I suppose I need to change the name of the blog to include Wales because that is where we spent the day today. A parent of one of the boys from the Waldorf school kindly offered to show us around a bit while we were here. The boys all went together to fly the drone last night at sunset and today we all went together, along with his mom, to Wales. We went to Chepstow, about an hour from Stroud.
The Chepstow Castle is an amazing and huge castle first built in 1071. It was added on over the years and grew quite large. We had fun walking in, around, and on it. It had some beautiful stone work. It also has the oldest known castle doors in Europe, which were in place on the castle until the early 1960s!
After the castle and some lunch, we walked along the Wye Valley Walk. It was shady and nice on the walk. Apparently there are hundreds of miles of walking paths all over the UK. This particular path goes on for over 130 miles! We only walked it for a few miles. The kids flew the drone from the first and only overlook we saw. They were able to get shots of the Chepstow Castle and the River Wye, so the footage should be pretty great.
On the way home we stopped by a place Greg had seen on the drive to the Castle. The sign mentioned something about diving and he was curious what the place was. His mom kindly and obligingly stopped for him to check it out. It was an old quarry that is now filled with water. Apparently they offer diving, skyboarding, paddle boarding, zip lining, and camping. It was a neat, random place.
After we got back to Stroud we left again to another city to visit a large health food store. It was the size of a small-medium sized health food store in the US. It was a nice drive and on the way we saw a church famous for its 99 pruned yew trees. It was very interesting.
Back in Stroud we played cards while Mary cooked a delicious meal of vegetables and tempeh.
I love how in Wales the signs are in English and Welsh. The Welsh is so beautiful to see. Nice castle. The Wye River valley is such a gorgeous area. I could live there.
ReplyDeleteThe weather was so beautiful while we were there, so we could imagine living there. I think the normal weather would scare me off :)
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