Raglan Castle and Symonds Yat

Had a very pleasant meal out last night at The Farmers Boy at Longhope only a mile or so from where we are staying. The choice for T should have been more extensive but as with so many places that say they offer gluten free options there was out of stocks! Nonetheless there was enough left on the menu for Tara to decide on a warm salad & I had belly pork followed by ice cream for Tara and a 'double' pie for me. Half rhubarb, half apple, also half was a crumble topping and half was a pastry topping. All very good.

  The weather was kind to us today so we set out for another castle ( you can never visit too many castles.... I think), this time it was Raglan, just into South Wales. I think there's an old Music Hall song about the castles that 'Enry knocked abart abit' meaning Henry VIII, though the two very different castles we've visited this week were knocked about abit by the Parliamentary army of the English Civil War ( one of my favorite historical periods) long after 'Enry! 
Raglan is another splendid castle that still has alot left so you can see the grandeur it would have once had. In fact this one was very well appointed historically, its owner chose the wrong side in the English Civil War only to have it fall about his ears!
Finished our day at Symonds Yat with spectacular views down on to the |River Wye in the valley below.