Comments on: Bolton Castle – The Courtyard http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/10/06/bolton-castle-the-courtyard/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:50:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/10/06/bolton-castle-the-courtyard/comment-page-1/#comment-14583 CherryPie Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:21:25 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6751#comment-14583 Hopefully you will get the chance to visit that area soon. I really enjoyed myself and the scenery is just wonderful. Next holiday for me is York :-) Hopefully you will get the chance to visit that area soon. I really enjoyed myself and the scenery is just wonderful.

Next holiday for me is York :-)

]]> By: J_on_tour http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/10/06/bolton-castle-the-courtyard/comment-page-1/#comment-14570 J_on_tour Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:09:22 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6751#comment-14570 I love these photos & someone is telling me something ..... ....that this is the second time on blogger that I have commented on these scenes & I promised to go and see them last time. I still haven't managed to visit this location even though it is probably 90 minutes away from my house. Apart from holidays, one of the issues I have at the moment is that destinations on saturdays or weekends happen for other reasons and even though it is within the parameter of my choice to do that, specific "wanted" destinations such as this are very often outside my control of available time :-( I love these photos & someone is telling me something …..

….that this is the second time on blogger that I have commented on these scenes & I promised to go and see them last time. I still haven’t managed to visit this location even though it is probably 90 minutes away from my house.
Apart from holidays, one of the issues I have at the moment is that destinations on saturdays or weekends happen for other reasons and even though it is within the parameter of my choice to do that, specific “wanted” destinations such as this are very often outside my control of available time :-(

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/10/06/bolton-castle-the-courtyard/comment-page-1/#comment-14498 CherryPie Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:52:07 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6751#comment-14498 Where I was coming from in relation to the ruined castles is that seeing them in decline actually shows you what various events in history have done. Not all of this castle is a ruin and the rooms that aren't in ruins have been furnished as as they would have been in a particular era in time. In this case showing the Sropes bedrooms and the kitchens and cellars to name a few. To me that is a living history, it shows me so much. There are some perfect examples of buildings not in decline too. Dover Castle, Warwick Castle, Tower of London, Edinburgh Castle, Caernarfon castle and many more. In addition to that restoring a castle such as Bolton back to its former glory would not be viable economically. Where I was coming from in relation to the ruined castles is that seeing them in decline actually shows you what various events in history have done.

Not all of this castle is a ruin and the rooms that aren’t in ruins have been furnished as as they would have been in a particular era in time. In this case showing the Sropes bedrooms and the kitchens and cellars to name a few.

To me that is a living history, it shows me so much.

There are some perfect examples of buildings not in decline too. Dover Castle, Warwick Castle, Tower of London, Edinburgh Castle, Caernarfon castle and many more.

In addition to that restoring a castle such as Bolton back to its former glory would not be viable economically.

]]> By: ivan http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/10/06/bolton-castle-the-courtyard/comment-page-1/#comment-14496 ivan Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:36:02 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6751#comment-14496 I can't see how restoring them could lead to a loss of history unless you want to show how things decline. Surely restoration would make history a living history and not a depressing 'look at what we've lost' history. I can’t see how restoring them could lead to a loss of history unless you want to show how things decline.

Surely restoration would make history a living history and not a depressing ‘look at what we’ve lost’ history.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/10/06/bolton-castle-the-courtyard/comment-page-1/#comment-14494 CherryPie Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:50:31 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6751#comment-14494 So is the church and village. So is the church and village.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/10/06/bolton-castle-the-courtyard/comment-page-1/#comment-14493 CherryPie Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:49:59 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6751#comment-14493 I love visiting places and learning the history. I love visiting places and learning the history.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/10/06/bolton-castle-the-courtyard/comment-page-1/#comment-14492 CherryPie Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:49:29 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6751#comment-14492 Thank you :-) Thank you :-)

]]> By: jameshigham http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/10/06/bolton-castle-the-courtyard/comment-page-1/#comment-14491 jameshigham Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:35:08 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6751#comment-14491 Redolent of a different time. Redolent of a different time.

]]> By: Ginnie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/10/06/bolton-castle-the-courtyard/comment-page-1/#comment-14488 Ginnie Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:04:11 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6751#comment-14488 I love that you get out-n-about, Cherry, to see all these places! Kinda like what Astrid and I try to do all the time. :) I love that you get out-n-about, Cherry, to see all these places! Kinda like what Astrid and I try to do all the time. :)

]]> By: missing moments http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/10/06/bolton-castle-the-courtyard/comment-page-1/#comment-14487 missing moments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:32:45 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6751#comment-14487 Love your ruins! Love your ruins!

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