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Caption: A Visit to Winterfell
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Caption: The Northern Ireland farmyards of Castle Ward
was the Winterfell set for the first three seasons of Game of Thrones.
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Caption: I stepped onto the set for an afternoon with Winterfell Tours
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Caption: First thing to do was get into costume. You could just don a simple cape or get into complete GOT gear. Wanting the full experience, I chose the latter of the two.
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Caption: Next was a little archery practice (not my forte!).
At the end of practice we had a competition—I came in second to last place.
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Caption: The loser was taken to the log guillotine by the headsman.
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Caption: We then got to try our hand at axe throwing (I was a little better at that!).
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Caption: That’s my bulls-eye on the left!!!
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Caption: We were also visited by a white walker.
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Caption: The grand finale was meeting
Odin & Thor, two of the
direwolves from the show.
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Picture of Winterfell Castle & Demesne
Caption: For more information, visit the
Winterfell Tours website.
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