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percy toboggan
18-Feb-08, 17:51
A fine and cloudless winters day out at a 'proper' castle...surely one of Britain's finest? Grand-daughter (5) said 'I never knew Castles like this really existed' - she was wheeled around Harlech as a bairn but it's obviously slipped her mind.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/Landmarker/zccc.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/Landmarker/zzzcces.jpg
Sporran
18-Feb-08, 18:44
Thanks for those two pics, percy. I love visiting castles, and have never been to that one before - nor Wales, for that matter! Do you also have a video to share with us, please?
percy toboggan
18-Feb-08, 18:53
Thanks for those two pics, percy. I love visiting castles, and have never been to that one before - nor Wales, for that matter! Do you also have a video to share with us, please?

Thanks Sporran....I didn't take the video cam - thought I'd give it a rest and keep a hand free for minding g/d on those high towers!
I have some footage of Harlech Castle - which is almost as fine imho...will check it out and if good I'll edit a wee movie out of it. Welsh Castles are, in my humble opinion the best! I hesitate to say many of 'em were built by the English I think.;)
KCI
18-Feb-08, 20:01
Aww - that picture brought back some happy memories!

Wales is my fave place - we were at Conwy Castle in the Summer. My son loved it - although I was a bit of a coward and wouldn't go up to the high parts, so his Uncle did that part!

Great pic!
Dusty
18-Feb-08, 20:17
It's exactly how you imagine a castle should look.

A Knight on a Charger wouldn't be out of place in that fist pic.

Great pictures percy, any more where those came from?
Sporran
19-Feb-08, 08:04
Thanks Sporran....I didn't take the video cam - thought I'd give it a rest and keep a hand free for minding g/d on those high towers!
I have some footage of Harlech Castle - which is almost as fine imho...will check it out and if good I'll edit a wee movie out of it. Welsh Castles are, in my humble opinion the best! I hesitate to say many of 'em were built by the English I think.;)

Percy, that would be great, thanks! :) Now I've got the song "Men of Harlech" playing in my head, lol!
nanoo
19-Feb-08, 16:11
A fine and cloudless winters day out at a 'proper' castle...surely one of Britain's finest? Grand-daughter (5) said 'I never knew Castles like this really existed' - she was wheeled around Harlech as a bairn but it's obviously slipped her mind.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/Landmarker/zccc.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/Landmarker/zzzcces.jpgNow percy, that's what i call a castle, i almost expected to see a knight or two riding towards me. Great photographs though, i never get fed up looking. Keep posting percy. PLEAAASE.
percy toboggan
19-Feb-08, 18:48
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/Landmarker/U8BnqB84KcQOycjSKtM6znbv1gy5D010300.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/Landmarker/qeNNozyE15dC3GYWqtFK12ltVROXyCEY030.jpg
percy toboggan
19-Feb-08, 19:24
It was built by Edward I. Remember Braveheart? 'The Hammer of the Scots' 'Longshanks' played by Patrick McGoohan. He built the castle to supress the Welsh so I guess he did little for island unity eh? Whatever the travails of our turbulent history the fact that such great structures remain bear witness to a nation forged from a crucible of violence and eventually learning to tolerate, even love one another and fight shoulder to shoulder when threatened from without.