While we were away at Parkdean Cherry Tree last week we decided to explore a little further afield and stumbled across Castle Acre Priory. The boys love playing, exploring and running free among ruins so it was a perfect place to spend the afternoon. This week I am co-hosting the Lets Have an Adventure linky with the lovely Gingerlily Tea and All of My Days With You and I can’t think of any better adventure for our family than exploring ruins. It’s something we have really been enjoying over the past year and hope to do lots more of over the Summer.
These are not castle ruins, they are the ruins of an old priory which is an old monastic site, but that does not stop the boys playing kings and knights among the ruins!
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Our adventures in the ruins are always great fun, and I hope they are helping to build some lovely family memories with the boys. Luckily we mainly had the place to ourselves so they could run freely and play together, developing their imaginations. I feel like these kind of play opportunities are great for their sibling bond as I wrote about in my post about our last trip to Chepstow Castle.
These types of places are real hidden gems for our family and we always try to seek them out whenever we visit somewhere new. I have added Castle Acre Priory to the Guide to Britain’s Hidden Gems map (see here.) Why not check the other suggestions and add your own too.
For the above pictures, the top set are taken with iPhone 5s and the lower set are taken with my Canon DSLR and 50mm lens. Although I have a long way to go, I am really enjoying my adventures in photography at the moment as I am making time to experiment with it a little more.
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Yo’re getting great a photography, you really are hon, and what a gorgeous place to take your photo’s! 🙂
Jenny @ The Brick Castle recently posted…Little Fun Fest at Red House Farm April 2014
Oh goodness! What a dreamy place. Gorgeous photographs, too. <3
Dena recently posted…15/52
Some fabulous photos. I’ve always wanted to visit Castle Acre and the ruined Priory.
TwinsplusTwo recently posted…Siblings
What fantastic place to have a run around and learn a bit about history at the same time.
I love how you’ve captured the stone walls
spicers1976 recently posted…Project 365 6th – 12th April
Gorgeous photos. Looks like such a fun place to explore.
LauraCYMFT recently posted…Silent Sunday #15
Sounds like a lovely time was had and the photos really bring out the beauty of the place!
Kel MoolBoots recently posted…#SilentSunday and My Sunday Photo
My kids love exploring castle ruins, it looks like you had lots of fun. Mich x
Michelle Twin Mum recently posted…A year in photos – week 15 (Spring Harvest)
I love ruins! I am an architecture graduate and places like this makes me happy. Sadly I cant go to all of them but your photos are so good and I enjoy looking at them. Make up for me not being able to go there =P Thanks for sharing! #BetterPhotoProject
Merlinda Little (@pixiedusk) recently posted…Flower
What lovely photos. Hopping by via “Lets have an adventure” linky
Yet Another Blogging Mummy!!! recently posted…A holiday in Margate
What an amazing place to explore – Definitely looks like the perfect adventure! x
Donna recently posted…#MySundayPhoto – 13th April 2014
That is such an amazing play spot. The ruin looks even tempting for adventures for adults, not only kids.
Oh it looks beautiful. The perfect place for little knights and kings to play!
Tory Knowles recently posted…Things we don’t think toddlers know. But they do.
Lovely photos and so much imaginative play to be had in old ruins. Looks like a good day out.
Rollercoaster Mum recently posted…Silent Sunday #MySundayPhoto
Such great photos – and it looks such fun there! x
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Thank you so much for co-hosting with us. I LOVE your post. Such wonderful photos xx
What a lovely place to have an adventure and explore. Lovely pics 🙂
Thanks for linking #LetKidsBeKids
Karen Bell recently posted…Fishy windsock fun
Oh I do love a good ruin – what stories those crumbling walls could tell!
Rosie @Eco-Gites of Lenault recently posted…Butterflies galore but where are the ladybirds?
What a beautiful place, and you captured it so well! I would love to explore a place like this and spend hours there 🙂 #LetKidsBeKids
Tarana recently posted…Toddler Tales (30): Cardboard Bus
That looks like a gorgeous place to visit and your photos are beautiful.
Mummy of Two recently posted…Silent Sunday #16
fantastic photos! dont you think you should thanks me for telling you to get a better camera? Hee hee!!!
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