Today we hired a car and drove north. I expected it to be tricky to navigate, drive on the left and use a left hand stick shift. All of which Alex did successfully. What I did not expect was to be driving down roads made for one car at 60mph. Of course we didn't drive that fast because neither of us wanted to die, but a driver behind us was very irate at our choice of speed. The ride was stressful to say the least.
We stopped part way to see caeterphilly castle. It was big and falling apart. I found a statue that looks like a pawn from McGonagall's chess set. Also I enjoyed this wooden wall attachment built to drop things on attacking troops. The arrow slits were triangular in shape.
The story of interest at caeterphilly goes like this. There was a king, a queen, a villain and a lover. Thye king and queen are married, but not happily. The king has taken to spending his time with the villain. The queen leaves either because she is exiled or just doesn't like her husbands boyfriend. It wasn't clear. Anyhow, she leaves and meets the lover. The queen tells her lover about the king and the villain. Turns out the lover and the villain are enemies. *gasp* So a plot is hatched to over throw the king and the villain. The queen and the lover are successful, hooray. But not for long. The queens son kills the lover. And the queen lives for 28 more years. The end.
We are now in Hay-on-Wye, a little place with the most second hand bookshops in Wales. We've got an airbnb with a friendly elderly couple.
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