Helmsley...

Slept in Thirsk last night, though I didn’t get much sleep after 5.30am, when guys started putting up their market stalls. I wasn’t getting much sleep anyway, thanks to a sore back giving me gip. I spent the day shooting pix at Rievaulx Abbey - one set of pix in the morning, another set in the afternoon - and now I’m in Helmsley, yet another North Yorkshire town with an expansive market square. I’m self-medicating with summer ale, and the back seems to be responding to treatment…