There's an escaped sock on the railway at Diss
A Day at Warwick Castle, Warwickshire - 8th September 2018
It's the time of year for Grandad's RAF reunion, but because he's not into driving long distances any more we take him down and stay in the same hotel, just outside Stratford Upon Avon. Whilst the old boys of RAF Halton's 69th Entry hold their AGM, we head off to nearby Warwick Castle for the day.
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We pass Fleming's gaff on the way to Peking Seoul
A horse waits at the crossing on Hyde Park Corner
The gang in the bar at Stratford Manor
Fred finds something amusing in reception
Harry and Fred roam around
The boys find a funky 1960s-style mirror
The boys in their beds
Isobel and the boys have a swim in the hotel pool
Fred reads the map
Isobel and Fred in the stocks again
Warwick Castle
The boys gravitate to the first shop they see
A peacock roams around
There are some birds of prey
An impressive fish eagle of some sort
We wait for the Trebuchet demonstration
Waiting for the trebuchet demonstration
The dude narrates the story of the trebuchet
The trebuchet flings its rock
A weir
Ceiling art
The boys are in stocks again, in Horrible Histories
On a Viking ship
Harry stamps his card
Fred and Harry in the World War One trenches
Nice weaved willow arches
Wandering the Horrible Histories maze
The gang in a tree arch
Harry in the castle
There's a birds-of-prey demo
An eagle flies in
Some kind of flying raptor
A massive fish eagle
The eagle flies from the castle tower
The boys run around
We stop for lunch
The trebuchet dude is now doing longbows
A demonstration of archery
An arrow, ready to shoot
The clocktower, vaguely like Hampton Court
The great hall is set up for a wedding
Suits of shining armour
Another dining room
A repeating ceiling
The family portrait room
Some mediaeval-style stained glass
Bearded dude with a book, in stained glass
Jesus or a saint, in stained glass
A chapel
Horse armour
Warwick Castle has some impressive wax-works
The boys stare at something
The drawing room
More waxworks
A stuffed bear with a gramophone
Warwickshire's 'ragged stump' is explained
Aerial view of the next bird demonstration
Warwick, as seen from the castle battlements
A half-timbered street
Isobel wanders a corridor
Painted corridors
Fred peers through a telescope
The trebuchet is wound up by human hamsters
As we leave the great hall, wedding guests arrive
A bridesmaid gives the hairy eyeball
The bride and bridesmaids sweep in
The groom in shining armour
There's a throng of people watching
The coach driver skillfully reverses the coach
A papparazzi moment
We head into Warwick
The streets of Warwick
More streets of Warwick
The boys look bored after five minutes walking
The 1960s Warwickshire County Council and library
Metal sculpture in a pond
We get a great deal on strawberry punnets
The market is packing up
Fred looks longingly at an ice-cream freezer
Warwick has a nice line in old street signs
Walking back to the car park
Back at the Straford Manor
Milling around reception
Harry and Fred in the hotel room
Harry's head floats in space
A selfie in a silver ball
Grandad and the 69th roam the corridors
Grandad and his RAF massive turn up for dinner
The boys do devices in the bar
Isobel and a sleepy Harry
The breakfast table looks like a still-life study
Harry is Superman, outside the room
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There's an escaped sock on the railway at Diss
There's an escaped sock on the railway at Diss
We pass Fleming's gaff on the way to Peking Seoul
A horse waits at the crossing on Hyde Park Corner
The gang in the bar at Stratford Manor
Fred finds something amusing in reception
Harry and Fred roam around
The boys find a funky 1960s-style mirror
The boys in their beds
Isobel and the boys have a swim in the hotel pool
Fred reads the map
Isobel and Fred in the stocks again
Warwick Castle
The boys gravitate to the first shop they see
A peacock roams around
There are some birds of prey
An impressive fish eagle of some sort
We wait for the Trebuchet demonstration
Waiting for the trebuchet demonstration
The dude narrates the story of the trebuchet
The trebuchet flings its rock
A weir
Ceiling art
The boys are in stocks again, in Horrible Histories
On a Viking ship
Harry stamps his card
Fred and Harry in the World War One trenches
Nice weaved willow arches
Wandering the Horrible Histories maze
The gang in a tree arch
Harry in the castle
There's a birds-of-prey demo
An eagle flies in
Some kind of flying raptor
A massive fish eagle
The eagle flies from the castle tower
The boys run around
We stop for lunch
The trebuchet dude is now doing longbows
A demonstration of archery
An arrow, ready to shoot
The clocktower, vaguely like Hampton Court
The great hall is set up for a wedding
Suits of shining armour
Another dining room
A repeating ceiling
The family portrait room
Some mediaeval-style stained glass
Bearded dude with a book, in stained glass
Jesus or a saint, in stained glass
A chapel
Horse armour
Warwick Castle has some impressive wax-works
The boys stare at something
The drawing room
More waxworks
A stuffed bear with a gramophone
Warwickshire's 'ragged stump' is explained
Aerial view of the next bird demonstration
Warwick, as seen from the castle battlements
A half-timbered street
Isobel wanders a corridor
Painted corridors
Fred peers through a telescope
The trebuchet is wound up by human hamsters
As we leave the great hall, wedding guests arrive
A bridesmaid gives the hairy eyeball
The bride and bridesmaids sweep in
The groom in shining armour
There's a throng of people watching
The coach driver skillfully reverses the coach
A papparazzi moment
We head into Warwick
The streets of Warwick
More streets of Warwick
The boys look bored after five minutes walking
The 1960s Warwickshire County Council and library
Metal sculpture in a pond
We get a great deal on strawberry punnets
The market is packing up
Fred looks longingly at an ice-cream freezer
Warwick has a nice line in old street signs
Walking back to the car park
Back at the Straford Manor
Milling around reception
Harry and Fred in the hotel room
Harry's head floats in space
A selfie in a silver ball
Grandad and the 69th roam the corridors
Grandad and his RAF massive turn up for dinner
The boys do devices in the bar
Isobel and a sleepy Harry
The breakfast table looks like a still-life study
Harry is Superman, outside the room