Free museums, extortionate car parking

Today has been one of those bright autumnal days where the leaves seem to glow and you are perfectly warm in your coat. Sort of like summer, only in Britain. This was perfect as we went to National History Museum of Wales at St Fagans today. It is one of those museums which saves historical buildings from throughout the country and rebuilds and refurbishes them on site: a perfect place for an autumn walk.

The site is based around the original St Fagans Castle, an Elizabethan manor house.





The grounds are full of interesting buildings such as this woollen mill






A favourite site for my son was the fairground where we had toffee apples. I'd forgotten just how difficult it is to bite into a toffee apple..












Afterwards we drove into Cardiff to visit the imposing National Museum of Wales which has a great geology and geomorphology section, alongside natural history and an impressive art gallery upstairs.








We remember the entrance hall being used for an episode of Doctor Who and later in the tour we saw this recreation of a primordial beastie which would surely make an excellent monster for the Doctor to vanquish




We must have walked around both these sites for upwards of six hours, totally free. So the only disappointment was being charged £18 by NCP for four hour's parking. Outrageous.