The summer mission to visit castles continues…..
Two Northumberland entries today, the first is Warkworth Castle. A grand old castle dating back from the 11th century. The tropical northern weather and the occasional civil war has taken some toll but it’s still mighty impressive.
The second castle is one of our favourites. Set just a few feet from the North Sea, we have Dunstanburgh Castle. Very much a ruin, but what a location. You walk from a beautiful seaside fishing village of Craster.
Along the coast…
And after a couple of miles to the remote old castle.
A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent. 
Great pictures Gary.
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thanks Di ❤️
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The last photo looks like the castle has antlers.
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that’s a big deer 😂
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Thanks for sharing. Love these!
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thank you for reading this
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11th century, amazing! These pics are terrific, Gary.
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it’s wonderful to have places like this
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Very interesting photos Gary.
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thanks Sadje
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You’re welcome ☺️
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“tropical northern weather”
That brought a smile and the old saying – ‘Pull the other one, it has bells on!’
Your ‘summer mission’ is wonderful; as are the images and commentary.. Something the two of you will remember always.
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it’s been full on jumper weather this week
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creating memories is always a good path
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I always love your photos. They give a real sense of history and these make me think what a lovely place to walk a bit.
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sometimes I wish the iPhone could capture so much more, these places have so much atmosphere
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A fine photographic tour. Having been off line for two days I will have to miss a couple of posts
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thank you Derrick
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so many lovely sites to see! Beautiful Garry!
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we are so lucky to have these places
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It’s amazing how long these places have stood. I can’t imagine that much of our modern world will survive as long. Your pictures are great and it looks as if the weather was too!
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definitely if it was down to my diy then nowt would survive a single season
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Beautiful photos, Gary. Thank you for sharing these with us. Such lovely sites and I can see how Hawklad also enjoys the calmness of the open space and sites.
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he definitely connects with these sites, they do bring so much calm
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Great photos!!! While I LOVE looking at the pictures of castles and would love to see one up-close-and-personal, I don’t think I would ever want to go inside one. Not sure why … they just seem a bit foreboding somehow. Glad to see you and Hawklad out and having fun!
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I must admit they can be a bit intimidating at times, one I’m still to share, Hawklad couldn’t make it to the battlements. I did but wow it was scary up there
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What beautiful photos! You had the perfect day to go exploring here. xxxx
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places like this are great for losing yourself in dreams xxxx
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