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No longer a farm, but these barns have survived unlike some which have disappeared in our 2 years in Alnwick.
Strong sunlight filtering through the trees which have grown up alongside the track-bed of the old Alnwick-Cornhill railway line.
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Took this shot in the morning when the sun was behind me. The caste is quite far off at this point which is why I used a longer lens. I'm quite lucky really to have places like this to photograph 30 or so minutes from home. Been a number of things filmed here over the years Transformers for one, then there was Robin Hood, Blackadder and of course Harry Potter.
A view from a bedroom window, looking north towards the gentle skyline bump of Heifer Law (158m). The foreground trees are limes lining the Rothbury road out of Alnwick.
Autumn glory along the boundary of Alnwick Castle & Garden. Fabulous to drive through, but even better when seen over the handlebars of my bike!
Update - leaves pretty well all gone today (2 weeks later)
The famous Alnwick Castle starred as the magical Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during filming of Harry Potter
Great sunset here last night. I should probably have jumped in the car and driven up to Corby Crags to see it with the backdrop of the Cheviots, but didn't. Instead I went upstairs and took it from a bedroom!
Looking splendid in the morning sunshine as we walked along the Aln with some friends from "down south".
The title is Jimi Hendrix inspired (Spanish Castle Magic - Spanish/Alnwick have a similar flow to me!) and not Harry Potter inspired as any who might have looked at 'What's On at Alnwick Castle over rhe summer might have assumed!
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Alnwick Castle is a castle and country house in Alnwick in the county of Northumberland. Construction began in 1096 following the Norman conquest and has been renovated and remodelled several times over the years. It is a Grade I listed building and the seat of The Duke's of Northumberland.
Alnwick Castle is a castle and stately home in the English county of Northumberland. It is the seat of the Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman conquest, and renovated and remodelled a number of times. It is a Grade I listed building and as of 2012 received over 800,000 visitors per year. The current duke and his family live in the castle, but occupy only a part of it. The castle is open to the public throughout the summer. After Windsor Castle, it is the second largest inhabited castle in England
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Thursdays's mini-blizzard which fortunately didn't last too long. 2-3 cm fell in Alnwick itself and about 4-5cm on the hill above the town.
Interestingly the snow was confined to a belt just in from the coast, with only a slight sprinkling in the Cheviots a few miles north-west despite them being up to 2000 ft higher than Alnwick.
This was one of those occasions where you choose a composition with a flag...and then take photo after photo waiting for the flag to be blowing 'perfectly'!
The only part of the 12th-century Alnwick Abbey that remains is the gatehouse which dates from the 14th-century.
The abbey was 'dissolved' as part of Henry VIII's purge on the 'church' as major wealth possessors in 1536-1541. Very laudable maybe, except that the wealth didn't go to the people but mainly to already wealthy landowners - and in a double blow removed the health and social care for the poor that many, if not all, monasteries provided. Sounds familiar?!
Oh! - and he did it as part of his break from the 'Europe' of his day: the Roman Catholic church.
It gets even more familiar!
ps this is not selectively coloured!
Alnwick Castle is a castle and country house in Alnwick in the county of Northumberland. Construction began in 1096 following the Norman conquest and has been renovated and remodelled several times over the years. It is a Grade I listed building and the seat of The Duke's of Northumberland.
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Alnwick Castle is a castle and country house in Alnwick in the English county of Northumberland. It is the seat of the 12th Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman conquest and renovated and remodeled a number of times. It is a Grade I listed building now the home of Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland and his family. In 2016, the castle received over 600,000 visitors per year when combined with adjacent attraction The Alnwick Garden.
Dunstanburgh Castle is a 14th-century fortification on the coast of Northumberland in northern England, between the villages of Craster and Embleton. The castle was built by Earl Thomas of Lancaster between 1313 and 1322, taking advantage of the site's natural defences and the existing earthworks of an Iron Age fort. Wikipedia