<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7328021395772336075</id><updated>2011-05-22T01:29:01.283-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Helen Cowans Photography</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://helen-cowans-photography.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7328021395772336075/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://helen-cowans-photography.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Helen Cowans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839954448090866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--928_ldETb4/TdjJIE09KXI/AAAAAAAAHak/_E3sgXCgNqk/s220/Helen.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7328021395772336075.post-7410377213978862430</id><published>2009-05-18T00:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-18T00:51:32.506-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Castlerigg Stone Circle.  Near Keswick, Cumbria.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/ShETTql9szI/AAAAAAAAFkE/7oJebim2p_Q/s1600-h/Castlerigg+4web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 124px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/ShETTql9szI/AAAAAAAAFkE/7oJebim2p_Q/s400/Castlerigg+4web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337068261982712626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/ShETTVQQBsI/AAAAAAAAFj8/KokYY-6UXR4/s1600-h/Castlerigg+3web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 161px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/ShETTVQQBsI/AAAAAAAAFj8/KokYY-6UXR4/s400/Castlerigg+3web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337068256254494402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/ShETTe-WCfI/AAAAAAAAFj0/L9WSStog5Ik/s1600-h/Castlerigg+2web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 205px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/ShETTe-WCfI/AAAAAAAAFj0/L9WSStog5Ik/s400/Castlerigg+2web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337068258863745522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/ShETSq3LAeI/AAAAAAAAFjs/h938WNTD2ug/s1600-h/Castlerigg+1web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 380px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/ShETSq3LAeI/AAAAAAAAFjs/h938WNTD2ug/s400/Castlerigg+1web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337068244875018722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7328021395772336075-7410377213978862430?l=helen-cowans-photography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://helen-cowans-photography.blogspot.com/feeds/7410377213978862430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://helen-cowans-photography.blogspot.com/2009/05/castlerigg-stone-circle.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7328021395772336075/posts/default/7410377213978862430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7328021395772336075/posts/default/7410377213978862430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://helen-cowans-photography.blogspot.com/2009/05/castlerigg-stone-circle.html' title=''/><author><name>Helen Cowans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839954448090866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--928_ldETb4/TdjJIE09KXI/AAAAAAAAHak/_E3sgXCgNqk/s220/Helen.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/ShETTql9szI/AAAAAAAAFkE/7oJebim2p_Q/s72-c/Castlerigg+4web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7328021395772336075.post-184449269488587652</id><published>2009-05-06T01:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-06T01:55:51.156-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Lindisfarne Priory - Lindisfarne (Holy Island)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Lindisfarne Priory was built around 635AD and remained in use until the Reformation in 1537.  Over the centuries it was attacked on several occasions by the Vikings.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The entrance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SgFNmMyxp7I/AAAAAAAAFiU/BvJtE-Ale6Y/s1600-h/Lindisfarne+Priory+4web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 379px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SgFNmMyxp7I/AAAAAAAAFiU/BvJtE-Ale6Y/s400/Lindisfarne+Priory+4web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332628752447940530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The "rainbow arch"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SgFOvj7j8AI/AAAAAAAAFjc/eUbRp7jsDyE/s1600-h/Lindisfarne+Priory+8web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 233px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SgFOvj7j8AI/AAAAAAAAFjc/eUbRp7jsDyE/s400/Lindisfarne+Priory+8web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332630012789256194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SgFOvVwrdNI/AAAAAAAAFjU/s6FQgkgrL7I/s1600-h/Lindisfarne+Priory+7web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SgFOvVwrdNI/AAAAAAAAFjU/s6FQgkgrL7I/s400/Lindisfarne+Priory+7web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332630008985515218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SgFNlmYOA4I/AAAAAAAAFiE/4vNqd0ywsH8/s1600-h/Lindisfarne+Priory+2web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SgFNlmYOA4I/AAAAAAAAFiE/4vNqd0ywsH8/s400/Lindisfarne+Priory+2web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332628742136005506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SgFNmZhAKRI/AAAAAAAAFic/WeYyI-soDMc/s1600-h/Lindisfarne+Priory+5web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SgFNmZhAKRI/AAAAAAAAFic/WeYyI-soDMc/s400/Lindisfarne+Priory+5web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332628755863054610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lindisfarne Castle in the distance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SgFOvwJAo5I/AAAAAAAAFjk/ZI1gJkq3znU/s1600-h/Lindisfarne+Priory+9web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 353px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SgFOvwJAo5I/AAAAAAAAFjk/ZI1gJkq3znU/s400/Lindisfarne+Priory+9web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332630016066888594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SgFNl7-ARBI/AAAAAAAAFiM/ve355YJsgE8/s1600-h/Lindisfarne+Priory+3web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 198px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SgFNl7-ARBI/AAAAAAAAFiM/ve355YJsgE8/s400/Lindisfarne+Priory+3web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332628747931632658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SgFNlUbp-vI/AAAAAAAAFh8/hbSxFv5gGDE/s1600-h/Lindisfarne+Priory+1web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SgFNlUbp-vI/AAAAAAAAFh8/hbSxFv5gGDE/s400/Lindisfarne+Priory+1web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332628737318583026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7328021395772336075-184449269488587652?l=helen-cowans-photography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://helen-cowans-photography.blogspot.com/feeds/184449269488587652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://helen-cowans-photography.blogspot.com/2009/05/lindisfarne-priory-lindisfarne-holy.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7328021395772336075/posts/default/184449269488587652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7328021395772336075/posts/default/184449269488587652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://helen-cowans-photography.blogspot.com/2009/05/lindisfarne-priory-lindisfarne-holy.html' title=''/><author><name>Helen Cowans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839954448090866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--928_ldETb4/TdjJIE09KXI/AAAAAAAAHak/_E3sgXCgNqk/s220/Helen.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SgFNmMyxp7I/AAAAAAAAFiU/BvJtE-Ale6Y/s72-c/Lindisfarne+Priory+4web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7328021395772336075.post-7719216216281877502</id><published>2009-04-21T13:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-21T13:36:12.944-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Lordenshaws Rock Art&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The carved rock at Lordenshaws is a gentle walk from the car park at Simonside near Rothbury (about 15-20 mins drive from Alnwick). &lt;br /&gt;Close by is an iron age hillfort settlement(about 2.5K yrs old).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Carved Rock&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Se4rvsaUyOI/AAAAAAAAFe8/rVn-vIJt6lg/s1600-h/Lordenshaws+rock+feb09-02web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Se4rvsaUyOI/AAAAAAAAFe8/rVn-vIJt6lg/s400/Lordenshaws+rock+feb09-02web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327243507601295586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;View to Simonside Hills&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Se4rv8ht8mI/AAAAAAAAFfU/rxDe0O8HBA8/s1600-h/Lordenshaws+view+toSimonside+feb09-04web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 222px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Se4rv8ht8mI/AAAAAAAAFfU/rxDe0O8HBA8/s400/Lordenshaws+view+toSimonside+feb09-04web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327243511927272034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;View towards Rothbury&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Se4rv_7GCUI/AAAAAAAAFfM/NEhcv1z8ghA/s1600-h/Lordenshaws+view+to+rothbury+feb09-05web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Se4rv_7GCUI/AAAAAAAAFfM/NEhcv1z8ghA/s400/Lordenshaws+view+to+rothbury+feb09-05web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327243512839014722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;View to the Cheviot Hills&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Se4rvlSHWPI/AAAAAAAAFfE/MZg-nhIDK8s/s1600-h/Lordenshaws+view+to+cheviots+feb09-03web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 196px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Se4rvlSHWPI/AAAAAAAAFfE/MZg-nhIDK8s/s400/Lordenshaws+view+to+cheviots+feb09-03web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327243505687812338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Hillfort&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Se4rvS0sGFI/AAAAAAAAFe0/37IJykbe3w8/s1600-h/Lordenshaws+feb09-01web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 219px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Se4rvS0sGFI/AAAAAAAAFe0/37IJykbe3w8/s400/Lordenshaws+feb09-01web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327243500732553298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;You can see details of the rock carvings &lt;a href="http://rockart.ncl.ac.uk/panel_search_results.asp?FT=simonside"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7328021395772336075-7719216216281877502?l=helen-cowans-photography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://helen-cowans-photography.blogspot.com/feeds/7719216216281877502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://helen-cowans-photography.blogspot.com/2009/04/lordenshaws-rock-art-carved-rock-at.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7328021395772336075/posts/default/7719216216281877502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7328021395772336075/posts/default/7719216216281877502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://helen-cowans-photography.blogspot.com/2009/04/lordenshaws-rock-art-carved-rock-at.html' title=''/><author><name>Helen Cowans</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839954448090866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--928_ldETb4/TdjJIE09KXI/AAAAAAAAHak/_E3sgXCgNqk/s220/Helen.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Se4rvsaUyOI/AAAAAAAAFe8/rVn-vIJt6lg/s72-c/Lordenshaws+rock+feb09-02web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7328021395772336075.post-5081195722465991054</id><published>2009-04-19T08:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-19T08:32:06.295-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Alnwick Garden in April 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Alnwick Garden lies to the outskirts of Alnwick Town and adjoining Alnwick Castle.  Created about 10 years ago the gardens are still in continual development and are open all year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the entrance is the Tree House (a restaurant).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_T_Hl-zI/AAAAAAAAFcM/KEspuTRozUs/s1600-h/Apr0906web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_T_Hl-zI/AAAAAAAAFcM/KEspuTRozUs/s400/Apr0906web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326420596889090866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_CU3WECI/AAAAAAAAFcE/tb8xNpmIiuY/s1600-h/Apr0905web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_CU3WECI/AAAAAAAAFcE/tb8xNpmIiuY/s400/Apr0905web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326420293488873506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Entry to the gardens is via a cafe pavillion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_CTlVicI/AAAAAAAAFb8/UtRE9HGfNb0/s1600-h/Apr0904web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_CTlVicI/AAAAAAAAFb8/UtRE9HGfNb0/s400/Apr0904web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326420293144906178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The water cascade and fountains form the focal features.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_COrJ80I/AAAAAAAAFbs/a68NikePVQo/s1600-h/Apr0902web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_COrJ80I/AAAAAAAAFbs/a68NikePVQo/s400/Apr0902web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326420291827135298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SetDCelBVHI/AAAAAAAAFds/PdYmAch8uUM/s1600-h/Apr0911web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SetDCelBVHI/AAAAAAAAFds/PdYmAch8uUM/s400/Apr0911web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326424694142882930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_UGOo2BI/AAAAAAAAFck/Fj4dUKMBJC0/s1600-h/Apr0909web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_UGOo2BI/AAAAAAAAFck/Fj4dUKMBJC0/s400/Apr0909web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326420598797686802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_nr_YdbI/AAAAAAAAFc0/FLPDdUUxUlM/s1600-h/Apr0912web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_nr_YdbI/AAAAAAAAFc0/FLPDdUUxUlM/s400/Apr0912web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326420935351760306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SetA6WY6XJI/AAAAAAAAFdk/0z9FMafVooI/s1600-h/Apr0913web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/SetA6WY6XJI/AAAAAAAAFdk/0z9FMafVooI/s400/Apr0913web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326422355482401938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_CPcCT9I/AAAAAAAAFb0/ePFAqyb-8kg/s1600-h/Apr0903web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_CPcCT9I/AAAAAAAAFb0/ePFAqyb-8kg/s400/Apr0903web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326420292032155602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_CL5JzwI/AAAAAAAAFbk/sv0z2euVRcs/s1600-h/Apr0901web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 332px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_CL5JzwI/AAAAAAAAFbk/sv0z2euVRcs/s400/Apr0901web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326420291080539906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Towards the top is the entrance to the Ornamental Gardens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_UPuDxBI/AAAAAAAAFcc/3zvvRqtf7iQ/s1600-h/Apr0908web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_UPuDxBI/AAAAAAAAFcc/3zvvRqtf7iQ/s400/Apr0908web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326420601345393682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_n4kvKHI/AAAAAAAAFdE/jrWX1DVkqqg/s1600-h/Apr0914web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_n4kvKHI/AAAAAAAAFdE/jrWX1DVkqqg/s400/Apr0914web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326420938729662578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CG9To5Yx-x8/Ses_T44MwpI/AAAAAAAAFcU/K8NPpGkMrHQ/s1600-h/Apr0907web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; 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