My Welsh Waterstones Tour: Stop 6 - Abergavenny
Abergavenny is in the Brecon Beacons - a well-known beauty-spot of green hills and trees
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all of which require copious amounts of rain of course, hence the footwear of choice is the wellie.
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I also spied a castle, tucked behind the street on the edge of an escarpment
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with a 12th century entrance
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and slitted windows in the younger (14th century) part
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and grander ones for what was a hall and the bedchambers, and the usual tales of heinous deeds necessary to keep down the rebellious Welsh.
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I always come across the Waterstones shop unexpectedly
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pKeG7yulTdDFQNIPxC7iRpj_pXhGgVpEQu-yfre9DK5TSJMaXcsASg-F1ki3f8q1oIEc7Ol3Iml_CqZ3FomRCPTEpUoNXzAa3Jy6g8db_EwaIbonTErrhqreP9MXRkAyEHcspQ/s320/waterstones1.jpg)
with the poster advertising my event in the window
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and another (extremely kind) one inside with my books,
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GCXQks6U8Ap9ceJxgT44AXpBNuXdtQQOmLfg06FPmVLf0g1rNyWotO849h4_2L56wOmvx3OUf9Ak7bD6BGc85ocQEsLOnh4Knxxhj7u_fbbR8FBv-ajR6jQUPdDSDm4rQMrZrA/s320/abergavenny_inside.jpg)
and I enjoyed myself talking, and talking and talking - to the staff and the customers - until it was time to go home.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgebUUcO-ZjVDzll7ZP8fIgE6DG9vYjYx2gvMP6mC6t7CPcerSrZ1GGe_GPoaGrrXkpC7tr1uxKVA5HJc61TlYNSvC9ebSjxZ3BGyh49M72J_DBlTgA52jnp1KRFOZoZHKwas8CCw/s320/abergavenny_countryside_.jpg)
all of which require copious amounts of rain of course, hence the footwear of choice is the wellie.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vJhEsUsJhJbknntM9Cgf8QutEb1P4p8CVVdb9Ti5kPi1bD0tAd7eVS_tUNKljPHSEF3INoNXnOz7ANzkknkA14mXq_egoeLdhdQBonoNV5nzDc4wFI_igqKwQxZGVoVVJAO6rQ/s320/wellies.jpg)
I also spied a castle, tucked behind the street on the edge of an escarpment
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGnqFo-i6EusYpina3yVGGFnjO7dLjOqERhhWPE5YNm1OJBd54ejQ21F-0geQpHt4BaeSVqO1i_LHvZFnaxJQJoHpkJBPLq8eAC41dzlzAbRVJIWVzamCCxh73ffXy4BCI483CPA/s320/castle_1.jpg)
with a 12th century entrance
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWRZi1eqUYBM5Zx7zITRE-A9HhOe6pXejBFepGB-aHujQDNqOUQNaBA9B51WZIVetuRTzL0WGLtOu2W6c7xEE4qwWlMSIn-awGTZ-UDd1DmuZjVMWLDyd3WQ5RfwA3wOGURbe9mg/s320/castle_endtrance.jpg)
and slitted windows in the younger (14th century) part
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgReDGlqM3A0c-6JKSaaAHBKybGRWr_WL6ZEXtZ6HMiZaQD33_K20wMwltC6zuR0xafmHuFb-2UB-0jDdk5Fd6ZUaRkmJhqsmdK5Sqd5n5AiLydH0VtvmYl6HfuI7_r6xcUBgVj4Q/s320/arrow_holes.jpg)
and grander ones for what was a hall and the bedchambers, and the usual tales of heinous deeds necessary to keep down the rebellious Welsh.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUSuvi0ZbUvOnsP1eHuPWQN-YHNhtlq4GK-DauFAEBj6koR9NEPoWXQfZXxCkNNvlItwJJldY_mYn4K5c54qOErTTcx3xewE5PsVNuFtkUCeQTteVYVB0e6Ysrc5gHQS00_auTw/s320/castle_windows.jpg)
I always come across the Waterstones shop unexpectedly
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pKeG7yulTdDFQNIPxC7iRpj_pXhGgVpEQu-yfre9DK5TSJMaXcsASg-F1ki3f8q1oIEc7Ol3Iml_CqZ3FomRCPTEpUoNXzAa3Jy6g8db_EwaIbonTErrhqreP9MXRkAyEHcspQ/s320/waterstones1.jpg)
with the poster advertising my event in the window
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGLHzm-DKpR-GLjC4uSv0sGNOnEkSIY1FHpvpKObfHCreB92obTm0i54tZc1bFteR2UsyJ3tY_kvdgP9-gpXZgvE2QPM3fB2FOIX2RLb4nJ95-aFNdIPFomHdYghAl5O4NYuaNA/s320/waterstones2.jpg)
and another (extremely kind) one inside with my books,
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GCXQks6U8Ap9ceJxgT44AXpBNuXdtQQOmLfg06FPmVLf0g1rNyWotO849h4_2L56wOmvx3OUf9Ak7bD6BGc85ocQEsLOnh4Knxxhj7u_fbbR8FBv-ajR6jQUPdDSDm4rQMrZrA/s320/abergavenny_inside.jpg)
and I enjoyed myself talking, and talking and talking - to the staff and the customers - until it was time to go home.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rPLL6QPg263fEK_kWqko2f_Q8XZw7nZ9f85nsqYtqOcqtMfZBDcrXq6N2sxKo4zEX3oy3t9eecC6vN_p4i9M5lNLYDOCLiW9vpSAxwFfFwcT_dPEwCvcUyNr1xVcEMsLdXmosw/s320/empty_table.jpg)
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