Stuck in traffic

Graeme Skinner — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:14:24 +0000

Driving to work this morning and the traffic was slow going (okay, it was some elderly gent driving up the middle of the road at 20MPH but it was painful ;-)). So I decided to pause at the side of the road for a moment and look at the scenery, I’m pleased I did as the early morning light was just catching Wild Boar Fell.

A bit further on I noticed some misty patches and paused again for another photo.

After work I trundled towards home, the traffic was proving to be interesting again so I paused for a wander at Pendragon Castle.

In need of slight renovation

Graeme Skinner — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:11:56 +0000

Well, ‘slight’ might be stretching it a bit This morning we visited Pendragon Castle which is located in Mallerstang, just outside Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria. The reason for our visit was mainly down to the Aubretia I’d spotted on the castle walls yesterday (when I had no time to stop and no camera with me either). It was a cloudy morning and the light was poor, but as they’d decided to start spreading brown stuff on the field next to the house a trip out with the camera was a better option than gardening

At some point during the fifth century Uther Pendragon who was amongst other things the King of sub-Roman Britain and father to King Arthur. This is of course all according to legend, the recorded facts about the castle are that it was constructed in the twelfth century by Ranulf le Meschin, 3rd Earl of Chester. The castle was attacked a number of times and left in ruins at one point before being rebuilt then eventually left to the elements. It is now privately owned but is accessible to sensible visitors

Anyway, I took one or two photographs

pendragon castle – Graeme Skinner

Stuck in traffic

In need of slight renovation