All in all a good experience, knocked one star off...

All in all a good experience, knocked one star off for the high prices of everything, the early closing of the cafe (& sometimes closed altogether even though it's summer school holidays), and the early closing of the gardens which meant we missed out on these. Perhaps there should be a last entry time of say 2: 30pm?
Plus points for the only castle I've seen which has many parts intact and in use along side other parts totally ruined!