Journal
June 2, 2003


View from the Norman castle grounds at Richmond


Ruins of castle walls and a still-standing tower at the Norman castle at Richmond, dating back to year 1100


Ken, Glenda, Hanne and me in the Richmond Castle garden with bright-red poppies in the background


Glenda, Hanne and me with lovely flowers at the garden wall at Richmond Castle.


View from Richmond Castle window at the town below


In the great hall at Richmond Castle with tables and depictions of festivities in years gone by


Another view from Richmond Castle of the town below


A view from the top of Richmond Castle of the town below


A view from the top of Richmond Castle of the town square below and surrounding houses


View from the top of Richmond Castle of the houses and landscape below


View from the tope of Richmond Castle of the houses and surrounding landscape


Modern wind turbines meeting old stone walls


The flowers, which the English call "red hot pokers", in a front yard in the small town of Beamish.  Old houses and businesses from earlier times have been moved there to form a museum of things and places from our past.

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