Living in the UK has many negatives, things like the weather, road potholes, useless Water Companies, Nigel Farage, Fuel Prices, Morris Dancing, late running trains, Brexit, did I mention the WEATHER. But then again we have some beautiful landscapes and CASTLES. Lots of Castles.

So when the clouds parted we headed off to one such castle. Helmsley Castle, over 900 years of history. It’s a wonderful adventure.

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  2. Lovely photos. I feel I was there looking around myself with the different angles you taken of the castle.
    I especially liked the view from inside. If those walls could speak.

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    2. So, you want to know what you might hear if those walls spoke:

      “Put wood in ole!”

      “Were tha born in a barn?”

      “Flippin eck ow much?!”

      “Tha makes a better door than a window!”

      “Yer reyt daft as a brush!”

      “Fancy a brew?”

      “Ta luv”

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  11. Thank you for these great photos. I so miss being able to view ancient sights. I was not a fan of English weather either but left before most of those other undesirables were an annoyance. Do all of them equal…HIM?

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    1. And stuff of nightmares.

      They were places of power and greed by the few that owned them and I always think of the majority of inhabitants, who I imagine were not often happy and overworked. Hence I see castles as sad, spooky, windy, cold and damp places.

      For a storyline with castles, try the 10th Kingdom series.

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      2. I recall how her Dad would “walk” their dogs. All in the car, drive away from the big house, open the door to let the dogs out, then drive off calling them from the window. LOL

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  15. Such incredible history! I don’t know if you’ve been to Workington, but apparently, my family once owned Workington Hall (several generations ago). It’s not a castle, but those old buildings were quite impressive. The only castle I’ve visited was Stirling Castle, years ago.

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  23. There are worse places to live, with worse roads and worse politicians. There are even places with worse weather. However, they lack castles and not all of them have that cheery glass half full attitude that distinguishes you Yorkshire folk. 🙂

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    2. Of course the secret to being cheerful in Yorkshire is living the saying:

      ‘ear orl, see orl, seh nowt; ea’ orl, sup orl, pay nowt; ‘n if ivva theur doa owt for nowt – allus doa it for yursen’.

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  28. What a gorgeous adventure! Yes, one must take these adventures when one can, especially when the weather allows it. The Midwest is transitioning now, so we’ll have summer weather one day and winter the next aaaaaaaand that’s Wisconsin for you. Thunderstorm? ThunderSNOW? It’s all happenin’ here, lol.

    So embrace those adventures into the past when you can, my friend. I hope Hawklad enjoyed the trip, too! xxxxxxx

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  37. The fact that you have castles — real CASTLES — just around you never fails to awe me. In America castles are a very storybook thing. It’s hard to remember that people actually see them in their everyday lives. 🙂

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