Beaumaris Castle

From Carnaerfon, we drove directly to Beaumaris.  Each of the castles in this area were built or re-built by King Edward and were strategically built one days march from each other.  Luckily for us, we were in our car, so it only took about 45 minutes to get here.  The location here was quite stunning and the day was a brilliant blue.  Perfect castle viewing weather.

This may be the only castle we have visited with a moat still holding water.  It was very cool.  The squatness of this castle was due to construction stopping after a lack of funds.  Don't worry though, this is one serious fortress.  If it had been attacked, which it wasn't, it would have been nigh impossible to defeat.  Super strong, super cool.

I love the way the lighting hit Enoch in this shot.  He was our little knight the whole trip.

As we were getting ready to leave, storm clouds started to roll in.  Behind us about 400 yards is the castle.