Well, I worked another two weeks straight and finally took another day off. This time I got to see a real fortress: Skipton Castle. This beast withstood a three-year siege and has 6-foot thick walls!
I was on another business trip to England. I took an afternoon off and checked out Ripley Castle, which was more of a wealthy family mansion than the stereotypical medieval castle. Still, the place was beautiful and there was a rich history behind the castle.
I thought the mine smelter was so cool that I brought my old high school friend Nathan and his brother Brandon back there on New Year’s Day. We explored a little more and found some abandoned mines. We didn’t have a flashlight so I cleverly took a flash picture of my hand, resulting in an all-white photo. The white LCD screen on the camera was light enough to allow us to explore each mine, one at a time.
