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- 09.10.2024, 11:16
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Höhe über NN: 18 m
- WalesCastleCathays ParkCardiff Castle51°28’57” N 3°10’55” W
Cardiff Castle
9. Oktober in Wales ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
The main castle was also built around the 11th century and had various additions made to it across the centuries. In the mid 18th century it came into the hands of the Bute family and they invested substantial money to renovate, modernise and turn it into a Georgian mansion. The rooms that you were able to view were a feast for the eyes. The older gentleman who was manning the castle entrance seemed dubious about my ability to cope with stairs and on the way out made me go down the entrance stairs rather than the more twisted exit stairs. Maybe he was being kind or maybe he didn’t want the paperwork involved with a pregnant woman going splat on his stairs 😂
The battlement walls were about 2m thick and had a walkway through them, like a tunnel I guess. During World War 2 The Marquess of Bute allowed the towns people to use these tunnels for air raid shelters and the benches and beds are still there. Then I walked back along the top of the walls, enjoying the view.
I grabbed a delicious toasted ciabatta from the market and then spent a couple hours exploring the shops around Cardiff. They have quite a few lovely arcades with interesting boutique shops. I even came across a second hand book shop that had Rupert, Bobbsey twins, Billy Bunter annuals that I would have loved to buy up on!
I was told by two people as I was shopping that I was having a boy. An older gentlemen in a wheelchair yelled across the street “you’re having a boy!” I didn’t catch the rest of it but that was amusing. Then a homeless lady on the street asked how far along I was and also told me I was having a boy! Then a lady in a souvenir shop was chatting about how many kids we had and where were they. She informed me that my mum must love me a lot to look after our kids while we’re away! Thanks Mum and Dad 😘
I spent half hour or so resting my feet in a park before meeting Eli after work. We had dinner in a Welsh pub enjoying traditional Welsh fair - rarebit on toast, cockle popcorn, lamb cawl, welsh cakes and bara brith! It was all quite yummy and we rolled out back to the hotel.Weiterlesen
Reisender 😍😍
Reisender So would Kyria!!
Reisender You could have bought them and posted them home!
Reisender And probably paid an arm and a leg to do so