Didn’t post yesterday, just so much to see and do yesterday – I was pooped!
This morning started with a lot of clouds and then cleared off into a great looking day. We gathered our stuff up and got a little organized. Then decided to see one more castle in the area. So off to see Auckland Castle an Chapel. It was so far away – 5 miles.
I think Emily has it in for me, she has taken us through as many roundabouts as she possibly can. Instead of going to West Auckland Road with no roundabouts, o no she has us go down A6072 and about 6 roundabouts – crazy.
Anyway we got there about 9:30 – too early for the castle – so we wandered down the street looking in the shop windows. Lots of people out doing their shopping, and they were setting up the market in the square.
The castle was neat, and the chapel was very nice, used to be a banquet hall in the 1600’s. This one has been kept up, so no rubble here. There were portraits every where and tons of paintings. We didn’t wait for the tour, we just wandered from room to room by ourselves. There was a tea room upstairs where the great hall used to be. Other people started to show up, so we wandered out and headed back to pack up the car and move on to the hotel.