A day in Wales

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Sorry for the delay, but we have been without internet for a couple of days!

This day started fairly early as we had about an hour and forty-five minute drive (about 90 miles) into Chepstow, Wales. The weather was quite dreary when we left, but cleared up as we got closer to the castle. It was a nice day for a walk around. There were very few visitors except for the 2 busloads of youngsters (probably 7 through 9 years of age). They were very well behaved, but still very chatty. We tried to keep our distance from them most of the time. This was not difficult as the castle grounds are fairly large.

After leaving the castle, we headed for Kingstone Brewery. We were not able to keep a good signal on our Google Maps, so we searched the car's SatNav. It was unable to locate the brewery, but located Tintern which I remembered was close to the location of the brewery. Once we arrived at the Abbey in Tintern, we tried Google Maps again. As we pulled out on the main road, the map became confused and sent us off back toward where we had just come. We thought that might be wrong, however, continued to follow the directions. The road was a 2 lane road with areas of one lane due to construction and had no other roads off it. When we finally returned to a roundabout, it proceeded to tell us to turn around and go back the 4 miles to Tintern Abbey. Apparently that was the only place it thought we could make a u-turn. Ha! The traffic was starting to build on the road and we decided not to turn around and go back. It was already about 1, so we headed back. All in all, it was still a good trip.

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Photos

Chepstow Castle from North bank
I "borrowed" this picture from the internet so you could see the entire castle. We did not travel to the other side of the river. :-)

Severn Bridge
The Severn Bridge is a motorway suspension bridge spanning the River Severn and River Wye between south Gloucestershire (just north of Bristol) in England, and Chepstow, Monmouthshire in southeast Wales. There was a £6.50 charge to traverse the bridge. Luckily they only charged us to get into Wales, not out. :-)

Tower steps
A very small spiral stairway leads up the tower.

Stairway door
Each level had its own door. This was the only one with the original door.

Top floor
The tower was 3 levels. Naturally, the floors are all gone, so you walk to the top and look down through each of the floors.

Intricate stonework
This was inside an area that looked to be a fireplace.

Narrow window
This window area had seating.

Remains of the roof
This was the roof of the tower and some of the remains.

Battlement statues
Most of the statues were not in good shape. This was probably one of the better ones.

View from the tower
The white cloth is a tent, apparently for an upcoming venue.

View of the Severn Bridge
This was taken from the tower. You can see the Severn Bridge off in the distance.

Comments

[CynXyn]

Wales
Wow, it is amazing how much the tide goes out. Love the Castle - was that Jean pulling his pants up a bit? LOL