The Welsh Snow/Sand Castle Contest

[Ceri Shaw]

With half the country under snow, we thought it would be fun to throw down the gauntlet in a photo contest challenge to who can create the best snow or sand castle (depending on your latitude).

The rules are pretty simple, make a castle/fort looking thing out of snow or sand, stick a Welsh flag on the top of it, take a picture and post it on this forum.

If anyone fancies taking up the position of adjudicating the contest in exchange for offering a prize to the winner it would be much appreciated.

Here are a couple of suggestions on which to model your castle. For the ambitious...Caernarfon Castle:-

For the less ambitious an early motte and bailey ( simply substitute flag for tree on top ):-

[The Chicago Tafia Welsh Society]

Okay, it's not exactly Caernarfon Castle, but it's -26C out there mun, the boys eyes are frozen..

[gaabi]

WOW, Dave, coool! Was it buckets for the big parts and plastic cups for the turrets? That's really clever and I bet making it was a lot of fun! My boys loved that and they want to do it, too!

[The Chicago Tafia Welsh Society]

Ah, you underestimate the scale, a beer cooler for big parts, and buckets for the turrets!

[Wild Canary]

Great job, guys! I was too busy shovelling snow to notice the contest notice. We still have plenty of time to enter, though with our weather. We just don't have a camera at the mo...you will have to imagine:)