Tudor monastery farm

hauxwell

You can watch Tales from the green valley on youtube.Tis my favourite programme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBW8YpcYcEc

Also Tudor Feast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azCGi_a4b-k

And Tudor Feast at Xmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3DmrqjtD1Y

DigForVictory

St.Fagans say 3-4 hours to appreciate all they've got.
"3-4 hours? If your name is Hussein Bolt" was the opinion of one staff member, & we agreed! A couple of hours if you just go to the (right) Church, but take a picnic (& Cross Country pushchair if needed) and all seasons weather gear & plan to spend as much of the day as you can!

mardatha

Just watched the Tudor Feast - lovely, thanks for that!

Seakay

PasturesNew wrote: »

I said "not much choice". I saw the cafe, which was brimming over with people and was a screaming place of chatter, clanging, bashing, kids screaming and general noise and mayhem.

I saw the bakery and went in.... but I'm afraid the sight of the wasps landing on everything put me off buying anything to eat.

Pub across the road is nice though, but pricey (read the menu).

There's also a coffee shop and a canteen/restaurant in the main visitors building (up the steps from the car park)

If you are going to try and see all the buildings I'd suggest a couple of days to do it - the 'big house' or castle and it's gardens, lakes, workshops etc can take 3 or 4 hours on it's own. http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/2241/

Another teashop/cafe in the castle as well.

Fruball

For anyone who missed Tudor Monastery Farm last night...


It is being repeated on BBC2 tonight (Thursday) at 11.20pm...

Enjoy

grannytwice

hauxwell wrote: »

You can watch Tales from the green valley on youtube.Tis my favourite programme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBW8YpcYcEc

Also Tudor Feast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azCGi_a4b-k

And Tudor Feast at Xmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3DmrqjtD1Y

Thank you so much for these links really looking forward to watching them
Thought tudor farm was fascinating, really enjoyed it.:)

lobbyludd

I've just watched it on catch up and thoroughly enjoyed the lot! thankyou

PasturesNew

DigForVictory wrote: »

St.Fagans say 3-4 hours to appreciate all they've got.
"3-4 hours? If your name is Hussein Bolt" was the opinion of one staff member, & we agreed! A couple of hours if you just go to the (right) Church, but take a picnic (& Cross Country pushchair if needed) and all seasons weather gear & plan to spend as much of the day as you can!

Well, maybe I was a bit more rapid as it was just two of us, my companion knew where everything was .... we didn't stop to buy anything and it was dry.

Church was a real surprise inside! There was a choir singing when I went, not "organised", it was some group from elsewhere who'd just booked a minibus trip to visit and decided between themselves that when they got to the church they'd all have a proper sing song.

It'd be "fun" to sneak some sausages into the roundhuts and give them a roasting on a stick

PasturesNew

Seakay wrote: »

There's also a coffee shop and a canteen/restaurant in the main visitors building (up the steps from the car park)

That's where I saw the loud/boisterous cafe.

Seakay wrote: »

If you are going to try and see all the buildings I'd suggest a couple of days to do it - the 'big house' or castle and it's gardens, lakes, workshops etc can take 3 or 4 hours on it's own. http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/2241/

Another teashop/cafe in the castle as well.

There was a wedding on at the castle/big house when I went, so couldn't go in; just walked round those gardens and the orangery and sat and watched the 'river' for a bit.

glitterkitty

mardatha wrote: »

Am looking at Beamish, we could do that one.

I live near Beamish, and its absolutely fab I have fond memories of many many school trips and trips with brownies and guides!
They have just opened a new bakery which is apparently lovely, and no visit is complete without a trip to Davy's Fried Fish!

You need a full day to go and see everything though, but the buses and trams make it easier to get about :-)
My favourite part is the pit village - sometimes in the cottages they will be sitting making proggy mats, or baking :-)