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Further to our visit to Creswell Crags to go on the Rock Art Tour, this time we took part in an Ice Age Tour of Robin Hood Cave, the largest cave on the site.
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Creswell Crags – Ice Age Tour
Categories: England, Nottinghamshire
Tags: caves, creswell crags, ice age, photo post, Robin Hood cave
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Bamburgh Dunes
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The Bamburgh Dunes sit below Bamburgh Castle and we took one of the routes down to the beach from the castle’s car park – which proved to be rather a steep endeavour!
Categories: Bamburgh, England, Northumberland
Tags: Bamburgh, Bamburgh Castle, Bamburgh Dunes, beach, dunes, Northumberland, photo post, sea
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Bamburgh Castle
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Bamburgh Castle is another of Northumberland’s impressive castles, notable for its position on a rocky outcrop allowing for some wonderful views of the surrounding coastline. The area has been occupied for over 10,000 years and there’s been a building there since at least 547 with successive owners from the Normans, Anglo-Saxons and Victorians adding to the castle’s structure.
Categories: Bamburgh, England, Northumberland
Tags: Bamburgh, Bamburgh Castle, Bamburgh Dunes, cannon, castle, Northumberland, photo post
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Alnwick Castle
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One of the largest still inhabited castles in the country, Alnwick Castle has been the home of the Percy family for over 700 years. In 1309 Henry Percy purchased a Norman style castle and converted it into a border fortress – over the following years the Scots did mount raids against the castle – and since then it has been extended and rebuilt, and faced other threats such as during the War of the Roses and the Civil War.
Categories: Alnwick, England, Northumberland
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Edinburgh Zoo
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One of the things we definitely wanted to do on a recent trip to Scotland was visit Edinburgh Zoo. Naturally we were hoping to be able to see the pandas – a timed ticket for their enclosure is a must and is included in the main ticket price which is cheaper if booked in advance. Thankfully we were rewarded in our planning by arriving just in time to see the male panda enjoying some bamboo before lying down for a sleep in the sunshine.
Categories: Edinburgh, Scotland
Tags: Edinburgh, Edinburgh Zoo, kirk's dik-dik, koala, panda, penguin, photo post, Scotland, tapir, tiger, zoo
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The Museum of Scottish Railways
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The Museum of Scottish Railways at Bo’ness Station is Scotland’s largest railway museum. It opened in 1995 and displays items of Scotland’s railway heritage such as trains, coaches, signals and my personal favourite, old railway posters.
Categories: Bo'ness, Scotland
Tags: Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway, museum, Museum of Scottish Railways, photo post, postal train, posters, railway, railway museum, steam trains
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Kirby Muxloe Castle
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Kirby Muxloe is an English Heritage property that was built by William, Lord Hastings, who owned Ashby de la Zouch Castle. Like that castle Kirby Muxloe Castle was built around an existing manor house around 1480.
Categories: England, Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire
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Ashby de la Zouch Castle
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Ashby de la Zouch Castle is an English Heritage property in Leicestershire, the ruins of a castle dating from the 15th century. The town of Ashby de la Zouch got its name from the Le Zouch family who owned the manor of Ashby in the 13th and 14th centuries. By 1472 William, Lord Hastings was transforming this manor into what would have been a magnificent castle that you can still appreciate from its remains.
Categories: Ashby-de-la-Zouch, England
Tags: Ashby-de-la-Zouch, castle, english heritage, photo post, ruins
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The Alnwick Garden
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We had assumed when booking a combined ticket for Alnwick Castle and garden, that the gardens were part of the castle, but in fact they are also an attraction in their own right and a registered charity created by the Duchess of Northumberland.
Categories: Alnwick, England, Northumberland
Tags: Alnwick, Alnwick Castle, Alnwick Garden, Beauty and the Beast, butterfly, flowers, gardens, photo post, robin, The Frog Prince
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