Chepstow Castle

On a recent visit to my daughter at Uni in Gloucester, we decided to have a day out visiting somewhere a bit different. I have been doing a lot of landscape photography recently so thought for a change we would try buildings, so we headed for Chepstow Castle.

Apparently the new unofficial motto for Chepstow Castle is "It's bigger than it looks from the car park" and this is certainly true. There is a definite tardis element about it. Although having said that, it is still pretty impressive from the car park.

This post is picture heavy because I am really pleased with the photos and to be honest, we walked around the Castle with nothing exciting, funny or newsworthy happening!

It was a very dull and overcast day with occasional rain but that seemed to add to the atmosphere. The wetness of the grass and stones enlivened the colour and the dark dramatic skies worked so well with that.

There really is a lot of castle still standing, with some gorgeous detail still visible on archways and walls. You can get a lot of the way around the walls and up into many towers and it is a truly fascinating place.

I believe that this door survives from the 1100's. Can't see too much being built these days that is going to survive for 900 years.

The view from the high towers is again quite amazing and you could almost picture the guards looking out for those marauding English! At least they welcome the English now, for a small fee of course!

Most of the pictures have had very little Lightroom treatment. Maybe just a bit of tweaking to bring out a bit of definition in contrasts and colours but generally they are as I saw. 

Amazing place. Would definitely recommend a visit.

Lessons Learned: I have to accept that something funny isn't going to happen every time I go out. I didn't get lost, fall over, get shouted at or trespass anywhere. Guess I am starting to get better at this exploring lark!