Hay-on-Wye pics
Jul. 12th, 2007 08:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
starsandseaWe went to Hay-on-Wye yesterday. It's a little town right on the border of Wales and England and has over 30 bookshops!
The castle. The part covered with ivy is the original that was built between 1200 and 1211. Prince Llywelyn burned it 1231. It was rebuilt in 1233. The manor house was attached to it in the 1600's, and it has been damaged by two severe fires since then.
The manor house more clearly.
The countryside around Hay. You can see some of the bookshops as well.
On the way home we stopped at Tintern Abby. This is the Forrest of Dean and River Wye that is right next to the abby.
The abby itself. It was only the second Cistercain foundation in Britain, and the first in Wales.
The castle. The part covered with ivy is the original that was built between 1200 and 1211. Prince Llywelyn burned it 1231. It was rebuilt in 1233. The manor house was attached to it in the 1600's, and it has been damaged by two severe fires since then.
The manor house more clearly.
The countryside around Hay. You can see some of the bookshops as well.
On the way home we stopped at Tintern Abby. This is the Forrest of Dean and River Wye that is right next to the abby.
The abby itself. It was only the second Cistercain foundation in Britain, and the first in Wales.
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Date: 2007-07-13 08:05 pm (UTC)Yes! There are so many lovely bookshops...
*giggles*
Is that what Wayne Manor looked like in the 60's show? I haven't really any of it... this manor house is half falling down so I hope it isn't! LOL
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Date: 2007-07-14 12:17 am (UTC)*snicker* No, it wasn't half-falling-down, but the architectural style was similar.
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Date: 2007-07-14 08:06 pm (UTC)