I haven’t written about castles for ages so I am going to take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about two of my favourite castles in the Carmarthen area of West Wales.

The National Library of Wales was in the news this week for making an image of a map available to the public online.

Back in August I wrote about my top five (ish) castles and high up on my list were Dolforwyn and Montgomery Castles.

This morning, out of the blue (or so it seemed to me not being able to read the mind of an inquisitive 4 year old), my daughter said plaintively “Mummy, I’ve never been to a maze.

It has been over 600 years since the original entrance to Harlech Castle has been in proper use, but now, thanks to a £6m project by Cadw in conjunction with the Heritage Tourism Project, visitors will soon be able to enter over a new bridge leadi

Oh I wish it could be Christmas every day! Actually maybe not, but I hope everyone has had as good a time as my family and I.

My first interesting fact about Wales for you – Wales has more castles per head than anywhere else in the world! Now I have a thing for castles and have done since I was a little girl.

Wales does draw many people in and I was delighted when my oldest friend also made a permanent move to this wonderful country. We met when we were seven years old and haven’t been able to get away from each other since!

The Castles and Town Walls of King Edward I in Gwynedd gained World Heritage status in 1986.

Wales Cottage Holidays visitors to the Carmarthen and Llandovery area should head for Carreg Cennen and Llansteffan on Valentine’s (or any other) Day, two castles considered to be among the most romantic ruins in Britain.