St Andrews Castle


To continue with the mini-series of 'the ski trip that wasn't', here's St Andrews castle. A bleak but easily defensible location, looking out across the cold North Sea. The first castle on the site dates from around 1200. It was originally the Bishops' Palace, the residence of the Archbishop of St Andrews. After much siege and battery over the years, it was eventually destroyed during the Reformation, around 1560, when Scotland broke from the Roman Catholic Church.

I'm very honoured to have been given the 'Kreativ Blogger' award by Guy at Liege City Daily Photo. Thank you! I will pass it on, but with life as it is at the moment I'll inevitably take some time about it.

Comments

  1. nice shot but a little dark to apreciate the castle , have u got another view ? Congratulation for your award ;)

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  2. It is dark, isn't it?! My husband didn't take another photo of the castle, unfortunately, but I appreciated the thought!

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  3. Nice ambiance :)

    ps: I really don't understand why there's the "cooool". May be a blogger bug ...

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  4. Wow It is so beautiful!
    Very nice shot!
    Thanks for visiting.

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  5. I have lot of probelm opening some blogs and one is yours. Very annoying. I used to pass this everday for 18mths when we lived there. Nostalgic image for me.

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  6. Lovely shot. I grew up in Fife, my grandparents lived there and I went to High School there. Great memories.

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  7. Of course I definitely love both (castle and photo) !!!

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