I've known that there was a big Roman fort close to Brecon for years, but I've never actually visited it. My sister thought it might be a nice place to go on their last morning here, before they drove the camper van home.
The Tom Tom didn't help. It took us up to Bwlch before we realised we were going in totally the wrong direction and went back into Brecon.
Now, Y Gaer is marked on all the tourist maps, and has been for years. It's supposed to be one of the attractions of the area. So I was surprised to find that there was no leaflet about it in the Tourist Information Centre. The girl behind the counter was very helpful, and took a town centre map to draw out our route to Cradoc, after which we were supposed to look for Aberyscir Court.
We set off. We found Cradoc easily, but after that we must have gone up and down every country lane that led out of the village. We passed through Battle, and Aberyscir (without seeing any signboards for Aberyscir Court). We asked a local farmer, who gave us directions - but we still couldn't see anything.
I trained as an archaeologist. I know what a Roman fort should look like.
There were no signposts pointing to the fort.
Eventually we gave up.
I just wonder what the point of publicising the fort as one of the attractions of the area is, when it is then so difficult to find.
Next time we're going to Tretower.
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