Today we had a slow start - read the Saturday Age, groaned over the state of politics in Australia, did the Sudoku, read the comics - all the important stuff! Then we went in to the centre of Cardiff - by local bus. Chris visited the Castle while Di did some shopping/browsing. The Castle was built by the Romans in the first century AD as a base for the long battle against the Welsh - which they never really won. They eventually left Wales in the 5th century leaving the welsh to take over again. The castle then fell into disrepair but was rebuilt in Norman times, again as a defensive base. It's been renovated and repaired several times since. It was used during the second world war as an air raid shelter and was given to the people of Cardiff by the 5th Marquess of Bute in 1947.