Wigmore castle

So today was the celebratory day of our one year anniversary, so we decided not to break tradition and go on a castle date.
Classic.
When we got there we found out where to park which was so, so close to the castle. Not. James spoke to a medium scary looking man at a village hall that looked like he was holding something heavy and bat like but he was happy to learn we were going to the castle before giving us a general direction.
It was a little mission to get there but the weather was on our side.

We walked down, then up, then through a graveyard, down a windy path, by some posh houses that I pretended could be mine one day for 5 pounds and then up a giant hill until we got to the front of the castle.
We had a nice chat with an elderly man on the way who spoke about the castle like it was the greatest thing to exist. He was cute and reminded me of my grandad.

We got there and had a look around, it was pretty big concidering it doesn't look like much from far away. We set up camp for a picnic in what I think was the "romantic" spot of the castle in a window with a great view. We ate a selection of meat that was pretty bad for you and then carried on exploring.
I'm afraid of heights and before me was a giant path of rickety stairs heading up and up to a tower. I went for it, ignoring the mantra of "what goes up must come down" and got to the tower. According to the information board, you could see the boarder of Wales and England which was pretty cool but we didn't know what way was which so we just pretended and then made our way back down. James took a lot of joy in watching me slowly step down the stairs one by one, holding onto an unstable bannister for dear life, breaking into a cold sweat. Who says romance is dead?

It's definitely a nice trip out and seems more popular than we thought! So if you are into castles this is a nice treat!

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