Mount Stewart

Another National Trust owned house in Northern Ireland. This one is on the Ards Pennisula and is located in an area with a micro climate that provides for a spectacular garden. The house is undergoing a huge renovation project.

Scrabo Tower in Newtownards, built as a memorial to Charles Stewart.

The Sunken Garden (side view of house).

Italian Garden towards the Dodo Terrace

Spanish Garden

Italian Garden

Tir nan Og - the family private burial ground which looks over the lake.

Out & About

Could have called this miscellaneous pictures as it's a bit of a mish mash.

From the County Down countryside in the snow, to the zoo and castle in the Belfast Hills, Castle Ward on the Ards Peninsula and the Marble Arch Caves in Co. Fermanagh.

Since this picture was taken a set has been constructed for the filming of Game of Thrones - today you could see the scaffolding for the set just beyond the telephone pole in the distance.

Belfast Zoo

Belfast Castle

Gardens at Castle Ward, one of my favourite National Trust Houses because of it's unique design  - one side Classic and the other Gothic - internally and externally.

Inside the Marble Arch Caves (which aren't actually marble, but limestone, and no less spectacular for it). Their website does them a lot more justice than my photography skills:
http://www.marblearchcavesgeopark.com/