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Published: February 13th 2008
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Cilgerran Castle
This shows some history of Cilgerran Castle Hiya All
We decided to stay a second night at the Savoy Country Inn and do a day trip to all the places in the area instead of packing up. It's such a nice little pub and the meals are great and also the Managers are really nice too.
We had a cooked breakfast again this morning, and Mark tried the Black Pudding. He wasn't really impressed with it. He said it was pretty plain really and didn't finish it. I didn't have any, I figured I'd had my fill as a kid when Dad made us have it for Christmas breakfast.
We drove up to Cardigan,and because we told NavGirl to avoid the motorways she took us through all the small country roads. All the roads here are numbered. The main freeway type ones are M1 etc... the next smaller ones are A's with 2 numbers (A40) the next smaller are A's with 3 numbers then 4 numbers.... then we hit the B roads.... same sort of thing but smaller roads.... today I think we went on the D roads... lol... we had to contend with sheep, goats and tractors and a dog that hid behind a
parked car then rushed out at us when we went passed... lol.... there was a lot of signs that said "Oncoming traffic in the middle of the road" and a lot of "RoadNarrows".... Narrows?? they really couldn't of gotten much smaller.. lol
Castle Cilgerran was a magnificent place. There is a photo that explains when it was built and some of it's history.... I know we've said it before but the places really are amazing to see... and it's so good that British Heritage are actually working on restoring some of them.
We went on the St David's Bishop's Palace. The joining Cathedral is still being used for services 1500 years since opening. The palace itself is in ruins, but when we sat on the bench and looked at all the walls and all the work that went into it you can imagine what it was like back when it was in use. You can see what kind of opulence these chrurchmen lived in and can imagine how hard the poor people had to work so the Bishop could skim off what he wanted. We climbed up the battlements and towers and enjoyed the views of the countryside...
Mark bought me a Celtic ring, just like his wedding bank but in silver.
After that we headed to Pembroke and went to the Castle there. It's a 13th century Norman castle with a 75ft high keep. We didn't climb up the keep this time but we went on one of the battlements which was really quite high. They have redone area's of the castle and laid some of it out like it might of been back then. The first castle was made of wood and built in 1071... then the castle was redone in stone in the 1200's. With a 75ft keep you really have to feel sorry for the poor bugga's who had to build it.
We ran out of time then and didn't get to go and see Lamphey Palace which is todays version of the Bishop of St David's "Holiday House". Maybe another time if we manage to get back again.
We stayed the night again at the Savoy. It was such a nice little place and we figured it would be best to look around the area and have a home base. John and his wife (sorry, I didn't catch your name!)
were great hosts and we could and would recommend the place to anyone. We gave them the addy for this blog so they are going to be checking up on us. Thanks again for a great visit and making us feel so at home. 😊
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Ruffie
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Are you sure you are both on the same holiday?
Heehee, Typical Holiday makers.... can't you find someone to take your camera off you so that we can get a Photo of the two of you TOGETHER... heehee I know we did it all the time in NZ. Come on, we want to see you together!