Autumn walk

In the surroundings of Almere.

And  the only ruin we have here of a castle in progress that for all kind of reasons has never finished.

Haddon Hall

Saw the movie "Downton Abbey" last night that brought back memories to my visit at another British Mansion "Haddon Hall" I visited last month.

The guide.

One of the former inhabitants.

Skywatch

The sky above the ruins of a castle under construction in Almere Haven, that never has been completed due to all kind of obstructions as money and municipal decisions.

It is hidden now behind bars until it maybe ever will be completed.

Linking to "Skywatch Friday"

Our ruine

This ruine in Almere we are looking at for 13 years already. In 2000 there were plans to built here a castle with a restaurant and a weddinglocation with a big parc around. The design is a copy from a castle in Belgium and the stones were also imported from Belgium. 

When the castle was halfway in 2002, the owner went bankrupt and everything came to a standstill. For thirteen years we could see the half built castle declining slowly into a real ruine and everybody wondered if it ever would be demoslished.

But surprise, surprise,  this weekend the gates to the castle were opened and people were allowed to watch the ruine. A new owner has bought the castle and will make here a themepark "WitchWorld" with the castle and a weddinglocation aswell. It was the talk of the town here and 15.000 inhabitants! of Almere made a visit to have a close look at last.

You could have a short look inside, only just the courtyard,  but had to stand in line for one hour and a half! Well I hate lines and I could see from here there was nothing interesting to see, so I turned around.

It was fun to see how patient everyone was to wait so long for a visit but the weather was great so nobody did mind.

Nature in the parc around had grown in all this years, so on our way out we passed a very nice autumn alley.

The stones of the castle are still stored in the garden.

A last view at the ruine, I hope to show you in four years a real castle.
Linking to "Our World Tuesday"