I went to Alnwick Castle at the weekend. It was a three hour drive there and of course a three hour drive back. It was worth every minute of the drive for what I saw when I got there. I understand that the castle itself was used in the Harry Potter films, this was evident from the number of people wandering about dressed as witches and wizards. My media memory of Alnwick Cstle is of Blackadder riding a horse in front of it in the first TV series.

The castle itself is fabulous, still lots of it standing. There are also the gardens to explore and they are beautiful. Though I am biased as they have a Victorian walled garden and they always excite me.

All in all a really great day out and you can see the pics that I took on my Flickr stream. If you enjoy looking at them just half as much as I did taking them then you’ll be very happy!