We didn’t go into the castle but looked around the entryway.
Lewes Castle
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Castle
Our next stop, walking around Cardiff was the castle with the dragon sculpture set up for tourist photographs (who can resist?).
Follow the Emerald Road
From the Heugh
Next we wandered up to the Heugh, a rocky ledge that may hold the foundations of the earliest church on the site (7th century). The panorama below is a gigantic file, stitched together from 14 separate shots. If you enlarge it you can see incredible detail throughout.
Down by the Sea
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Foggy Morning Breakfast
Sitting at breakfast in the hotel that morning we looked out on a foggy scene. Then went out and took pictures (below) before the fog had cleared. Click on any of them to see larger.
Lindisfarne
We took an initial turn around the populated end of the island, seeing the ruins left by Henry VIII, the castle in the distance, and St Mary’s church. Click any of the images below to see them bigger.
Wooler
The trip described in the last couple of posts was taken about a month ago – we were going to be walking along St Cuthbert’s Way in Northumberland, from Wooler to Holy Island/Lindisfarne. From the Berwick-upon-Tweed train station we were taken by taxi to our first night’s resting place in Wooler. After checking in, we took a walk around town. (Click any of the images below to see them enlarged.)
The Castle
The 12th century castle as seen from Farnham Park.
Castle Keep
We had visitors from the US staying with us in the middle of August so we walked up to Farnham Castle again. Ever since the Magritte Museum in Brussels, I’ve been photographing sky through windows and over rooftops.
Fountainbridge Branch
Where we went we say lots of the grand Edinburgh architecture (see below) – even the decrepit premises betrayed the elegance of their former occupants. Click any of the pictures below to see them bigger (if viewing in email or social media you may need to click the post title first to see on the web site).
Edinburgh, first look
A few street shots from our first walkabout on the afternoon of our arrival. Click the post title and/or any of the images to see them at full size.
Farnham Castle
While we have been round the castle keep several times, the palace itself is only open for touring on Wednesdays. We finally took the £5 tour which was quite interesting, covering the long history of the castle and its occupants and architecture. Naturally, I took a bunch of pictures along the way. Click the images to see them full sized (if viewing in email, you may need to click the post title first to open the web site).
Spring Castle
Norman Castle
Continue anti-clockwise past the Dane John Mound we descended from the Roman Wall and came to the ruins of the Norman Castle which, unfortunately was in too tumble-down a state to approach so I had to be contented with this somewhat distant shot of the remains.
Guildford
One weekend we took the bus to Guildford a larger town nearby with a vibrant, pedestrian shopping district, an ancient castle ruin, and more. Click any image to see them all enlarged.
Farnham Park
Outside the castle you can see Farnham Park stretching into the distance. It’s approximately half the size of Central Park in NYC, delightedly less crowded and with much more varied natural landscapes instead of Central Park’s many entertainments. Click any image to see them all enlarged (if you’re seeing this directly on the site – from email, click through to obBLOGato).
Farnham Castle Keep
Here are the first touristy images from my new home in Farnham, Surrey in the UK. The castle, about 20 minutes’ walk from our apartment, is about 900 years old and we took a walk around the Keep and the grounds (the castle itself wasn’t open the day we went) and you can perhaps get some sense of it. I took many more pictures but, especially after all my ruined Irish castles I frankly found them a bit boring. You can see the flag at half mast as we arrived here in the days before Queen Elizabeth’s burial.
Dunluce
Some Views of Dunluce Castle
County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Click any image to see them all enlarged (if you’re seeing this in your browser. From email, click through to the web site first). Learn more about it from this Wikipedia entry.