Castle Drogo

We knew that the castle was undergoing major restoration works, as we’d seen it on the telly but as we have a Membership to The National Trust, for the work we do for The National Garden Scheme, we thought we’d go and see what was going on.

The Castle has suffered massive damp, nay, water problems from the time it was first built and to make the building watertight is a massive undertaking. It was interesting to see the Castle in it’s current state as a work in progress but if I’m honest, I’m glad we didn’t have to pay to go in.

These mirrors below, either side of a mock doorway, were the strangest mirrors we'd even seen, they don't give the appearance of a reflection but as if you are looking into another room, where there happens to be people that look just like you. It's a really weird thing to see and apparently due to the extremely high quality of the glass and silvering.