Castle Bag 17

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 17/26: We finish building up and mostly roof off the ground floor of the gatehouse. Two jail cells are added (one with a skeleton). Two sliding panels for secret entrances/exits (one from the other jail cell) are built.

LEGO dungeon with two jail cells. The right cell holds a skeleton.A LEGO panel rotates to reveal a secret Forestman hideout.

Castle Bag 16

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 16/26: We build a new section with a staircase (built sideways) and a treasure vault. This hinges together with the previous section. I like the brown frog on the grass. I guess we know where the latrines will empty out.

Exterior view of LEGO castle with a staircase leading up from a small dock. The castle wall by the stairs bears a flaming torch. A brown frog sits on the grass nearby.A LEGO dungeon. A treasure vault holding a chest, a goblet, a drum, and a bell is on the left. A wooden ladder and a flaming torch are on the right.

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Started the day off right with a short walk up to a cross that looks over our valley. In my opinion this is one of the best views in Ägerital and it’s less than 40 minutes from our front door at a brisk walking pace (under 3 km, 240m ascent).

Landscape view of a fog-covered lake on a sunny morning, green pasture in the foreground, hills beyond the lake, blue skies with white wisps of cloud above, and snow-capped peaks in the distance.

Castle Bag 13

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 13/26: We add two towers, one with a bell, both with room for a guard up top to the side of the child’s room. Pennants are added for decoration. Four days of building and the first half of the castle is complete. The other half contains the barbican.

LEGO castle with two stone towers each with a guard atop it and a flying pennant.Close up of LEGO bell tower. The window has fancy scrollwork around it. An archer stands atop the tower.

Castle Bag 11

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 11/26: We build the other half of the child’s room with bed, desk, and fireplace on the second floor above the banquet hall. The white and black walls are quite handsome. There’s also an extremely clever mechanism that warrants a gif to demonstrate it.

Interior view of LEGO castle child's room with bed on left, desk in the middle, and fireplace on the right. A young squire with a frightened expression stands in front of the desk.Top down view of LEGO castle in closed position to form a complete child's bedroom or playroom. Two young children play with toys while the frightened squire stands over them.

Castle Bag 10

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 10/26: We add half a child’s bedroom on the second floor above the music room and also a section of wall with a bit of tiled roof on the first floor above the hideout. The pile of yellow blocks is an Easter egg for the very first castle set from 1978.

Interior view of LEGO castle with a bedroom with a toy castle set above a music room. To the left is a wall with a window and a bit of tiled roof.Exterior view of LEGO castle showing white plaster walls trimmed with black wood.