| Two different pairs of friends visited in October 2003 and we went to Nürnberg. | ||
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| Dryslwyn Castle. (219kb) | Dryslwyn Castle Information. (166kb)
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Peter and Tarythe before the climb. (125kb) |
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| View looking east from the top. (218kb) | View looking west from the top. (193kb)
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Deb and Tarythe take a break at the top. (232kb) |
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| Tarythe atop one of the tower
blocks. (452kb)
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Tarythe and Deb in the inner
ward hall. (269kb)
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Information on the inner ward. (231kb) |
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| Deb and Tarythe looking up a set
of stairs. (402kb)
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| From Dryslwn, we went down upriver to Dinefwr Castle. | ||
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| Information panel about Dinefwr. (258kb) | The view looking west from
Dinefwr. (200kb)
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A view of Dinefwr, from the east. (234kb) |
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| The entrance into the Dinefwr walls. (448kb) | An information panel on the
inner ward of Dinefwr. (239kb)
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A view of the inner ward from the walls. (283kb) |
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| A view of the main hall from across the inner ward. (248kb) | The tower. (248kb)
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A view of the tower from across the inner ward. (191kb) |
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| Peter and the vorpal bunny
overlooking the inner ward. (152kb)
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Another shot, but with a flash. (154kb)
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The vorpal bunny, hanging out in the tower. (303kb) |
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| The vorpal bunny overlooking an information sign. (356kb) | The vorpal bunny looking at the
tower from the top of the main hall. (250kb)
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The tower as viewed from the top of the main hall. (226kb) |
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| The back side of Dinefwr. (256kb) | Another shot along the back. (275kb)
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The view of Dinefwr from the bottom of the hill. (262kb) |
| From Dinefwr Castle we went to Talley Abbey. |
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| The vorpal bunny atop the wall at Talley Abbey. (202kb) | An information panel on Talley
Abbey. (405kb)
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The remains of Talley Abbey. (218kb) |
| After the brief visit to Talley Abbey, we went to Carreg Cennen Castle. |
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| The view of Carreg Cennen from the bottom of the valley. (147kb) | A zoomed shot of the castle. (150kb) | The vorpal bunny getting ready
to hike up the hill to the castle. (150kb)
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| An information panel on Carreg Cennen. (304kb) | A sheep atop a wall on the hike
up to the castle. (100kb)
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An information panel on castle defences. (204kb) |
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| A close up of the castle wall. (177kb) | The bridge past the gate tower. (219kb)
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The entrance down to the tunnel
under the castle. (160kb)
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| The inner ward of Carreg Cennen. (237kb) | Another view of the inner ward. (243kb)
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The inside of the gate
tower. (256kb)
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| A view of the outside, showing
the back wall (on the right hand side). (223kb)
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The view across the valley, looking from the back side. (119kb) | A view showing the sheer cliff on the back side. (401kb) |
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| The view from the entrance of
the castle, iwth Tarythe and Deb walking down. (185kb)
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| From Carreg Cennan, it was off the Cilgerran Castle. |
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| The vorpal bunny, reading an
information panel on Cilgerran Castle. (258kb)
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Tarythe and the vorpal bunny. (419kb)
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The vorpal bunny in front of the castle. (262kb) |
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| The inner ward of Cilgerran (203kb) | A different view of the inner
ward. (185kb)
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Peter, the vorpal bunny, and Tarythe atop the wall. (214kb) |
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| Another view across the inner ward. (186kb) | Debbie climbing the stairs to
the top of the wall. (263kb)
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The vorpal bunny checking out the inner ward. (184kb) |
| After Cilgerran, we went to see the ruins of St. Dogmaels Abbey. |
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| The property sign. (205kb) | The vorpal bunny looking across
the abbey site. (239kb)
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The remains of abbey foundations. (239kb) |
| After St Dogmael's Abbey, we visited the meadery at New Quay, and discovered some interesting quotes about mead and honey. |
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| Info about mead and the laws of Wales. (198kb) | Information about mead and
kings. (190kb)
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A quote from the Koran.(170kb) |
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| A 6th century quote. (178kb) | A quote from Chaucer. (97kb)
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An 11th century quote. (136kb) |