Favourite photos of the last 10 years - episode 2 - CASTLES

 

 

Above:-  Kim's favourite castle photo from the past 10 years.

'Leaving Carrisbrook Castle'

 Isle of Wight U.K

January 2018

We booked this stay  months in advance through English Heritage.

I knew we were staying near Carrisbrook Castle,

but didn't realise we would be actually be inside the walls! 

They gave us the key to the gate so we could let ourselves in and out.

At night, we were the only ones there, apart from the donkeys and ghosts. 

So needless to say I have a lot of favourite photos and memories of Carrisbrook,

but there were a few other castles to share as well,

enjoy!

Above:- 'Graham, unlocking the gates'

Carrisbrook Castle

Isle of Wight U.K.

January 2018

Above:- 'Leaving Carrisbrook Castle-2'

Isle of Wight U.K.

January 2018

Above:- 'The Castle gatehouse'

Carrisbrook Castle

Isle of Wight U.K.

January 2018

Above:- 'The Castle walls'

Carrisbrook Castle

Isle of Wight U.K.

January 2018

 Above:- 'Graham taking the car out before the tourists arrive
from our window'

Carrisbrook Castle

Isle of Wight U.K.

January 2018

Above:- 'Early morning walk before the castle opens for the day '

Carrisbrook Castle

Isle of Wight U.K.

January 2018

 

Above:- 'The Castle keep'

Carrisbrook Castle

Isle of Wright U.K.

January 2018

Above:- 'Our flat'

Carrisbrook Castle

Isle of Wright U.K.

January 2018

Above:- 'Our flat circled, taken from the keep'

Carrisbrook Castle

Isle of Wright U.K.

January 2018

Above:- 'Our flat, the same windows from the inside'

Carrisbrook Castle

Isle of Wright U.K.

January 2018

Above:- 'More views from our morning walk'

Carrisbrook Castle

Isle of Wright U.K.

January 2018

 

  Above:- 'The Castle Chapel'

Carrisbrook Castle

Isle of Wright U.K.

January 2018

 (Last photo of Carrisbrook, what other Castles have we visited)?

 Above:- 'Windsor Castle, with Mum & Dad'
Berkshire, U.K.
September 2011

Above:- 'Prince John's Castle'
Limerick, Ireland
September 2011

 Above:- 'Nuremberg Castle'
Nuremberg, Germany
December 2017

 Above:- 'Frosty view from the castle'
Nuremberg Castle,  Germany
December 2017

Above:- 'Visiting Caister Castle'
Norfolk U.K
August 2011

Above:- 'Caister Castle moat'
Norfolk U.K
August 2011

Above:- 'Caister Castle tower'
Norfolk U.K
August 2011

 Above:- 'Blarney Castle'
County Cork, Ireland
September 2011

  Above:- 'A story about the Blarney Stone'
Blarney Castle
County Cork, Ireland
September 2011

 

  Above:- 'Dad kisses the Blarney Stone'
Blarney Castle
County Cork, Ireland
September 2011

 

  Above:- 'How embarrassing! Kim kissing the Blarney Stone'
Blarney Castle
County Cork, Ireland
September 2011

Did it work? I doubt it!

Favourite photos of the past 10 years - Episode 1 - Little Creatures

Hello My Dear Readers, first, let me explain...

I planned to post my favourite 10 photos of the past 10 years,

but how to choose!?

So, I have been through all the photos,

found some really great ones that missed out on

being published on the blog the first time around

and some old favorites that deserve a second view.

(it gave me a chance to back up, sort, edit and save the photos as well)

 

 Most of these have been taken by me, a few are Grahams.

I've divided my favourite photos into themes

then I wrote the theme names on post it notes

and put them in a jar (as seen above).

Every week (or so) I will shut my eyes 

draw out one theme

and share the photos again.

 

Below is this weeks lucky winner!

 

 

 

I am calling them 'episodes'

and the first episode is about small animals

and I have called it

'Little Creatures'

Enjoy! 

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 Above:- Kim's favourite of this episode. 

'A meerkat on the lookout'

Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo

August 2012

 

 Above:- 'A group of meerkat's is known as a mob, gang or clan'

Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo

August 2012

 Above:- 'Speedy Otters'

Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo

August 2012

 Above:- 'Otters gone!'

Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo

August 2012

 

 Above:- 'I'm thinking of going fast, but maybe tomorrow?'
Melbourne Zoo
August 2016

  Above:- 'A lima doing what bears do in the woods! '
Melbourne Zoo
August 2016

 Above:- "I'm a bit tame you know"
Squirrel, Capetown South Africa
November 2015

 Above- 'Cat's in Yalta'
Ukraine
October 2011

Above:- "Even a lizard needs a bit of lippy now and then"

Hazyview, South Africa

November 2015 

Above:- 'A lizard on top of Table Mountain'

Capetown, South Africa

November 2015

 Above:- 'In the butterfly house'
Melbourne Zoo
August 2016

 

 Above:- 'I'll pose on my information board for the full effect"
Melbourne Zoo
August 2016

 Above:- ' Beautiful!'
Melbourne Zoo
August 2016

 Above:- 'Looking in on the world'
Great Barrier Reef
September 2018

 Above:- 'Still looking'
Great Barrier Reef
September 2018

 Above:- 'More looking, Graham's little friend'
Melbourne Zoo
August 2016

 Above:- 'Feeding wallabies'
Near Cape Tribulation, Far North Queensland
September 2018

Above:- 'Neighbourhood wallabies'
Palm Cove, Far North Queensland
September 2018

 Above:- 'Wombats ahead'
Kangaroo Valley, NSW
September 2018

 

 Above:- 'Only one in a cast of thousands'

 Dad's birthday weekend
Kangaroo Valley, NSW
September 2018

 Above:- 'Wombats outside the windows'

 Dad's birthday weekend
Kangaroo Valley, NSW
September 2018

Above:- 'Sleepy koala'
Rockhampton Zoo
Far North Queensland
September 2018

Above:- "Graham, Graham, quick wake up!
There's a koala in the tree in the backyard!!!" 
Shouts Kim at 6 a.m.
Armidale
December 2013

Above:- 'Koala outside the kitchen window'
Armidale
December 2013

 

 Above:- 'Georgie meets her first koala'

Armidale
December 2013