Who's seen Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves? Recognize this? Interior and exterior scenes were filmed here, as Robin's home. I watched that movie more times than I can count, so to be able to be where it was filmed was a dream come true. Before it was a Hollywood movie location, it started as some Lord's dream castle, then was partially blown up. Oops. The facade looks great, but walk around to the back and the damage is pretty bad. The site is open, so we were able to walk around everywhere, inside and out.
A humble doorway off of the great hall.
Dawn & Lee
The lines in the lawn show where the castle walls stood before being blown up. Talk about Disaster DIY.
We had a beautiful day!
Julie and Dawn at the very top of the castle.
Hipstamatic photo taken on my iPhone.
Driving up, down and around these roads was harrowing, to say the least. And I was just in the back seat! At least I could close my eyes on the really tight turns. At one point, we were actually driving backwards. Big thanks to Mike for driving that day!
