28 May 2007
Catching more castles
Daryl has been hassling me to do more blogging. He seems to think that because I'm not getting paid to work any more that I should be spending more quality time with the computer. Anyway, my favourite post that I've done was the Castle Challenge (from May last year), so I thought that I could add some more castle info. I've tried to include photos that have us in them, rather than just nice castle photos (because if you want to see them then you can just look them up on the internet). So, in alphabetical order, here are the other castles that I can remember visiting...
ABERYSTWYTH CASTLE
date visited 26/5/07
size *1/2
moat * (hard to tell)
view ***
would I want to live here? *
special mention for its cool name
BEAUMARIS CASTLE
date visited 12/5/07
size **
moat **** (with water, but not all the way round)
view *** (would have been more if they hadn't shut most of it)
would I want to live here? 1/2
special mention for being a real fighting castle
CAERPHILLY CASTLE
date visited 21/5/05 & 30/7/05
size ****
moat *****
view ***
would I want to live here? **
special mention for weapons and Heather loves it
CARDIFF CASTLE
date visited 13/11/04 & 2 other times
size ***
moat n/a
view **
would I want to live here? *****
special mention for fantastic inside decoration
CASTLE COCH
date visited ?/11/05
size **
moat n/a
view ****
would I want to live here? ****
special mention for looking like a fairytale castle (photo got lost when hard drive broke)
CONWY CASTLE
date visited 11/5/07
size ***
moat n/a (some borders estuary)
view *****
would I want to live here? ***
special mention for having 8 towers that you can climb
DUNLUCE CASTLE
date visited 10/9/05
size **1/2
moat n/a (part borders sea)
view ** (it's better to look at than look from)
would I want to live here? **
special mention for great location and that part of it fell into the sea a few hundred years ago (reduced above star ratings)
EDINBURGH CASTLE
date visited 23/5/05
size ****1/2
moat n/a
view *****
would I want to live here? ***
special mention for being great to visit
MAIDEN CASTLE
date visited 27/5/07
size *****
moat **** (no water)
view *****
would I want to live here? it might be nice for camping
special mention for being so old (4000 years) and big
OLD SARUM
date visited 21/11/04 & once more
size *
moat **
view (couldn't see because of fog)
would I want to live here? *
special mention for spooky atmosphere
OLD SHERBORNE CASTLE
date visited 27/5/07
size **
moat **** (castle was originally surrounded by lake)
view (nice view of 'new' castle next door)
would I want to live here? *
special mention for having a covered lake access passageway (even though the lake has dried up since then)
STIRLING CASTLE
date visited 27/5/05
size ****1/2
view *****
would I want to live here? ***
special mention for fake people in the kitchen (see photo)
URQUHART CASTLE
date visited 25/5/05
size ***
moat **** (1/2 borders on lake)
view ****
would I want to live here? ***
special mention for Loch Ness Monster spotting (and my mum and dad loved it - you can see them waving in the photo)
WARWICK CASTLE
date visited 5/2/06
size ***
moat n/a
view ****
would I want to live here? ****
special mention for being a rip off to get in and for having stocks and hats to try out
Well, that's all for now. If you're reading this - well done for getting through the lot!
