17.04.2012 Blossom at Penarth Mawr.

17.04.2012 Blossom at Penarth Mawr.

In 1973 we went to look at a medieval  hall in between Pwhelli and Criccieth on the Llŷn.

It’s called Penarth Mawr and was built in the middle of the 15^th century .

I remember being impressed by the huge fireplace that you could stand up in and the massive  wooden beams holding the roof up and the fact that people , possibly knights actually lived in it in days of olde.

The days of olde were of course the days when knights were bold and toilets hadn’t been invented. The knights would drop their load beside the road and walk away contented.

There are of course historians who contest this fact. I was watching an interesting programme on the subject on The History Channel the other night and an unheard of historian with knowledge of these things claimed  that in actual fact in the days of olde (when the knights were bold) and toilets as we know them hadn’t been invented, they’d dig a pit and have a shit and walk away contented.

Interestingly enough I was watching another programme on the topic on Mind Numbingly Boring  History +1 (I always make a point of watching the +1 channels. It’s just one of my many quirks) another expert with a lisp explained that new evidence shed light on the issue and it was now thought that in the days of old when the knights were bold, toilet lights were dim. Often you would hear a crash, followed by a splash, suggesting that the knight had fallen in.

I suppose we will never actually know what it was like in the days of olde.

One thing I noticed was that since 1973 the hall had shrunk considerably. The fireplace was still massive, but you couldn’t stand up in it and the  ceiling was a lot lower. I suppose this must happen with old building all the time. If I go back in 2051 it will be the size of a kennel. Something really should be done to preserve these old buildings. It’s criminal.

Anyway, the pictures I took inside were fairly crap on account of whoever is looking after it using it as a place to sell dismal 1970s secondhand g-spot furniture, so I took a picture of the cherry tree in blossom outside which is today’s picture of the day.
A lovely blue tinged spring day.

By  the way, I possibly mean g-plan furniture. If you’re into that thing, I’m sure it hits the spot.