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Goodrich Castle

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Makes it look as though I'm a bit of a castle nerd at the moment but I promise that the last two castles I've seen are in fact the only castles I've visited in the last 20yrs ....... it just happens that they've both been in a matter of weeks:whistle:
Anyway, it was a great weekend with Canadian Mike, Nick and Jen ....... a spot of walking, a few beers and far too much food - although the Chinese meal on the Saturday night was great:cheers:

This weekend, it's back to Devon for a spot of surfing ..... I'll try to ignore the -3'C temperatues we're experiencing at the moment penguin

One more day ............Got to get some running done ........

Comments

Capegirl 28. February 2008, 01:05

what happened at Goodrich Castle back in the day?

nickthesurfer 28. February 2008, 10:04

The only thing I know off the top of my head is that the Round Heads actually captured it and detroyed a large portion of it. They got in via the rear and the stables; stole the horses and then blew-up a walled section and stormed the place ...... a lot of it got detroyed by fire but it's still a big building. The guy who built it, did so as a matter of 'showing off' and copied some of the stylings from London buildings.

Capegirl 28. February 2008, 22:12

well if he was showing off, he deserved to have it pillaged and plundered *wink*

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