Kendal Castle under the stars

A quick visit to Kendal for the night gives me a rare chance to see stars. This hill and castle was not very far from my digs and so a steep run to the top of the hill gave me this reward. Unfortunately I had left my special ‘Clear Night Filter’ at home some 80+ miles away and so we get more of the town light glow than I would have liked. As can be seen the castle is flood-lit at this time of the year which posed the additional problem of what to expose for. Of course a compromise photo resulted which some might still find pleasing.

‘Kendal Castle is a medieval fortification to the east of the town of Kendal, Cumbria, in northern England. The castle, which is atop a glacial drumlin, was built in the 13th century as the Caput baroniae for the Barony of Kendal. By the 15th century, the Parr family owned the castle.’ Wikipedia

The first PiP (adjacent photo) shows a shot from a little further away before I took this and if your monitor permits - you can see part of the Milky Way going up the screen from the top of the rightmost trees. The second Pip shows quite a different view taken a year or so back.

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