Thursday 30 July 2015

Floors Castle (Scotland)

Floors Castle, Kelso, the home of the 10th Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh - The largest inhabited castle in Scotland.

The front of the castle

Kelso from the gardens

Zooming in on Kelso

Inside the walled garden

The wild flower garden


The castle from the bridge over the River Tweed in Kelso

Another view of the castle

Tuesday 28 July 2015

Hutton-in-the Forest (part 2)

More pictures of the formal gardens at Hutton-in-the Forest (Cumbria)









Saturday 25 July 2015

Another visit to Hutton-in-the-Forest (part 1)


Approaching the house from the car park

The original pele tower

The pele tower has been added to over the centuries

A view of the estate from the house



A look around the formal gardens


Sunday 19 July 2015

Appleby (Cumbria)

The River Eden in the centre of Appleby-in-Westmorland

The main Street of Appleby with the Parish Church

The Country House of Hutton-in-the-Forest

Looking back at the house from the lake



Looking towards the lake 

A walk around the walled garden.......










Friday 17 July 2015

Churchtown (Near Garstang)

The church-yard of St. Helen's church in the centre of the village

The centre of the village


The Punch Bowl pub and restaurant

St. Helen's church

Wednesday 15 July 2015

Littledale (near Lancaster)

Looking towards Lancaster and Morecambe Bay from Caton Moor

These huge cranes are constructing a new bridge across the River Lune at Lancaster. The bridge will carry the new Heysham trunk road over the River Lune. This is due for completion in the summer of 2016.

Part of the Littledale valley

A derelict chapel in the valley...

Some sheep have taken up residence in the chapel!

Littledale Hall

Looking back down the valley

Part of the wind farm on Caton Moor