Stormin' the Castle: Our Visit to Skipton Castle

I'm playing catch up with capturing our various day trips around North Yorkshire!  A few weeks ago we visited Skipton Castle.  Originally build in 1090 by the Normans, it is one of the most complete medieval castles in England. We are lucky to live about a 25 minute drive from Skipton...we most definitely live in "castle country."

Skipton Castle is right in the center of the town of Skipton - so there is much parking around town and many cute cafes and shops around the castle. It made for a very easy afternoon trip.  In other good news, it's dog friendly (though we did not bring Alfie on this trip since he was recovering from his adventure the day before).

After we walked through the Castle - it takes about 60-90 minutes to walk through it and marvel at the architecture, we took a walk through Skipton Woods.  A nice stroll through some pretty woods back to a small pond.  A nice afternoon in nice weather.  Below are a few snaps from the day:

Walking up to the gatehouse... it really feels like a castle! 

















Castle Grounds...amazingly there is a person who lives in the right hand side of the castle!  How cool would that be?

View from a castle window...amazing that this type of architecture was achieved before bulldozers, fork lifts, and other machines.  Just amazing!

Similar to the pained ceramic pandas in DC and cows in Chicago... Skipton has a variety of painted sheep.  Here is P modeling with a sheep !