Today is the day of the Landrover National event. We nearly didn't make it because we could see no signs to it. Finally we spotted a tiny orange pennant. The event was held on a huge farm and there were acres of landrovers and people camping.
A very relaxed setting. It seemed quite different to Australian events we had been too. There were only a few displays. Most of the events were a series of events. We caught the tractor train up to see a few. Basically the events consisted of trying to get through a course through the forest, over muddy ditches, around rocks and trees. There was a lot of mud everywhere. If the vehicles stopped at all then it was disqualified. There were lots of crunching into trees and rocks and many of the landies had to be towed out of bogs. All very exciting!
There were a lot more families present at the event than we seem to get at similar events. People were very friendly and interested in us being from Australia.
We left the event and called into Raglan Castle to have some lunch and a look around. It was quite an impressive castle as there was still quite a lot of internal features left. There was also some plaster left on walls which gives you a better idea of what the inside would have looked.
Built for show rather than with battle in mind, it still held off Oliver Cromwell’s forces for thirteen weeks in one of the last sieges of the Civil War. The castle was eventually taken and was systematically destroyed by parliament. Raglan was the last Welsh castle to be built. It was begun in 1430's which meant that it had a lot of mod cons such as massive mullioned windows and a long gallery for the ladies to promenade in.
It lit up the high table at the dais end of the hall. Raglan also boasted a long gallery, the very height of fashionable living in the Tudor period.
After the castle we hit the road to get to Blackburn where we are staying with my cousin Mike and his wife Dott.
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