Caerphilly, UK

Caerphilly Castle

The Leaning Tower

After rising for the day and having breakfast we headed north toward Caerphilly. We'd never head of Caerphilly before our stay in Cardiff, but we saw a pamphlet advertising the amazing Caerphilly Castle. This castle is known for two features--it's immense fortification and it's leaning tower. 

Carephilly's fortification

When we arrived and parked we learned just how immense this structure really was. We walked for blocks around the outside of the moat to finally arrive at the main gate and cross the drawbridge. Once inside we experienced the fortification. There were 4 gates that intruders would have to get through in order to reach the safe area in the center. This also included needing to cross 2 moats--the outer one seen in the photo above and an inner moat  shown in a photo below. The other interesting feature of this castle was the leaning tower as seen in the photos. It has been leaning in this way for hundreds of years and it very sturdy so it'll be around for a lot longer. 

We enjoyed our time at Caerphilly Castle as it was an opportunity to explore a castle ruin--it was not restored and active like others we'd been to.

3-wheeled car on the Motorway

As we left Caerphilly to head back to England we passed a 3-wheeled car on the Motorway. We'd never seen one before so Erika snapped a picture.