Dinas Bran Castle

Looming over the town of Llangollen where we were to spend the night, was the ruins of this 12th Century castle. It was originally built by the princes of Powys. Legends claim it was a resting place for the Holy Grail at one point. As soon as we pulled into town, James convinced most of us to try an assault on the summit after dinner.

Day Five (Across the Irish Sea to Wales)

July 17th 2006
No ghosts and no breakfast again. But we were up early in order to head out to the docks for our ferry ride over to Wales. James was in a big hurry to beat the anticipated rush hour. We had already said goodbye to our Irish bus driver Patrick after our city tour the previous day. Today we had a new driver and bigger bus to take us to the docks. It was a good thing we had more room because eve ... read more

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