Caernarfon Castle

Snowdon is around here somewhere

Bloody hell did it rain last night. It sounded like golf balls bouncing on the roof and not like the usual soothing rain sound.
We woke up late again, about 10am. There was light rain and low cloud so we decided to go to Caernarfon Castle travelling via Llanberis where the train to Mount Snowdon is located to just check it out. The scenery to Llanberis was amazing with dry stone wall bordered narrow roads, streams and mountains.
We arrived at Caernarfon Castle and had lunch in the car park (£4) at the foot of the castle and then we went in. With our English Heritage membership we got in for half price (£5.24 for the both of us). The castle is partially a ruin with a theatre in one tower, a museum for the Royal Welch Fusiliers and an exhibition to the Prince of Wales in another tower.

Caernarfon Castle

 

Where's Wally?

In Wales there were many Princes and Llewlyn made himself leader of them all. In the 1200's when the King of England Edward I beat Prince Llewlyn and his armies Edward I built a ring of castles around the Snowdonian mountain range but  Caernarfon was going to be special. This was the castle he was going to live in. Edward was born a son (later crowned King Edward II) who became the first Prince of Wales as we of them today. The latest is, of course, Prince Charles.