would you want to live in a castle?  

you go for a modernised castle then? very sensible. i would actually spend one night in an uninhabitable one but not by myself (i'd be scared), not in the winter and not for more than one night (too uncomfortable)

Well, if it's going to be one night only, then I would agree to do that (of course if there is a proper bed to sleep in). If it's going to be a longer period, then I would, just like you mentioned, go for a modernized castle. Wouldn't you like to play video games sitting on the cozy sofa in the dukes dining room?

yes, most of them are crampacked with ghosties. apparently..

i wouldn't want to live somewhere too big either - even a big house you'd feel like you were rattling around in there unless you had a huge family. also i would probably get lost

wouldn't you find a castle a bit on the big side though?

We would have to have a team of cleaners - though my wife loves cleaning - strange lady!

You just have a lot of rooms where you do all sorts of different things. A pool/snooker room, a cards room, a knitting room, a music room, a room or two for the pet Siberian tiger to wander round ....

oh yes. pets. you could fill up several of the rooms with pets. in fact you could run an animal sanctuary in one, something to think about actually.

Well that was a nice story on Yahoo News yesterday about an agreement between certain directly affected governments to protect tigers, and help a breeding programme develop, whereby the number of tigers in the wild would double by 2025.

Hope it happens, though I am not overly confident.

You could start a cattery in a castle Tony!

sssh Alice.. what are you suggesting! haha

you know, you guys, I have done the wonderful touring of Germany when the wall went down and I have been inside a few of the castles then.. I wouldn't mnd, if I had the wealth to maintain them and had no reason to leave either.. so I guess I don't get to live in a castle then, right, astonish?

How about I chose my own castle.. on 50 acres of wooded land with hills and dales and streams, a moat and a waterfall, wildlife and wildflowers.. a 2 storey open concept castle with fireplaces in the living quarters and the bedrooms. 4 poster beds ,, French doors to patios and balconies..

aaah to dream.. I tour a few castles here everytime my daughter visits and occasionally .. just because.. it is the history.. for the sake of the meaning of it all and strangely, as a tribute to those that were before me.. that they not be forgotten.

so.. would you visit me, if I paid the fare, of course!

Fjaril your castle sounds so warm and inviting. I'll straightaway book my imaginary ticket to your imaginary wonderland and hope for a warm, inviting imaginary welcome.

Hi Fjaril,

money is the secret to everything these days unfortunately, but we can dream.

I think that you have great ideas on this.

I am still meanwhile thinking of my tigers walking round my place ....

Tigers around the palace? Awesome.
If it were up to me, I'd have exotic pets too.

Instead of tigers why not women roaming around?I'm sure Mr Wit would be the first to visit

I am very much the loyal husband type and my wife would not like the idea!

Anyway preserving tigers is one of my commitments, and they would be very good at keep out intruders!

neither would you if misterwit turned up as that avatar he had the other day. anyway guard tigers are a great idea

lol@hexed
From cats to tigers.. well they are big cats, and a novel idea for roaming around the castle.

moved over stone by stone and rebuilt? that IS really strange, and must have cost a fortune. what castle is it and who organised the move? do they realise that is not what people usually mean when they talk about moving house?

i hadn't even thought about the housekeeping but yes it would be horrendous - you start in one room and by the time you'd finished it would be time to start again.

And what if you get lost and you never find the kitchen and the fridge?

scotland. but there are all castles all over europe. lots have a reputation for being haunted but i am not sure this is always true - people see what they expect to see very often.

i think reality might be different from the fantasy though...

also lambs belong in fields not castles. lambs in castles would not be happy lambs - apart from anything else they are not good at climbing stairs

You'd be a rich pauper having a castle but no cash for electricity to heat it lol

i'd like a small house with a garden perhaps better than a flat, but no a massive draughty place full of ghosties is not my cup of tea either.

How about an Alice in Wonderland type of castle? With a lush garden, and magical butterflies flying, with Tinkerbell and Peterpan, LOL....I'm getting very Disney here..

Hmm Disneyland is a big castle and is modern

a disney castle? eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek

I'd much rather have a palace, because it rhymes with Alice :p
I'll have those butterflies though! :)

too late - i've taken them

awww share please :p

i'll let you have a couple of little magical moths but i am keeping all the butterflies...