The day after my half-marathon, I was shattered. I slept really well the night before, but still felt exhausted. That was the day we had to drive home from Wales (Sunday). We wanted to spend as little money as possibly but still utilize being in such an interesting part of the country. So we found a National Trust Property to visit--Powys Castle near the English border--so we didn't have to pay admission fees (technically).
This castle was built in the 13th century by a Welsh prince-Fruggudd ap Gwendwynwyn. I am not making this up:). Unlike other big castles in the Northern Wales that were built by the English, this one was built to establish independence of this Welsh prince Fr ap Gw from his enemy princes in the North.
Welsh dragons are everywhere.
We had sort of a speedy visit through the castle and found that the most interesting part was down in the kitchens were kids could dress up a bit.
I can definitely tell we are losing our steam in exploring castles as they look so similar in many ways and the only thing that differs is their history
Mark was the most excited about the castle this time as they are studying castles at school this term.
The gardens looked beautiful and expansive.
Welsh rolling hills are gorgeous!
A non-paying visitor in the courtyard.
And then...something you don't see very often--a firetruck by the castle. Fire alarm went off and everyone had to be evacuated.... We thought it was a good time to leave, although we were disappointed our time here was cut short.
We still had over two hours before we were home.
We weren't saying "goodbye" to Wales for long...in October we were heading there once again but this time for Robert to run his marathon. More to come about that.
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