View over River Tyne from the Castle Keep (Newcastle) in early October.
(L) The Black Gate (built around 1250), part of the original castle of Newcastle. (R) Norman chapel in the Castle Keep (built in 1170s) with its distinctive round arches.
Kiplin Hall (Historic Houses), North Yorkshire, on the way back from Bradford in mid Oct.The iconic Chrysler building (New York) from One Vanderbilt in late Oct.The most recent (and final?) edition of Lumiere (mid Nov) on Palace Green on the Thursday (run-through evening).
Christmas tree at Crook Hall (National Trust) in mid Dec.
Pictures from Boxing Day walk. (Left) Deer in Whitworth Hall Country Park, with the Shafto Monument in the background. (Right) Whitworth Parish Church.