Windsor Castle and town, England

[Jonas]

Last Saturday I hopped to Windsor for a quick walk and some photos. It was the first time I was there and I was amazed by the beauty and charm of this town.

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On the way. One famous character comes from Staines (could you guess whom?)



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Windsor & Eton Riverside train station. Trains depart for London Waterloo every 30 minutes and takes about 40-45 minutes to the destination. In fact it's just on the Western outskirts of London


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Just outside the station


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Heathrow airport is just a mile or two away so you see all those 747's landing just above the castle... what a bad idea to build such a castle near a large airport


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Eton Highstreet


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View from the Eton Highstreet


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Sunday Buffet


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River Thames


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Armed police officers guarding the castle


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The Long Walk


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Indeed, it was so long that I decided to leave it for some other time


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Something's wrong... taxis in London don't look like this, it's evident that we're "somewhere else"


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Thai Square, a popular chain of Thai restaurants


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Eton Highstreet


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(c) Jonas

[SrbijaCG]

Wow...very nice town & castle, reminds me of something, but I can't quite place it.
Excellent photography, John! I forgot, what type of camera are you using now?

[Jonas]

Thanks SrbijaCG
I use Canon 350D with two different lenses (18-55mm and 70-300mm). And hat town is truly gorgeous, like a little fairytale place with a castle

[daftmax]

So great pics and town, streets, roads... everything! So beautiful. Thanks for this =).

[beesbees]

Picture 52 is why I miss living a 10 minute train ride away from these places

EDIT: Just realised my profile is incorrect. I live just outside bloody Woking now

[beesbees]

And LOL at number 33. He looks so uncomfortable armed.

[one very bored guy]

Great photos Jonas! I used to live about 15minutes walk from Windsor on the Eaton side. The pubs at night were great there, and on a summers day as well.

It really is a beautiful town and so close to London, I always just saw it as a metropolitan suburb of London. There is another station to the riverside. Windsor Central from memory, which has a very grand entrance. These days though, it's only a short spur to Slough, but if you time the trains right, you can get to Windsor from London much quicker, just with one change. Or at least you could when I lived there.

I was hoping to see a photo you took of the bridge between Windsor and Eaton. I always found this one of the nicest bridges anywhere.

The Thames up there is also so beautiful. More of a blue colour because it doesn't have the silt from being tidal, and there is a great little lock you can sit by and watch all the boats go past.

Windsor was one of my first sights of the UK, and the first area/region I lived in, and it defined what the UK was all about for me in a way. Your photos just bring back amazing memories for me, so thanks enormously for the post.

[Jonas]

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Thanks for your reply, always nice to hear your opinion, especially since you've actually been living there. I didn't take photos of many interesting places because I just didn't have too much time. I got there in the afternoon (about 4p.m.) and left back for London before 8. Anyway I'll most probably get there on some other weekend to explore the place a little more.