Skipton

Skipton

Michael had to travel to Skipton this week. I decided to join him on his second day and do a little site seeing while he was at work. I didn't end up getting there early enough to do much the first day I arrived. On the second day, I walked into town. I had read about Skipton Castle, and I was anxious to get some pictures. The town was about about a mile and a half from our hotel, which wouldn't have been too bad if I'd been wearing tennis shoes instead of my boots. Oops, didn't really think that one through when I was packing.

Anyway, the town was cute, in the way that small English towns are. The castle was pretty cool. It was a Royalist stronghold during the English Civil War. After a 3-year siege the Royalist finally surrendered. After the surrender the castle roofs were ordered to be removed. The Royalist had constructed elaborate water collection systems on the roof, which helped them to withstand the siege, even when the Parliamentarians cut off the pipeline that brought water from the river into the castle grounds.

I enjoyed the castle and the town. I took some cool pictures - some are signs in the castle that explain a little more about the purpose of some of the rooms.