I finally managed to get some reasonable internal photos of the Conduit Court in Skipton Castle.The Court was the well spring for the Castle. Originally built in 1090 the Castle was massivley strengthened in 1310.In the War of the Roses this was a Lancastrian House (Red Rose).The Tudor wing (1536) is attached to the NE, and bore the brunt of unsympathetic internal Victorian "improvement".In the Civil War this was the last Castle to hold out for the King in the north.Somehow the place has survived as the most complete Medieval Castle in Britain despite seeing some fierce action.

The Court is very atmospheric but the light is difficult and its tricky to get the ancient yew tree and the mellow colour of the stone ,these shots seem reasonable,but I think I can get better in summer. I did try to get a shot down through the castle privy-the drop is about 200 feet-but it didnt turn out well.( I just re-read that last sentence and realised I had made an unintentional bad pun-but ill leave it in ).

The present Earl was there today and I was talking to him for a while before I realised who he was, otherwise the place was deserted-except for the tea lady.

additional mote: what I havent been able to show yet is the northern elevation where the Castle towers over the river to its rear, the light was too contrasty to get a clean shot-you can see how bright it was ,but the shade was pitch black.