Ripley Castle (1st two) and church (above)
Ripley World Famous Ice Cream (above)
Knaresborough Castle (ruins) and Village (below)
It was a rare sunny day here in Hampsthwaite and Bud had the day off so we decided to visit two local castles. The first was the Knaresborough Castle Ruins and the second was the Ripley Castle (which closed just a couple moments before we walked into the ticket off so we couldn't go through-but we did walk along the castle wall and saw some of it).
Attached are a few pictures of what we saw and links to the two towns if you are interested in learning a little more about the area and it's history. We really enjoyed both places...oh while at the Ripley Castle we stopped in to sample World Famous Ripley Ice Cream! Has anyone every heard of this place?!?!? We hadn't...Turkey Hill, Bryers, Ben & Jerry's you bet, heard of them ate them-delicious!!! Ripley's Ice Cream, Believe It or Not (pun intended) was not that good. Read their site and once you try it-you might think differently. I think someone had their vanilla and coined the phrase "plain vanilla". Maybe it's a British thing, who knows. We weren't impressed...but you can bet if you come to visit us we will take you there so you can be the judge!
Enjoy the pictures and the websites! Above the pictures are Knaresborough, then Ripley Castle...
http://www.ripleyicecream.com/
http://www.ripleycastle.co.uk/pages/home/
http://www.chromavision.co.uk/yt/knares.htm (Knaresborough)
1 comment:
Great pictures, Shelby! That's all I needed to see, I'm going to start planning our trip right now.
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