Tintagel, Cornwall, England

The land of King Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon. The stone is the closest they can date to possible Arthur's time. This was in an area in which an archaeology dig uncovered a village near the Tintagel Castle, Arthur's castle.

A medieval cider press.

A battle field. All within a mile area.

The village of Tintagel. Also land of where witchcraft originated. Loved it!

Our hotel, Camelot Castle. Our one treat to ourselves. Beautiful views, but a little in your face and snobby. And not one local worked there, strange.

But our lovely room and what an awesome bed, eh?

Tintagel Castle ruins, Arthur's castle and Merlin's cave, tucked down in there.

More of Tintagel Castle ruins.

Tintagel Castle ruins at sunset and the Atlantic Ocean, our view from our room.

Portchester Castle, Hampshire England

This was the first castle I ever saw in England when I first went over ten years ago. Of course we went again. It's right near our "home base" for the first 6 days of our trip. Near kids, Mother-in-law, as we planned lots to do with kids and mum.


Within the castle walls is St.Mary's church and that day, the church ladies were holding an afternoon tea, which we did enjoy after roaming around the grounds.


Outer wall.


This was one of my best photos.

Wild flowers growing straight out of the wall.

The tower, still intact.

Here's a link http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/england/portchester/portchester.php to a little bit of history. It actually dates as far back to 500AD, I think.

New Forest Ponies, Lindhurst, England

Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, Dartmoor Wild Horses

Vacation!

Steve and I will be on vacation shortly in England. Jeremiah and Donna will be house and animal sitting for us, so I thought I'd leave you with a few images of our Walworth County Fair this year. A very quiet and empty fair. Must be a sign of the economy. In all my years going to this fair, I can honestly say that I have never seen such and empty, quiet fair.........sad.........But here it is.