But the sudden death of the king dashed all such hopes. Alexander died in a fall from his horse in the dark while riding to visit the queen at Kinghorn in Fife on 19 March 1286, having spent the evening at Edinburgh Castle overseeing a meeting with royal advisors. He was advised by them not to make the journey over to Fife because of weather conditions, but travelled anyway. Alexander became separated from his guides and it is assumed that in the dark his horse lost its footing. The 44-year old king was found dead on the shore the following morning. Some texts have said that he fell off a cliff. Although there is no cliff at the site where his body was found there is a very steep rocky embankment - which would have been fatal in the dark. After Alexander's death, his strong realm was plunged into a period of darkness that would eventually lead to war with England. Had Alexander, who was a strong monarch, lived, things might have worked out differently (Ashley 2002, p. 156). He was buried in Dunfermline Abbey.

As Alexander left no surviving children the heir to the throne was his unborn child by Queen Yolande. When Yolande's pregnancy ended in a still-birth in November of 1286, Alexander's granddaughter Margaret became the heir. Margaret died, still uncrowned, on her way to Scotland in 1290. The inauguration of John Balliol as king on 30 November 1292 ended the six years of interregnum when the Guardians of Scotland governed the land.

The Castle

One stormy night Darren and his parents were talking downstairs in the living room. Meanwhile Princess

Nicole and Princess Rachel were in their room watching a DVD called Girl Talk.When Darren was away in

Brazil, things were a bit strange with monsters being involved.The girls turned over to watch the news

 Autumn time

The wind  swirling the leaves like twisters.

Red leaves like fire ,all crispy and crunchy.

Bitter cold like the arctic and frost so white.

The apples in the orchard falling down to earth with a thud!

The farmers collecting thier crops for the vast human race to eat!

Jaggie,flat and wiggily leaves,all shapes and sizes.

The conkers as brown as chocolate dropping from the giant oak trees.

The acorns with their little green hats being collected by the squirrels.

The children running through the rattling leaves having fun.

And all the animals collecting food for winter.

Soon it will be bonfire night with the light of the fireworks,

and the smell of smoke from the bonfires.

All the people having fun and grief at the same time

what I learned about a skeleton

In Science today I learned all the names of the human skeleton.And the interesting facts about them.

I learned about the shoulder plate and the ribs.We also watched a video all about skeletons and what they are

like and what they do.I really enjoyed my leason today.

All about Darren.

Darren is 18 years old, he is good in all his lessons .He is very friendly to all his

mates and he respects his family.He is a formula one driver and is the youngest

British world champion!His uncle and auntie are the king and Queen of the country.

Darren is a bit of charmer and has a great sense of humor.Everyone enjoy being with

him.He loves to play football with his friends.

so that's all about Darren

I think MAN UTD are the best team in the

WORLD!!!!