castle acre

 

obsessed with how thick the spike on that candle holder is, i want to see the candles used. i'm imagining something quite huge and lumpy and soft but i have no idea.

we went for a visit to Castle Acre which is the name of the village and has ruins of a priory and a castle, castle acre castle. we went to the priory first because you pay to get in and it has a closing time then the castle is free and always accessible.

i loved it. the priory was medieval and then got mostly ruined by order of Henry VIII but this front section was turned into a farmhouse (my memory is bad, so take my facts with a pinch of salt) and you can still go in there and it's amazing.

love a ruin. always in awe of medieval buildings. you can get on that little balcony.

pigeon mama <3  this is inside the part that was kept in use. the photo on the right here is taken through the window on the right of the left photo above.

tudor painted roses still on the ceiling beams!

the urge to get inside the chimney was immediate and strong.

yes, we did walk down the toilet system like the goblins we are.

look at these arches and how they overlap and how cool it is. when we left the weather was pretty much perfect for exploring a ruin in bike gear but as the afternoon went on it got hotter and we got more dehydrated but we still wanted a quick look at the castle ruin. we were greated by all these purple flowers, it looked amazing.

i'd really like to go back to the castle when it's not as hot/while i'm not a shrivelled husk but it was beautiful in the sun with all the flowers and so many butterflies, more than i've seen in one place possibly ever. one day we'll go back and clamber up and down all of it.

then we headed home, stopping to down a litre of apple and mango juice in record time in a Lidl car park and feeling instantly revitalised.