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October 13th 2011

Published: October 13th 2011

I went on another trip today. As you might be able to guess from the title it was to England and consisted mainly of castles. Our first stop was actually an unofficial stop that was not supposed to be on the tour. We went over to Holy Island. Holy Island is a tidal island. The road over there is only uncovered when the tide is out. We got there just after the shuttle went up to the castle so I end... Read Full Entry

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Dungeons

It was quite gruesom how they held, and tortured people.

Dungeons

These cages that lined the walls were stacked two high. There was not enough room to stand!

Alnwick - display

Alnwick

I am not sure how you would get up there, or exactly why you would want to go up there but I though it was interesting.

Alnwick

A well

Alnwick

There were no picture allowed inside the state rooms but I had to sneak in the roof in the chapel. I love the twinkling stars in the blue sky!

Alnwick

Alnwick - HP 1

From the first Harry Potter movie. Look at the background.

Alnwick - HP 2

The same background!!

Bookstore

The train station, originally.

13th October 2011

Dad
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Robin on the way to the Castles
Hi Maryanne, Nice to see your blog again. Sounds (and looks like) you had an interesting trip. The first bird in your photoset is an English Robin - the Robin redbreast of children's nursery rhymes. I'm so jealous. Now you have a bird on your lifelist that I haven't seen yet. Maybe we'll see on in Paris on our way to a castle :-)

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