Going to Wales

We left our spacious townhouse and headed up north towards North Wales and to visit a few more castles and ruins along the way.   We stopped at Stokesay Castle which was built in the 1200s and still standing with many of it’s original wood timbers supporting the roof and floors.  The interior except for one area were just exposed stone walls as they would have plastered or paneled or hung tapestries back in the day.  One room still had some of the woodwork which was amazing.  All of the wood was quartersawn oak with lots of detailing.

Afterwards we visited Wroxeter a site of a 2000 year old Roman ruins.  There is still a huge wall and the foundations of the original Roman bath and some of the other foundations of the original city are excavated which we walked around.

Finally we headed to Colwyn Bay which is a seaside town in Wales.  It was sunny when we arrived so we walked to the beach but most families were packing up as it was late in the afternoon. The weather is like the Pacific NW so it was cold and breezy outside but there were still folks one the beach in their swimwear. Just like home!