Maire Wales piccies!

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here arr some maire piccies frae oor trip tae Wales...

fierst oop...

Castle Coch....

it is a Victorian 'romantic' oor 'fairy tale' castle...

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whilst we were there ....

there wuz a weddin' pairty takin pics...

the groom wuz in a black kilt....

as wuz a boy (his son?)

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we dinnae pay tae gae inside...

they wuid nay allow dugs inside oinyway...

and they were no tae sure aboot lettin Derek oor ai in either!!

here is Emma, ai, an the weans.... we were daein a bit o' "dug ranglin"

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the Skirrid Inn... (as seen afore in Derek's pics...)

Wales auldest pub...

datin back tae 1110!!!

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an here ai am wi' Derek an Elaine...

(her poowers o' invisablity were failin'...)

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Some more great pics! thanks for sharing them. Glad that Elaine's invisibility powers wore off enough to let her be photographed.

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the fower o' us inside the Skirrid...

wi' oot the twa dugs...

sadly, the Skirrid is yet anither no dug friendly pub...

(an oor dugs arr far better behaved than the blootered local we met there...)

[pdcorlis]

More great Photos P1M looks like you all had a great time!

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these banners tell the tale o' the Skirrid...

the left yin reads.. (roughly)

"The Skirrid Mountain Inn. Wales Oldest Inn. Dating back to 1110... It is a Grade II listed building with many marvelous features.

The Studded oak front door is orinonal and the wood has been carbon dated, it is believed tro be some 1500 years old.

The Staircase a wonderful peice of period workmanship held together with wooden pegs.

The Upper Floor was origonlly the courtroom where many people were tried, found guilty, and then sentenced to death.

Those rooms have been tastefully been converted into letting bedrooms- with four poster beds and a fantastic view of the Skirrid mountain opposite."

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an the richt yin reads... (roughly)

"From earliest times the Skirrid Inn was a public meeting house as well as aa alehouse and courts were held within its walls.

Between 1100 and 1485 Manorial Courts could have been staged.
It is assumed that the first floor was complete with judges retiring room.

It is at the bottom of the stairs were many of them are though to have met their end.

-hanging from a beam, upon which the scorch and drag marks of the rope can still be seen.

Although no exact or positive records exist, local legend that passes from generation to generation by word of mouth, suggests that upwards of 180 persons have been hanged at the Skirrid Inn between the 12th and 17th centuries.

The last, as the first, for sheep stealing, in the time of Oliver Cromwell.

The hanging cycle has come full circle."