Warwick Castle

August 30th, 2006

Oh english weather.

You would think that after living in the UK for the last three months we would have our very charming wind cheaters at hand. No this wasn’t the case as we enjoyed our rainy then sunny then rainy day at Warwick Castle. I have been wanting to go to Warwick Castle for months, it was on my Things To Do List so i was most excited to see that it was on our train line and only a 20 minute ride

When you get off the train you make your way up through the quaint town of Warwick to be greeted by the huge gates of the Castle. By this time i was super excited as i could hear the clashing sound of swords in battle ( im a history nerd i know it ) beacuse of school holidays they have extra entertaiment for the school children and nerds like jousting, battle fights, bird of prey shows and the world’s largest trebuchet.

The Castle and grounds are amazing, everything is in tact it’s almost as though you are steping back in time. The first show we watched was Jousting knights, there were 4 knights two goodies and two badies i was cheering for the goodies and Leevi the badies.

This was so much fun to watch even if the rain is pouring down on your head and you only have shorts and a t shirt on.

After the goodies won the match we made our way over to the torture chambers and then walked along the top of the castle in the lovely English summer sunshine.

Next on our list was the Bird of Prey show, this was a most entertaining show with the graces of the beautiful hawks and the even more appealing Emma the vulture! I just loved Emma im not sure if it was beacuse of my own Emma or maybe it had something to do with Emma the Vulture beautiful white head and beady little eye’s.

Last but not least was the trebuchet show, this is what leevi was most excited about therefore we faced the black clouds that appeared out of no where once again to see the huge flaming ball hurtle across the sky.

After a eye-popping day we ran though the rain all the way to the train station to have a lovely hot bath when we got home.

Note for next time remember to pack very unflattering wind cheater at all times.

Sarah walking to Castle