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On the other hand why should people ban things when they are legal. Ebay sell used knickers for gawds sake! If anything should be banned.....................

As for cruel and unusual punishment, there is not enough of it around for my liking.
OK steeling a sheep does not deserve death, when you are trying to feed yourself, but murdering a child IMHO should always deserve a noose.

Agreed Jerry!

You can lose yourself in the history of people. Whilst we were looking around the castle, I said "They must have thrown the piss pots over the walls, I wonder if they shouted FOUR or summat."
My OH said "Only you could say something like that in public."

But I was genuinely interested in how everything worked. All my questions about how they got water and food were answered, but no-one had any idea how and where the effluent was removed.

On crime and punishment, there is a huge hole that offenders where lowered into and left to die on top of old corpses.
This must have been the ultimate deterrent, and hazzardous to everybody elses health I would imagine. So many questions? Did they empty it often? What did they do with it? Did they feed it to the hunting hounds? What sort of crime warrented this punishment?
No answers, I'm afraid, as everyone was listening to the romance of the Lovers Bridge and the lovely furnishings inside the castle. It wasn't all hearts and flowers, and I think it broke the back of many a poor spirit, but they weren't mentioned!

There is a pet cemetery in the grounds and a crypt for the rich folk, but the surfs must be in the neighbouring church yards!

I find your history fascinating, because you had to make it up as you went. You weren't invaded by the Romans or Saxons, etc.
You had to build everything.
We on the other hand were always at war with someone, (including you )

I find it amazing that America has become such a massive power in such a short spell of history!

The outside of the tenants hall, Photo taken from the keep above the castle, (another monster of a climb)

Jerry the castle crypt steps are worn down by the footsteps of thousands of people through the centuries, and I think you would (like me) let your imagination run wild, with the thought of stepping on stone that others stepped on in the 12th century.

America may be the new world, but chances are that one of your ancestors ran up those steps, or some very similar, some where in the world, that is the joy of history. It is in the blood, sweat and tears of people, and we are very lucky in the British Isles, to have so many lasting monuments. I would love to visit the Pyramids some day, now that is history

The Villiage of Dunster was a 12th century sea port. Now it is 2 miles from the sea. It was home to the royalists during the civil war and besieged by the BOO HISS cromwellians.
It belonged to the Luttrell family for 600 years, before being handed over to the national trust.

It was great having a tour around the inside of the castle, it was very dark, and flash photography was not allowed.

In one of the bedrooms, there is a secret panel beside the four poster bed, that leads to a secret passage to the keep.

I lost myself in the history of the place!