Castle Coch

After our friend, Julia, who stayed the night went home, my wife offered to make some home made pasties. I presume she wanted a couple of hours on her own and said "why don't you go and take some photo's?"

I couldn't turn that down and set off late afternoon and decided on Castle Coch as I haven't been there for a few months. It holds memories for me as my grandfather used to take me there over 50 years ago, and I got married there on 11 June 1999. The reception was in a fish and chip shop!

I forgot, but Wikipedia have one of my photo's of the castle on their site.

A brief history:

Castell Coch (English: Red Castle) is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built on the remains of a genuine 13th-century fortification. It is situated on a steep hillside high above the village of Tongwynlais, to the north of Cardiff in Wales, and is a Grade I listed building as from 28 January 1963.

Designed by William Burges, with an impressively medieval appearance, working portcullis and drawbridge, and sumptuous interiors which rival those of Cardiff Castle.