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zohrah.bsky.social
Yes! Ted has joined the rebellion #AlphabetChallenge #WeekQforQuotes #BarnardCastle
October 30, 2026 at 10:13 AM
annalois36.bsky.social
Ecclesiastical Shadows
for #AlphabetChallenge theme #WeekRforReligion
and for #ClassicMono

Starting the week with some divine help! Have a great day everyone 😀

#EastCoastKin #photography
#shadows #EgglestoneAbbey #abbey #BarnardCastle #CountyDurham #ruins
(iPhone camera)
Photograph taken at Egglestone Abbey near Barnard Castle in County Durham. Built in the C13th as a monastery, it lies in beautiful ruins today and is run by English Heritage. Monochrome filter used for impact. Sunlight floods through the crumbling arched windows throwing shadows onto the stone wall opposite as if windows exist there. Cloudy sky overhead and mown grass around slab topped graves on the floor. Well worth a visit!
November 2, 2026 at 7:49 AM
annalois36.bsky.social
Autumnal Castle Glow
for #PalacesAndGardens theme of #MellowYellow

#EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #BarnardCastle #CountyDurham #autumn #sunlight
Photograph taken last autumn looking through a large arched window at Barnard Castle (the actual castle in the place of the same name), towards the river and trees below. The exit point of the window is gated off to prevent accidents. The walls either side are rough stone with a really deep window alcove. The river below is surrounded by late autumn trees and there is blue sky above. The opening of the window and the countryside beyond is bathed in a beautiful amber, late afternoon sunlight. Not a fan of heights but forced myself up and up, on a hunch that there would be good photo opportunities at the top! It's a great part of the world - the castle is brilliant and there are lots of other exciting places to explore nearby including an abbey (Egglestone Abbey), a huge museum (The Bowes Museum) and the town itself is picturesque.
September 24, 2026 at 5:47 AM
annalois36.bsky.social
All About The Flowers
for today's #PalacesAndGardens theme of #PompAndPatterns

(Matching patterns - textiles and architecture)

#EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #textiles #TheBowesMuseum #BarnardCastle #ceiling #OsborneHouse #IsleOfWight
@thebowesmuseum.bsky.social
(iPhone and Android phone camera)
A collage of two photographs, one above and one below. Have 'matched' the flower design in both images. The top image is a close up of beautiful cream Irish crochet on a stunning pale mint green jacket, on display at The Bowes Museum in County Durham. The crochet is intricate with prominent, multi-petalled flowers, and other flora. Have said before that this spectacular museum could easily be a very lavish country house. For once I was organised and took a photo of the accompanying clothing description. Here you are fashion nerds... Dress, 1910 - 12 A summer outfit which displays all the fashionable features, a cutaway jacket and narrow skirt, with decorative buttons and magyar sleeves. Irish crochet, used for the collar and cuffs, reached the peak of popularity around 1910. Paul Poiret's Directoire line of 1908, based on the neo-classical, was very influential. The wearer married in 1912, so this could be her going away outfit. Cotton with woven blue stripe, Irish crochet. British, Bequest of Mrs M.S. Gordon. (Thanks Mrs Gordon - it's a stunner!) The bottom photograph is of a section of the plaster ceiling in the Durbar Room at Osborne House, Queen Victoria's summer palace on the Isle of Wight. It is off white, ornate and contains large flower shapes between the geometric grid system. Both places are absolutely worth a visit...and the gift shop in each, beyond tempting!
September 17, 2026 at 5:30 AM
hingey.bsky.social
Barnard Castle’s Blagraves House dates from around 1480. It reveals Tudor details and centuries of stories. Linked to Richard III - it’s been a bakery, shoemaker’s, museum and restaurant. ‘Blagraves on The Bank’ original watercolour and ink on paper, 21x30cm #artfosale #barnardcastle #watercolour
September 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
guildford.bsky.social
High Force River Tees waterfall adjacent to the #B6277 road between #Alston in #Cumbria and #BarnardCastle in #CountyDurham

#Waterfall
#River
#Rocks
#Photography
Rock cliff with a waterfall exiting about a quarter way down into a swirling mass of water
August 27, 2026 at 5:21 AM
annalois36.bsky.social
Silver Swan
for #PalacesAndGardens theme of #PalaceMusic

#EastCoastKin #photography #ECK #PalaceArts #TheBowesMuseum #BarnardCastle #CountyDurham #SilverSwan #C18th #mechanicalwonder @thebowesmuseum.bsky.social
(Android phone)
Firstly, as a disclaimer, The Bowes Museum is a worthy entrant for a 'Palace' because it looks like one externally and internally. Check it out on the website note at the bottom! This is the breathtaking 'Silver Swan', an incredible C18th mechanically-automated creature. It was made in about 1773 and plays a tune each time it 'performs'. Amusingly the museum staff never know which of a selection of music is going to be heard each time! Once the mechanism is wound, the swan moves as if it is trying to catch a fish. The 'water' surrounding the swan on the photograph also moves. It is made up of fine, twisted glass rods which rotate making the water looks like it is rippling. It 'performs' at least once a day and it is an absolute must see if you're in the area. Image looks head on at a shining silver swan that looks like it is made of fine, tiny, stacked, silver plates (which it kind of is so it can move). It sits of a flat rectangular base surrounded by small silver-work vine leaves. This sits on a second rectangular base with an extended area at the front which contains the moving water ripples explained above, and is surrounded by huge, overlapping silver-work vine leaves. The swan dips its head down towards this area when it moves. whole thing is housed in a glass case. Behind this is a pale yellow wall upon which are displayed numerous beautiful paintings for visitors to enjoy, with some white information signs below. For further info, do take a look at their website which is really good: www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk Do visit too! It is SO good! Gift shop is stocked with lots of treasures and treats.
August 20, 2026 at 5:02 AM
hingey.bsky.social
Second in the ‘Blood Orange’ series of original watercolour and ink pieces: ‘Market Cross, Barnard Castle’. DM for prices and shipping #art #artforsale #watercolours #barnardcastle #illustration
August 14, 2026 at 4:32 PM
sineadpaghan.bsky.social
2 go biking again😁 Today's excursion was to #BarnardCastle, the town is just fabulous, the people are so friendly but it was surprisingly hot! We drove 250 miles North to escape the heat in the South but the North let us down & tomorrows set to be hotter 😭 Will this ever end? #motorhoming #heatwave
August 12, 2026 at 10:07 PM
sineadpaghan.bsky.social
Having both undergone intense eye sight checks (we read the info board twice at various distances) We can confirm that #BarnardCastle is an excellent place to test one's eyesight 👀👁😆😂 #motorhoming #Durham
August 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
annspaintings.bsky.social
#LakeDistrict #watercolour paintings available from my studio in #BarnardCastle or by post within theUK. See my website www.annwhitfieldart.co.uk or contact me for more info.
January 12, 2026 at 1:24 PM
annspaintings.bsky.social
High Cup Nick is the perfect destination for a new year's walk. This #watercolour painting is £250 from my studio in #BarnardCastle or by post within the UK. Contact me for more information.
December 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
annspaintings.bsky.social
First #openstudio for some time. #BarnardCastle #landscapepaintings #Teesdale #Durham
Invitation to visit open studio in Barnard Castle
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
annspaintings.bsky.social
Terry enjoying a coffee at my exhibition at the Witham. #artexhibition #barnardcastle #durham
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
annspaintings.bsky.social
Paintings in my exhibition at The Witham in #BarnardCastle. The exhibition is on for the whole of October. #landscapepainting #watercolour #Cumbria #Dales #Penninelandscapes #art #painting #artist #womenartists
October 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
annspaintings.bsky.social
All framed up and ready to go! I hang the exhibition on Monday afternoon ready for opening on Tuesday. At the Witham Arts Centre in #BarnardCastle #artexhibition #landscapepaintings #Teesdale #CoDurham #art
September 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
annspaintings.bsky.social
I'm looking forward to the opening of my exhibition in #BarnardCastle in the Witham Arts centre on 30th September. Visitors are also welcome to visit my studio. #landscapepaintings #art #watercolours #watercolourpainting #northpennines #Teesdale #Cumbria
Invitation to visit my art studio in Barnard Castle
September 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
annspaintings.bsky.social
#BarnardCastle #artexhibition #landscapepainting #Teesdale
August 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
annspaintings.bsky.social
Gibson's Cave #Teesdale Ink and watercolour #waterfallwednesday #art #watercolour #landscapepainting #art #artist #openstudio #barnardcastle
March 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
annspaintings.bsky.social
So pleased to exhibit my paintings in the Witham Arts Centre in #BarnardCastle. #Art #watercolour #LakeDistrict #artforsale #womenartists #Durham #Teesdale
August 23, 2024 at 12:22 PM
archive.mhoulden.uk
Should've gone to @Specsavers #DominicCummings #BarnardCastle
January 11, 2026 at 6:49 PM
iainamalcolm.bsky.social
Some evenings are too good to miss. Checked out the views and good news is that the eyesight is fine! @BrewDog #BarnardCastle @StantonBikes
November 17, 2024 at 4:49 PM
dkohara.bsky.social
Cummings made #SpecSavers in #BarnardCastle World famous. Only a moron would drive 200 miles to test his eyesight.
November 27, 2024 at 12:49 PM
dredhenderson.bsky.social
Church of St Mary, Barnard Castle, County Durham. Parish church. C12-C14. In the 15th century, Richard of Gloucester who would later become King Richard III lived near this church and initiated changes to its structure.
#adoorablethursday
#barnardcastle
August 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
talkingnortheast.bsky.social
@thecrackmagazine.bsky.social @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social #whatson @thebowesmuseum.bsky.social #sunderlandmusiccity #barnardcastle
June 22, 2026 at 8:41 AM