Jacey Bedford's Journal

Milford Day Out
After the writing business at Milford is done, we usually take Friday as a day off and go somewhere as a group. This year it was Gwydir Castle. Not a fortified castle as you can see but an impressive house dating back in parts to the 14th century. It's been beautifully restored to its original condition, even to the extent of retrieving and reinstalling the original (fantastically carved) dining room panelling which had been stripped out, sold to America and had ended up in the Metropolitan Museum of Art before being brought back to Wales.



Photographs are not allowed inside the house, but believe me the inside is as impressive as the outside. It's in the Conwy Valley, south of Conwy itself. If you're ever close by, make an effort to go. The gardens are beautiful as well, and one of the original 12 Cedars of Lebanon still survives - planted in 1625 to celebrate King Charles' wedding.

Tomorrow I'm going up to Richmond - North Yorkshire - to see Zulu Tradition in concert at the delightful Georgian Theatre Royal (an atmospheric theatre built 1788 and still mostly in its original form). It's a girly day out with H, my former singing partner. Looking forward to a mooch around Richmond (small market town with a 950 year old castle), light lunch and (later) early dinner before the show. If the weather brightens up there may be photographs, but the heatwave has broken and today is quite grey.

The show will be a riot of song and dance from these guys.