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A question someone may be able to help me answer. I've been doing research online and keep getting conflicting stories from 2-3 years ago that may no longer apply.

Is it possible to buy UK postage online via royal mail or the US postal system? Or anywhere else?

I'm trying to send something to someone in the UK and don't want the person to have to pay postage to send something back. I've tried to buy IRC's, but have had no luck finding them at several different post offices. One said they are considered "outdated". In other words, I've been told sending UK stamps is the way to go.

Any suggestions and/or links to them are much appreciated!

The third day of our Christmas countdown brings a treat from "Merlin" Series 1.

( A Very Beautiful Photo and Some Site and LJ Plugs )

Today the countdown to Christmas continues with another photo featuring the lovely and talented Katie McGrath. The below photo is actually getting posted here on LJ first since it was thought it might be nice to have a photo in the countdown that is new to most people.

This is a high-res photo of Katie from the BAFTA British Academy Children's Awards on 11/29/09. It looks like Katie was a presenter judging from the envelope in her hand.

There should be three more lesser seen adds like the above one at Merlin's Keep later today and/or in the coming days of the countdown.

Twenty promotional photos have been released for Episode 2x13 which is sadly the Series 2 finale. These photos do contain SPOILERS.

Hopefully this is just Round 1 of the promo pics from this episode, but if this is all we get, for sake of full circleness I thought to include the Series 2 poster.

Check all 20 photos out in high-res here at Merlin's Keep.

Yesterday we posted about the Merlin's Keep Christmas countdown on Livejournal. December 1st is here and it has started. If your wondering what the heck this is you should read below the cut.

( Learn more about our Christmas countdown )

That said here the Day 1 photo of Katie. This is a low-res promotional photo from 1x12 To Kill the King. Very Robin Hoodish. Click on the photo for a slightly larger one.

Host has returned and Merlin's Keep along with the greater Far, Far Away Site is back up and running as normal as ever.

Not long ago a mention was made of a surprise Merlin's Keep was hoping to have early in the new year. It's a surprise so we aren't going to give what we are working on away. But we can update you guys on the progress of it.

The first is in the mail. The second is yet to go out because we found we needed something more before it was sent. If all goes according to plan it should be on its way early next week. As you can tell our surprise involves the postal system.

You may be asking yourself what is this connection between something getting sent in the mail and an unofficial website for a television series. Mail could involve DVDs, magazines, music, scans, photos or something else completely. Saying anything more might give away the hopeful surprise and we wouldn't want that would we.

( This is long enough to be under a cut )

Fourteen promotional photos from Episode 2x12 and three more from Episode 2x10 are now available at Merlin's Keep. The photos for 2x12 contain what may likley be VERY MAJOR SPOILERS. The new photos from 2x10 also contain SPOILERS.

Check all all these photos in high-res by clicking here.

I suspect that the next few weeks will be busy as far as updates go to Merlin's Keep and maybe even our LOTS site The Keep of Aydindril. This post relates to Merlin's Keep.

EDITED on 11/25/09 to reflect DVD set purchase.

( No spoilers just more than a little text )

Link Fixed: One of the links on the page the link is to was wrong. It's fixed now and goes to General Series 2 and not Ep 210. Sorry about that.

Merlin's Keep has a little photographic treat for you guys. We have put up 8 previously unseen Series 2 character photos, new stills from Episodes 209 and 211 and some behind the scenes pics from Episodes 205 and 211.

Be forewarned that the photos from Episodes 209 and 211 do contain SPOILERS.

Check out the photo in high-res here.

Plenty more promotional images from Episodes 210 and 211 have been released by BBC and are available for your viewing pleasure at Merlin's Keep.

Be forewarned that these images do contain SPOILERS for those two episodes.

Check out the photo in high-res here and an updated guest cast list for Episode 211 here.

The good and the bad of "Merlin" Series 2. Find out in December what we thought with the first annual Hengist Awards.

More Season 2 high-res promotional photos featuring the starring cast and some episode stills from Baneling are now available at The Keep of Aydindril. Click here for the cast photos and here for Baneling.

In the next few days I’m going to share some thoughts on a few show matters I’ve wanted to write commentary on for awhile. The second is on the state of the Morgana character in Series 2. That one will take longer so first up is some random thoughts, a story I’d like to see, speculations and possible SPOILERS for the final episode of Series 2.

( Possible Major Spoilers for Upcoming Episodes )

Our "Legend of the Seeker" fansite at Far, Far Away just got a high-res treatment of 18 photos from Season 2 which kicked off this past weekend.

There are eight cast photos in General Season 2 which have yet to be seen in high-res and 10 from the first episode Marked without the LOTS logo on them.

Check them out here at The Keep of Aydindril.

The first promotional images for Episode 2010 and Episode 2011 have been released. They do contain SPOILERS so be forewarned.

Check them out in high-res at Merlin's Keep. Click here for Episode 2010 and here for Episode 2011.

Fourteen high-res promotional photos from Episode 2009 have been posted at Merlin's Keep. These photos do contain spoilers.

Check out the new photos here and get the updated guest cast list here.

( Some interesting trivia on featured guest star Richard Ridings )

The Section of Randomness at Far, Far Away has been updated with six high-res promotional photos of former Robin Hood series actor Richard Armitage from "Spooks" Season 8.

Don't plug The Section og Randomness much here but this update may be of interest since I know there's a few fans of Richard and the Robin Hood series lurking. Click here to check out the photos.

Random photos of "Merlin" Series 2 guest stars Emilia Fox, Sarah Parish and Adam Godley in other roles have been added to Merlin's Keep along with some new ones of Richard Wilson. They are all available in Actors.

Look for some high-res promotional photos from Episode 2009 to be posted in the next week or so when they are released.