My Odd Sock Vacation Photos!
![IMG_0697 Cheers mate!](https://www.myoddsock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_0697-150x150.jpg)
My Odd Sock is excited to share some candid photographs of my recent trip to the U.K!
Visiting a castle has always been on my bucket list. And what better place to tour one–than in jolly ‘ol England!
(Castles are few and far between here in Ohio!)
So I strapped on a fanny pack (What a fashion loser!) and traveled to Hadleigh Castle in Essex, England.
Hadleigh Castle was built in 1232 by a chap named Hubert de Burgh, under the reign of Henry III.
This place goes WAY back, so I was thrilled to see it in person!
![IMG_0701 Wow, my adventure begins!](https://www.myoddsock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0701-150x150.jpg)
Here I am just outside.
This is exciting! Always wanted to see a real castle!
I shouted “Hear ye, hear ye, lower the drawbridge so that I may enter Hadleigh Castle!”
![IMG_0704 Not listening to the guide.](https://www.myoddsock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0704-300x225.jpg)
Hey, when the tour guide tells you to stand back, don’t ask why–just do it!
![IMG_0705 That's me on the far right.](https://www.myoddsock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0705-300x225.jpg)
Here I am meeting the “Lords” of Hadleigh Castle.
![IMG_0709 Peek-A-Boo!](https://www.myoddsock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0709-150x150.jpg)
My Odd Sock looking out one of the windows.
(Man, this place needs drapes!)
![IMG_0702 My Odd Sock being bad.](https://www.myoddsock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0702-150x150.jpg)
That’s me getting “locked” in the dungeon.
OK guys, you can let me out.
The rats in there were the size of dingos!
![IMG_0707 Anybody got a band-aid?](https://www.myoddsock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0707-300x225.jpg)
A little horseplay with the guards.
(Don’t worry—it was only a flesh wound!)
![IMG_0715 Stay off it, you idiot!](https://www.myoddsock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0715-150x150.jpg)
Back outside the castle.
I found this cool, old cannon!
(I didn’t see the sign warning “Do not Climb.)
![IMG_0723 Holy crap!](https://www.myoddsock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0723-300x225.jpg)
Getting shot through the air.
Oh well, accidents happen!
(Sparing no expense with the speciat effects!)
![IMG_0703 A moat--with aligators!](https://www.myoddsock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0703-300x225.jpg)
Checking out the moat.
They had real gators in there!
![IMG_0708 Not fun.](https://www.myoddsock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0708-300x225.jpg)
These suckers could jump!
And they were hungry too!
![IMG_0712 Here boy--Here boy...Speak!](https://www.myoddsock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0712-300x225.jpg)
Another lesson learned.
NEVER play with a fire-breathing dragon!
![IMG_0724 My visit is over.](https://www.myoddsock.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0724-300x225.jpg)
It’s been one helluva day.
I’ve been crushed, bitten, burned, stabbed & shot, but at least I was able to finally visit a castle!
Hope you have enjoyed my vacation photos as much as I have enjoyed sharing them with you!
May our travels continue!
P.S. Here is a picture of the real Hadleigh Castle.
Today, it is just ruins.
But imagine what it once was…and the history it holds!
5 Replies to “My Odd Sock Vacation Photos!”
LMAO and spitting out my morning meds reading this!
Sock looks a bit starched in these pictures, is that in honor of the British stiff upper lip?
Oh, I needed a good laugh this morning! Great vacation shots Sock!
Are you sure you were in England, and not lost in Toys R Us?
Kim,
You wanted to see vacation pictures–you get what you ask for!
Margaret,
VERY funny! You make me laugh!
Love it. I want the dragon to defend my home. lol