Half a dozen jokes start with how many castles there are in the British Isles, and how easy it is to stumble over one on your way to the grocery store. When my friend Liz and I took a mini road trip to Wales in May, we found this to be entirely true. We took advantage of it and did some castleing in passing, making very minor detours to peek at centuries-old stone edifices a few miles off the beaten path.

Here are the drive-by castles of our Welsh adventure:

Castle Coch

Tretower Castle

Raglan Castle

Also, a Welsh sheep