My wife Elizabeth and I have always taken our holidays in places such as Malta, Sicily, Italy, Menorca and, most recently, Zimbabwe, but none of these match up to our first visit to York.

We feel our time in your most beautiful city has been the best-ever holiday.

Well done to all the good people of York.

And to think we only live 85 miles away in County Durham.

Graham Ross,

Neville Crescent,

Birtley,

Chester-le-Street,

County Durham.

Updated: 10:51 Tuesday, August 05, 2003