I headed to Castell Coch. The architect was William Burges of Cardiff Castle fame, its a fantasy Victorian Castle. Its wonderful but totally bonkers! Luckily I could take photos inside.
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Onto Caerphilly Castle the largest moated castle in Britain.
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So far it had been lovely but I got drenched!! But 10 minutes and it was over and onto Dyffryn Gardens, the sun came out and the gardens were lovely.
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I obviously got lucky with the weather because back at the pub it was grey and wet!
3 comments:
Fabulous photos! Wow, that Castell Coch is quite a place.
Love the pics of bees on the flowers and the (young?) Song Thrush - it looks so fluffy aw! And that's some fountain! In fact it looks a pretty amazing place all together!
Great pictures again!
Great bee shots. I LOVE the animal murals.
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