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Birnbeck Island. I have memories of this pier when it was still in use and paddle steamer boat trips that left from here. It is sad to see it broken and neglected. My link is 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' by Green Day www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soa3gO7tL-c I have also added Avril Lavigne's 'Broken Memories' www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_JLUeK5nTc

I have added the link 'Wings' by Birdy www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJTXDCh2YiA Sight and Sound

Heading home from 'Up North' under a blue sky prompted the link 'North Country Blues' by Joan Baez www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PSuHIQ91tw and 'Splendor in the Grass' by Pink Martini www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcOGbIBpH-I Best viewed large

A sleepy scene at Dunvegan, Isle of Skye. HHFF! Happy Highland Fence Friday everyone! I have added 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' by Green Day www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdpBZ5_b48g Also Runrig and 'Skye' (Many thanks to Boarischa for the suggestion www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ3LUYx3HsE

Duntulm Castle - HFF Everyone - Have a good weekend I have added 'Walls' by Tom Petty as my first link www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHzoSYqgtbQ The castle ruins are wide open to the elements so I have added the second Tom Petty link 'Into the Great Wide Open' also by Tom Petty www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGTbwoDsGR4

This cannon and fence are in the grounds of Eilean Donan Castle. I have chosen the link 'Safe Again' by Carole King www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZdppGEUNNE I guess the defences make the occupants feel safe and have added Westlife's 'Safe' as a second link www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YefGYnyjT0

One of the largest treehouses in the world, this is a restaurant, small function room and visitor centre at Alnwick Castle Gardens. The links here are 'House in the Trees' by Alex McMahon www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NMndRpVYUw The second link is 'This Ole' House' and the version here is by Bette Midler www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3KC_npe9zM</ Better viewed large

Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland The site on which this castle stands has it's origins in Anglo Saxon times when it became the seat of King Ida of Bernicia. The fortress was destroyed by Vikings in AD993 and the Normans later built the original castle on the site. During the Wars of the Roses it became the first castle to fall to artillery in the British Isles. The castle has had many owners and has in its time been used as a hospital for the poor. a school and a hospice for shipwrecked sailors before being purchased in the late nineteenth century by Sir William Armstrong who restored and renovated the castle between 1894 -1904. The castle still belongs to the Armstrong family and is one of the largest inhabited castles in the country. It is a popular location for films and became 'Hogwarts' for the first two Harry Potter films and was also featured in 'Robin Hood Prince of Thieves' The link is 'Castle on the Hill' by Ed Sheeran www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ibBPhiaG0