Tintern Abbey
We should be away at the moment, celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary. Instead we are at home, but still intending to celebrate, albeit slightly differently.
Our first day out, using our CADW membership was to Tintern Abbey, we'd been a few years ago (the guidebook is somewhere) but it was the ideal opportunity to have another visit. Tintern Abbey is by the River Wye, and was built by Cistercian monks. It was originally founded in 1131 with wooden buildings, and the stone buildings were begun in 1269.
Despite being a ruin, it is still very impressive. The picture below on the left shows where the roof of the monks' dormitory once joined, and the small door below is where the monks entered the church for the night-time services.
I tried to get some suitably spooky photos for this time of year, but the weather/light were against me
However, I was pleased with this (non-spooky) photo
After this we had an excellent lunch of fish and chips in the Anchor Inn, just across the small road from the Abbey.
Our first day out, using our CADW membership was to Tintern Abbey, we'd been a few years ago (the guidebook is somewhere) but it was the ideal opportunity to have another visit. Tintern Abbey is by the River Wye, and was built by Cistercian monks. It was originally founded in 1131 with wooden buildings, and the stone buildings were begun in 1269.
Despite being a ruin, it is still very impressive. The picture below on the left shows where the roof of the monks' dormitory once joined, and the small door below is where the monks entered the church for the night-time services.
I tried to get some suitably spooky photos for this time of year, but the weather/light were against me
However, I was pleased with this (non-spooky) photo
After this we had an excellent lunch of fish and chips in the Anchor Inn, just across the small road from the Abbey.