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- čas přidán 16. 12. 2020
- In my latest #vlogmas video, Mum and I head to York to see the Christmas lights and visit some bookshops! Have you ever been to York? Which bookshop in the city would you most want to visit?
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BOOKSHOPS VISITED:
The Blue House Bookshop
Fossgate Books
The Minster Gate Bookshop
Janette Ray Booksellers
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ABOUT ME: I'm Miranda Mills, a freelance writer and photographer who recently moved from London to Yorkshire.
Note: music in this video is from Epidemic Sound, a subscription service for royalty free music - Zábava
As a german bookseller and book-aholic I just found your channel. I am so happy - you and your Mum are so charming ❣
This was so fun! I was in York when I studied abroad in England when I was 19. I wish I had known more about English books at the time. I would have gone crazy in the bookstores too! I'd love to visit again. I remember seeing huge pink hydrangeas in York (in August). That was the first time I realized they didn't have to be blue. Funny the revelations of adulthood.
I'll have to look our for those hydrangeas in the summer! Hope you're able to visit York again sometime, Elizabeth - it's such a special city! xxx
Hello Miranda and Donna 🥰..... York is AMAZING!!!! the History , the Buildings, the Atmosphere, the BOOK SHOPS are Magical....I felt like I was there..I’m telling you Miranda this video was beautifully narrated like a York/Bookshop Documentary , I know I’m rambling but Your Vlogs are Wonderful 🥰
Aw, thanks so much, Kiki! York is indeed such a special city - we can't wait to explore it even more! xxx
You have transported me to all these beautiful places during this time where we cannot travel. I don’t know how to express how much I’m enjoying your videos. I definitely need to visit your country, specially all those places. When the time comes, I will ask you what to visit. I cannot imagine how happy I think you are since you moved. This video is full is history❤️It is so pleasant to share those moments with someone who can understand and share the passion for books as you are. Your mother is amazing and she has all that energy to follow you in all this adventure. Another beautiful video!! 👌
Thanks so much, Gisela! I'm so glad you enjoyed this video, and I do hope you're able to travel to the UK and Yorkshire once it's safe again. Take care xxx
Tea and minced pies...Yum!!
It was rather a lovely way to start the day 😄
Thank you for taking us on location with you. So much charm! Last night brought over 8 inches of gusting snow to my part of Connecticut. And it's still falling! I feel as if I've been transported to the North Pole. I'd much prefer York. I especially appreciate your voice-overs sharing tidbits of local history. You have a flair for capturing the soul of town and country. My wanderlust yearns all the more to hop across the Atlantic for an indefinite visit.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Pamela! Goodness, what a lot of snow!! Hope the weather has eased off a bit for you now xxx
I knew I wanted to visit York but now I can’t wait! It’s so beautiful and picturesque, everything I love really! All those gorgeous bookshops are the cherry on the cake!
As always a big thank you for taking us with you.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻☺️✨✨✨
So glad you enjoyed our little tour, Carolina! York is such a special city - I do hope you're able to visit one day soon! xxx
You two are the sweetest! Thank you for a history-filled video! It was wonderful. ❤️ It is a dream of mine to one day visit England and visit the areas where my family is from.
Thank you so much! I so hope you're able to make your dream trip sometime xxx
Miranda, thank you for this - what a lovely and transporting bit of armchair traveling you have provided! We did not make it to York when we lived in London although it was on our travel list. We will definitely visit it one day. Just the variety of bookshops is amazing, not to mention the gorgeous architecture of Yorkminster and the town, the ancient walls, the Tudor-style buildings, and and the centuries of history and drama. So lovely that you and Donna had the occasion to visit and do some book shopping too. If you ever decide to lead tours, Miranda, I will sign up as a customer! xx
Thank you so much, Lisa! Really glad you enjoyed it. I hope you get to York when you can travel back to the UK again. It's such a special city, and you'd certainly love all the bookshops! xxx
me too books and tea themes gorgeous .
Hi Miranda. Thank you for sharing the beautiful city of York and the quaint little bookshops. I love the architecture, especially the churches. It probably would have been very difficult for me to have made book choices with all the wonderful shops to visit. Take care and enjoy your new treasures.......Crystal.
Thank you so much, Crystal! Yes, it was definitely hard to limit my book choices in those fabulous shops 😃 xxx
Love York and especially The Shambles. Thank you for sharing your visit.
It’s such a beautiful city! Can’t wait to visit more next year 💫
Thank you for this beautiful vlog. I always wanted to visit York. We are now in lock-down and everything is closed, but your vlog made me happy and made it possible for me to travel and walk in these historical streets and enter the beautiful book shops.
I'm so glad I could provide a bit of armchair travel! Take care xxx
I so wish there were still book shops like this here in my neck of the woods... a suburban cultural wasteland in western Canada. All we have here now is big chain stores which carry the latest bestsellers and not much else of real interest to me. You are so lucky, Miranda, to live in such a bounteous book heaven!
PS: I've just come across your CZcams, enjoying your cozy home and all the books and baking, but especially that stunning wallpaper in your bedroom!
Yes, I'm definitely grateful for all the lovely bookshops in the UK! xxx
Another gorgeous video. I want you and Donna to adopt me (even though I am 45 lol).
😂 thank you!!
Thank you for taking us with you to these magical places. I’d love to one day be able to take that same walk along the York Walls, it was very peaceful, and then hearing the church bells.😊 Lovely necklace too, I like the different shaped stars, very festive and celestial. 🌟 ✨ ⭐️ Warm wishes to you and your mum🎄
Thank you very much, Silvia. I hope you are able to visit York and do that walk one day. It's a wonderful experience! xxx
Lovely bookish tour of York, Miranda! Wonderful purchases! 📚
Thanks so much, Marion! xxx
Because it's so close to me, I forget how beautiful a city York is. I really need to take my mum and visit more often in 2023. Thank you for sharing this lovely outing with us Miranda.💕
Thank you Miranda , I love York and visiit Bookshops new and old is my favorite thing...You are a very special person|! I wish you a very merry Crhistmas
Thank you so much, Paola! You too! xxx
The view from the wall is magnificent! :D
Yes, love walking the wall!!
What a beautiful place! It is on my bucket list to see England.
This video is so fun and enjoyable to watch. What a great job you do for us!
What an enchanting video. I so much would like to visit York. The bookstores would be some of the best part of the trip for me. Five floors of books🥰I could spend the rest of my life there💕thank you Miranda and Donna for taking us with you.
I hope you get to York one day! The bookshops are indeed incredible! xxx
Thank you Miranda and Donna for another spectacular video . Keep safe x
Our pleasure, Karen! Thank you xxx
Miranda, the tour of York is just magical. I simply love London and all its beauty and old charm.
Lovely to go on a virtual visit to York with you, such a beautiful city. 😊
Glad you enjoyed it! xxx
I really enjoyed this thanks for sharing Miranda 🙂.
So glad! xxx
Thank you for showing us York, Miranda! It's a beautiful city! The books that you bought seem very interesting too! Cheers.
It is indeed such a beautiful city - we're looking forward to exploring more! Glad you enjoyed this little tour xxx
Your red hat is beautiful Miranda. What a lovely tour of bookshops (my favorite was The Blue House Bookshop). The purchase of yours that I most envy is The Far Distant Oxus! I read about the story behind the book in How the Heather Looks: A Joyous Journey to the British Sources of Children's Books by Joan Bodger. I have wanted to read it since then, but the copies are so expensive. You got a real deal!
Thanks so much, Kathy! I do love this hat! Yes, I was amazed and so pleased to find The Distant Oxus. It's so fun to be able to read it again. Hope you manage to track down a copy! xxx
York looks beautiful ❤can’t wait to visit England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales one day 😊 I really enjoy your clogs & book hauls 💕love from Australia xx
What a fun visit! I loved seeing a little bit of York and it's beautiful streets and shops :D Someday, I'll make it to England...it's a dream of mine. Thank you so much for recording the bells ringing - that's also another love of mine! Great book choices...I could spend (and have spent) hours and hours in a used book store. Your poetry book choice had such gorgeous end papers! Thank you for a lovely, joyful break in my day! xoxo :) :)
So glad you enjoyed it, Gina! York is beautiful, and I do hope you manage to visit it on your UK travels one day xxx
Thank you for sharing. Nice to travel with y’all . My first trip of the year. Thank you so much
Our pleasure! So glad you enjoyed it 😊
York’s my favourite place in the world! I usually go every year since I have family near there but I’m stuck in Australia for the moment
It’s a beautiful city!
Thank you Miranda! I’ve never been to York and now I’d love to visit and definitely check out some bookstores there. Thank you for insights ❤️
Loved the video! Thank you for recording and sharing it.
Thank you Miranda for sharing the visit to York with us, what a lovely and charming city! I really miss travel... and spend time visiting bookshops... have a nice weekend! 🥰
Thanks so much, Teresa! York is so beautiful; we're lucky to be close. I can't wait to be able to travel further afield again too! xxx
Lovely tour of York. I hope to visit London next year. So much wonderful history . Thank you so much.
London has so many fabulous bookshops too! So glad you enjoyed this video 😊 xxx
Such a beautiful video! Looks like something from a fairytale 🧚🏻♀️✨
Thank you so much! York is such a beautiful city xxx
Love your excursions and video productions. I feel like you swept me away. I visited York with a group of 28 Americans on a Globus tour in 2016. We visited five countries in two weeks. We visited the Shambles in York. My favorite store was the Beatrix Potter shop. I’d love to go back someday. I look forward to more book shop excursions with you and your mom. I also look forward to your Winter Solstice book discussion in a few days. Great book. Loved it.
Thanks so much, Monica! We can't wait for more book shopping excursions too. Something to look forward to when further travel is safe again! So glad you enjoyed Winter Solstice as well xxx
Thank you Miranda and Donna for sharing your tour! Cosy, lovely and informative! Visiting York is now on my travel bucket list! 😀
Oh wonderful - so glad you enjoyed it, and I hope you can travel around York yourself one day soon! xxx
Tea and a mince pie before you set off, good old mum 🥰
York is a pretty special city, it was strange to see it so quiet. Love the story about The Far Distant Oxus, we’ve got all of Arthur Ransome’s books which I will look a bit differently after hearing such a fabulous back story, what a humble and generous man, it was probably worth your trip out for that book alone!
Haha, it was the best start to the day! I love the story behind The Far Distant Oxus too - really special xxx
Loved your coices and yours new books! York looks like so charming! I really miss going to bookshops.... loved your channel!
Thank you so much!! 😊
I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing York. Several years ago I was in London and I loved the history most of all.
Glad you enjoyed it! York is such a special city - I can't wait to explore it more! xxx
I'm from a town near york but now I live in scotland, i haven't been there in so long and this video made me so homesick :( I love the hairy fig and bluebird cafe! The amnesty and oxfam bookshops are my favourite as well 🥰
I hope you're able to get back for a visit as soon as possible! xxx
Loved the tour, what a nice idea!
Thanks so much!
Thank you so much Miranda and Donna! I am going to be visiting York and Yorkshire as soon as I'll be able to come back to UK. In the meantime I am soaking in all this charme. We'll be having a Full Lockdown in Italy all over Xmas I am so glad to watch your videos (and contemplate the longest reading list 😊❤️) all the best my dear Ladies 🤗⭐️
I'm so glad you enjoyed it Francesca, and I hope you're able to visit York as soon as possible! It's such a gorgeous city! Take care xxx
Thank you for taking us with you. York is so beautiful! I would absolutely love to go there and spend time at all the book shops. I would definitely make sure I had enough funds to cover all the wonderful books I would be bringing home!! 😍
Thank you, Tammie! Hope you get to visit York one day and enjoy splurging in all the bookshops! xxx
I ditto what everyone has said ☺️what a lovely vlog and wow York is beautiful thank you for taking us along Merry Christmas to you and your mum.
Thank you very much - so glad you enjoyed it!
Great video Miranda, you captured York beautifully. Next time you come to visit us you need to stop by Ken Spelman's books (and gallery) and of course Lucius, the rare book specialist, which carries a great selection of vintage kids' books - both on Micklegate. I only visited Fossgate books last week and left with a beautiful edition of Barbara Pym's autobiography A very private eye, which I intend to hunker down with over the holidays.
Thanks so much, Georgia! I'll definitely take in the Micklegate bookshops next time - thanks for the recommendations! xxx
What a delightful CZcams find!
Thank you very much!
How wonderful again!! Thanks for sharing! I definitely need to go to York! :-)
You definitely do, Paloma! Such a special city 😊 xxx
What a fabulous city, I absolutely love York. I never knew there was so many lovely bookshops thou
Oh how I enjoyed you and your mum out and about. Your relationship is wonderful to see.
Aw, the shop windows look so lovely! Man, I do miss window-shopping...
I know what you mean! It was nice to just be around shops again!
Wasn't that familiar with York before watching this but now it's on my bucket list!! So charming & beautiful, glad you found some lovely books!
Thank you! Hope you get to York one day- it's definitely worth the trip! xxx
Lovely video. I’m such a big fan of you and your mom. I love York, and incidentally I was just reading about the 4 metre wide wreath in the Minster. Your video took me back to my last trip a few years ago on my way to Robin Hood bay. Made me feel like planning a new trip, and including visits to the lovely bookshops you showed.
Your video has a great soundtrack. Have a great Friday, and thank you for always brightening my days with your lovely content.🎄🎄🎄
Thank you for your lovely words, Valentina! So glad you enjoyed this video. Hope you get back to York one day! xxx
Hi Miranda, thank you so much for this video. It was lovely. I immediately looked for Andrew Gant's Christmas Carol as I love Christmas Carols too, and I found one on EBay, which is soon to be on its way to me! They released a CD too, and I also found one of those! I don't know if you would be interested, but BBC4 aired a Lucy Worsley programme last night where she explores the origins of some favourite Christmas Carols! I haven't watched it yet, but its on my list, and I thought it was rather apt considering your purchase of Andrew Gant's book.
So glad you enjoyed it, and that's great you managed to find a copy of the carol book too! I love Lucy Worsley so will definitely look up that show - thank you for the recommendation! Have a lovely Christmas xxx
What a treat to sit down at the end of the day and watch your lovely video! York is one of my favourite cities and is definitely one of the places I plan to visit again once things are back to normal.
Thank you very much! We can't wait to be able to explore York more - it's such a special city xxx
Hello Miranda and Donna. I knew we were going to have fun as soon as you started with tea and mince pies in the car! What treasures you found and once we are free to travel again and I can visit with my daughter I will take a trip to York with her as I haven't been for years. Thank you so much for another glorious Vlogmas video, Teresa ❤️🌲❤️
Hehe, thank you Teresa - it was a great way to start our trip! Hope you can enjoy a trip to York as soon as possible and browsing in all those lovely bookshops xxx
I've never been to York but a friend of mine has bought a house there for her retirement. She says we're welcome to come visit any time. I'm looking forward to going there one day and love getting a glimpse of it through your video. Armchair travel is the next best thing for now.
Oh lovely! Hope you're able to visit as soon as possible; it's a beautiful city xxx
Totally delightful Miranda ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for taking me back to York xx
So glad you enjoyed it, Anita!
Thank you for your wonderful vlogs. Very much appreciated XXX (just realised that I posted this comment before I even watched the vlog. That's how much I love them)
Haha, thank you so much! So glad you enjoy them xxx
Oh I am so going to York if the opportunity arises. Thank you for the tour and sharing your book choices.
Hope you get to visit one day! xxx
Ooh I’ll have to take a trip. I’m only half an hour drive away! Absolutely love a secondhand book shop 😁
I love York. I really want to revisit and go round all the bookshops.
Thank you Miranda for another spectacular
Wonderful: great voiceover and music choices. I like all the bookshops you visited. I also like the The Little Apple Bookshop on High Petergate-just adjacent to the Minster. It's independent, has a good selection and lots of signed copies. If you like carols and have a spare hour, I can highly recommend the great Howard Goodall on BBC iplayer where he presents the history of carols.
Thank you so much! I spotted the Little Apple Bookshop - it's on our list for when we go back! And thanks for the carol programme recommendation - will look it up! xxx
What a really beautiful place to visit. Looks very different from California where I live. Thanks so much for sharing
So glad you enjoyed this little tour! xxx
Loved this - makes me want to go to York for Christmas!
You and your mom are just delights! I just discovered your channel and I can't wait to follow along ◡̈
Thanks so much! That's wonderful! 😊
Wonderful tour! Thank you so much!
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I loved this vlog! 😍😍
Amazing places, amazing bookstores ☕📖
Greetings from 🇧🇷
Happy mother and daughter 💖
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OMG your mom is the CUTEST!!!! York looks absolutely gorgeous. I really want to travel there someday. All the bookshops and historical buildings look so charming. Such beautiful scenery. Thanks for taking us with you!
Haha, she is the best! York is such a fascinating and beautiful city; I hope you get to visit one day!
@@MirandaMills Hope so! Also, did you say you used to live on long island? I'm from there!
Hi Miranda, as you know I am new to your Channel and am loving every segment thus far. I want to adopt Donna as my mum she is absolutely a lovely lady and your are so lucky to have her as your mum.
Thank you! This made me feel so festive. We'd planned to go to York this Christmas but obviously can't really due to the current situation. Fossgate Books has a special place in my heart as I found a book that inspired the dissertation I'm currently working on! ♥️
What a lovely memory of Fossgate Books! I hope you're able to get back to York and have fun book shopping once it's safe again xxx
York is my go-to place since it's my nearest city. I love looking around Waterstones the best, but on High Petergate there is Oxfam where they have a HUGE selection, also check out the Heart Foundation charity shop near Bootham Bar which stocks lots of great second-hand books at the back of the shop.
Thanks for this video - I recently moved to York as I'm a first year student at Uni of York. I really wanted to know where all the bookshops were, and I'm now excited to be able to visit these bookshops in January. I didn't even know the Minster Gate Bookshop existed and it looks fantastic!!!
Hi, Miranda! Loved this vlog very much. York is now definitely on my traveling list. Merry Christmas! (Margareads on IG)
Yay! Thank you!
this is amazing!
Thank you!
York was my university city and this really makes me miss it so much! 😍
It’s such a special city!
Lovely!🤗
Your vlog is like a documentary movies... Love from Indonesia🥰🥰🥰
Hi there...I just discovered your channel. I just recently refound my love of books and have to thank you for this beautiful tour. It was a great tour and quite brilliant. I have never been to England but it is definitely on my bucket list!
I'm American and I've been to York once and it's lovely. This video made me want to go back. Nicely shot and edited.
Thank you so much! Hope you manage to visit York again sometime xxx
What a great book-lovers' day out in York. I am very jealous that you found a copy of The Far Distant Oxus at such a bargain price, albeit a bit battered! Lucy Worsley (who pops up on an earlier comment on the history of carols) recommended it, in an interview, and I've been wanting to read it ever since. I would have snapped that copy up! Good for you!
York is SO pretty! Would love to visit some day (which isn't very near in the future haha but hey, York isn't going anywhere, is it?)
It is a beautiful city! Hope you can enjoy a fun trip there as soon as possible! xxx
I love York my daughter lived there for a few years
I live near York and never get tired of visiting it. Great to see my favourite bookshops on here. Have you been to Ken Spelman on Micklegate?
Your mother is lovely
I've just found your channel and I'm thrilled!!! I really like your content and your accent!! I'm greek by the way 🤗 I've been writing, translating and proofreading literature books for the last 5 years and I've been searching for booktubers and bookstagrammers. I have also an Instagram account where I recommend books for greek language speakers (@saraxpapyruclub) but I'm also interested in english and french literature. I'm so excited I found you 🙂
So glad you're enjoying my content!
My daughter was at Uni in York - unfortunately during lockdown, so she didn't get to see much of it. Who is the artist mentioned at 10.03 in the video? I couldn't quite catch what you said.
You forgot the little apple bookshop