Autumn is definately upon us, the season of mellow fruits, silky brown conkers, mists , leaves changing colour on the trees and dew on cobwebs. Gardens are not at their best at this time of year as the flowers have gone over but sometimes you find a garden that bucks the trend and Powys Castle near Welshpool or Trallwng to give it its welsh name is that garden. The castle itself is approached via a one way system which leads to a very large carpark. Being a Monday out of season it was fairly quiet . We noticed the car park was big enough for motorhomes and when we left there were two parked up. Why can't everywhere be like this? The castle itself built of red gritstone is known as Castell Coch in Welsh. Coch
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