Swansea via Carreg Cennen Castle

Tuesday, 29 October 2019

We woke up, got ready, and went downstairs for breakfast.  Yet another morning of a full English breakfast.  This will be our last big breakfast for a while since we are staying at AirBnB's for the next week or so.  It will be nice to get back to a bowl or cereal and fruit instead of a big, unhealthy meal.

After breakfast we packed up an headed out.  Today we are headed to Swansea with a stop at a castle on the way.  It took us about 1.5 hours to get to Carreg Cennen Castle.  We parked in the parking lot down below and had to walk up the hill to the castle.

Almost there...

Carreg Cennan Castle was originally built in the 1100's and then remodeled in the last 1200's.  The castle now stands in ruin.

Check out this slit in the wall of the castle to ll for an archer to aim a long bow in multiple directions.

The castle sits atop limestone cliffs allowing for awesome views.

One of the cool features of Carreg Cennen Castle is the natural cave that it is built on top of.  Here is Tim ready to go exploring into the cave.

Here are some more of the entryways into the cave:

The only light we had was the flash on my iPhone, so I would go a few steps and then light the way for Tim to catch up.  The cave went 55 yards in...further than we expected.  There wasn't much to see, but there were some cool formations on the walls.

We reached the end and turned back.  This is the steep climb back up to ground level:

We finished at the castle and walked down the hill to the car.  In 1 hour we arrived in Swansea and checked into our AirBnB just after 3 PM.  We unpacked and headed out to find dinner.  On the way we passed a statue of the poet Dylan Thomas who was born in Swansea.

Oh look...we found a brewery, so had a flight and shared a pizza.

BeerRiff Brewing Company, Swansea, Wales, 29 October 2019