{"id":359,"date":"2015-10-02T18:31:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T18:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewell.id.au\/Europe2015\/?p=359"},"modified":"2016-12-27T22:54:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T22:54:55","slug":"taking-a-trip-up-to-abergavenny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewell.id.au\/Europe2015\/uncategorized\/taking-a-trip-up-to-abergavenny\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking a trip up to Abergavenny"},"content":{"rendered":"

First up today was a visit to Abergavenny. It wasn’t one of our ‘must dos’ for the trip, it was picked as a destination as it was just down the road from where we are staying. For the record, we didn’t see a red dog, running free or otherwise, but the weather was fine. Google the song lyrics…<\/p>\n

The route to Abergavenny was largely a repeat of the country lanes of last night, with the major difference that it was daylight. The lanes were certainly no wider than we remembered them, as you can see. Fortunately these tracks only made up the first few miles, and we only had to reverse once due to a car coming the other way.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Abergavenny is a market town, so we looked over the markets and bought some stuff we had to have. We also viewed the local castle ruins. There are castles every few hundred metres in Wales, or so it would seem. They are at least every 10 miles.<\/p>\n

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Michelle, with Abergavenny Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A broken bit of Abergavenny Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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More broken bits. Hey, can’t you read? It clearly says “Peidiwch a dringo!”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Not really sure what this is about, the painting supposedly represents Abergavenny in 2000<\/figcaption><\/figure>Okay, done with Abergavenny, onto Monmouth. Another Welsh town with a castle, although best known as the birthplace of King Henry V. It also claims a distinction for its medieval gatehouse bridge, the only one in Britain.<\/p>\n

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Monnow bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Another view of the gatehouse, with the ‘photo bomber’ in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Monmouth pub, might have breakfast here tomorrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Gatehouse at an estate in Rockfield.. Wonder what the main house looks like?<\/figcaption><\/figure>That’s it, home again about 5pm without any mishaps. That’s what we like to see, boring travelogues.<\/p>\n

See you tomorrow. Steve J.<\/p>\n

Someone got a bit bored in the back seat.<\/p>\n

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