate.
We're going to find out why.
But I do know that they invented the chocolate oranges
here...the ones you smash and they open up,
which are some of my favorites.
Today's Sunday roast is going to be a special
treat at a country pub.
But we're starting off, as one does,
with chocolate for breakfast.
Well, we just got to York's chocolate story,
which is going to teach us not just the history
of how chocolate got to York,
but also how to make some chocolate.
Long story short,
cacao and cocoa have been consumed
in Central America for thousands of years.
It was a sacred drink for the Aztecs
and the Maya.
When Central America was conquered by the Spanish,
the conquistadors brought
cocoa beens back to Spain.
Over the next couple hundred years,
the recipes and cocoa beens spread through Europe
and eventually arrived here in England.
Here in York,
the industry was built by Quakers
because their religion prohibited them
from dealing with simple things
such as alcohol.
Chocolate, at that time, was not considered simple.
Although now, we can get a bit gluttonous.
A couple different families founded
a lot of the brands that we now know today,
including KitKat, York Peppermint Patties
you guys might recognize from the States
And those lovely Terry's chocolate oranges.
We've learned a little bit about the history,
and now we're going to dive in and try
to make some ourselves.
Let's go.
So today we are going to make some chocolate lollipops
and some chocolate bars
and then some chocolate truffles.
With the white chocolate,
I'm going to give some fruit because
it's always like white chocolate and raspberries.
This is toffee
with caramel.
So the next challenge is to make some chocolate bars.
The difference here is that we're going to put the
ingredients in before we pour the chocolate.
For the white chocolate, I'm using blueberries,
and to complement that, some honey.
Yes. Look at that.
It's just grand.
This is like being at Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory
Good thing I don't work here because
I would deplete the entire supply of all ingredients
just nibbling all day.
After a week there, they'd say,
"Where's everything gone?" I'd be like....
I don't know.
See you later. Bye
[sigh] Yum
All right. Time to get Sunday roast.
Well that was a fun drive.
Oh yeah.
Right now we're about 45 minutes outside
York, in the small town of Sancton.
I'm excited because we're about to knock out
three birds with one stone.
We are at the start of Sancton,
which is a country-gastro pub.
We're going to have a Sunday lunch
and a Yorkshire pudding,
all super typical for this region.
So we're going to head inside and meet the chef, Ben,
who's going to show us how to make a Yorkshire pudding,
and then wine and dine us.
Sound good?
I'm excited. Time to feast.
The Yorkshire pudding I'm about to show you
it's simple steps....
and that is the beef drippings
the 5 ounce of flour
1/4 of a pint of milk
1/4 of a pint of our secret ingredient
5 eggs
salt and pepper and some sage.
Then we'll put into
the hot Yorkshire pudding tins
in the oven 25 minutes
on a real hot temperature.
Wow
I love that slow,
braised
oxtail
and it just falls apart in your mouth.
I wish everyday was Sunday.
Steak and ale pie, done to perfection.
That was a great lunch.
I did not know that a pudding was a pastry.
Not in America, but this was delicious.
Only in Yorkshire.
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Also, if you have any ghost stories,
please put them in the comment box.
All right guys. In the meantime, stay curious,
keep exploring,
and we'll see you guys on the road.
Stay tuned for the rest of the road trip
through north of England.
Peace.