The moat

Beaumaris castle faces Garth Celyn on the opposite shore of the narrow Menai Strait and was constructed here, together with Conwy castle and Caernarfon castle at either end of the Menai Strait, to control the shipping traffic in the area. It is an easily defendable site, but by the time the castle was nearing completion, funds were cut off and the project was never completed. Nevertheless, it is still seen as the most sophisticated and architecturally symetrical castles ever built.

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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