Hope, Giants and Ghosts

[squirmelia]

I was in Hope yesterday, before I walked to the next village, Caergwrle. Wikipedia explains that a myth was developed to explain the name, and that a giant named Gwrle lived at the castle. I visited the castle, but did not find any giants, nor any ghosts at the supposedly haunted bridge in Caergwrle. I did find magical elves though, and a picture of Dafydd on a blue winged horse.

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[verlaine.livejournal.com]

I used to help an archaeologist excavate Caergwrle Castle during the summer holidays! When I say "help", in fact I meant I played with the archaeologist's dog Ziggy a lot. I used to throw sticks into big pools of water and Ziggy would plunge in, get sopping wet, and shake herself dry over everyone much to their disgust. At one point I played with Ziggy so hard that I trod in a painstakingly excavated section of history and destroyed it. At which point I become something of a persona non grata with the archaeologists of Caergwrle.

Actually, now that I come to think about it, all of the above may have happened at the Minera Lead Works, not Caergwrle. But I did excavate at Caergwrle at the same time! The head archaeologist there liked to swan about in a hot pink boiler suit.

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

Maybe the head archaeologist was actually Dafydd? He'd look good riding that horse wearing a hot pink boiler suit.

Is the Minera lead works worth visiting?