The grand sandstone ruins of Kenilworth Castle
Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019
It's the last-ever reunion of the G-Unit's 69th Entry into the Number 1 School of Technical Training at RAF Halton. We'd had a tentative introduction to the group last year, so this time around we're inivited to evening dinner in a wing of the hotel seemingly miles from anywhere. Before that, we head off up the road a bit to Kenilworth Castle - a place Nosher hasn't been to since around the end of 1989.
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The original castle keep
We inspect an information sign
Isobel and Harry roam around in front of the older keep
Plants grow on what would have been a window seat
Fred takes an over-the-edge photo
The village of Kenilworth
One of the towers built for Elizabeth I's visit
Aieeeee!
A pause for a break
A plane flies over as a pigeon sits on a wall
Fred inspects some awesome sanstone erosion
A bear with a ragged stump in the garden
The Italianate garden
Isobel checks her phone
Harry in the garden
Atlas appears to be carrying a sea mine on his back
Isobel peers into an aviary
A small yellow bird in the garden aviary
Late summer flowers in the garden
The gang roam about
inside the stables - now the visitors' centre
Fred wanders about in the museum
Fred runs about some old building foundations
Fancy oak work in the stables
Isobel looks out over a stream
The boys want to cross via the stepping stones
Back in the hotel room, the boys do some more Lego
In the evening, the boys scope the menu out
Harry gets a hug
Grandad comes back from the bar with a drink
Pre-dinner drinks
The 69th and wives get up for a group photo
The photographer wrangles together a group shot
A group photo of the 69th Entry, plus partners
The guy from formerly-known-as-Ceylon and his wife
The guests re-assemble in the hotel foyer
Grandad holds court
The group begins the long trek to dinner
Isobel and Fred
Grandad and stick
Seating for dinner
The Royal Entry badge and RAF ensign
A pre-dinner introduction
The speech continues
Animated conversation
Isobel does some sort of Mother Theresa impression
Fred learns how to be a sommelier
Some of the history of the 69th is inspected
Grandad flicks through some history
A photo of Grandad and a Gloster Meteor
More history browsing
Isobel wins a book about narrow-guage railways
Auld Lang Syne occurs
Grandad joins in
More arm swinging
Linked arms break up into clapping
Some photos are pinched out of the history collection
Fred heads off to bed
The boys at breakfast
Isobel and Harry do breakfast
One of Grandad's mates comes over for a chat
We gather around by the hotel's water feature
Fred looks up at the steel waterfall
We find an abandoned bit of old A143 on the way home
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The grand sandstone ruins of Kenilworth Castle
The grand sandstone ruins of Kenilworth Castle
The original castle keep
We inspect an information sign
Isobel and Harry roam around in front of the older keep
Plants grow on what would have been a window seat
Fred takes an over-the-edge photo
The village of Kenilworth
One of the towers built for Elizabeth I's visit
Aieeeee!
A pause for a break
A plane flies over as a pigeon sits on a wall
Fred inspects some awesome sanstone erosion
A bear with a ragged stump in the garden
The Italianate garden
Isobel checks her phone
Harry in the garden
Atlas appears to be carrying a sea mine on his back
Isobel peers into an aviary
A small yellow bird in the garden aviary
Late summer flowers in the garden
The gang roam about
inside the stables - now the visitors' centre
Fred wanders about in the museum
Fred runs about some old building foundations
Fancy oak work in the stables
Isobel looks out over a stream
The boys want to cross via the stepping stones
Back in the hotel room, the boys do some more Lego
In the evening, the boys scope the menu out
Harry gets a hug
Grandad comes back from the bar with a drink
Pre-dinner drinks
The 69th and wives get up for a group photo
The photographer wrangles together a group shot
A group photo of the 69th Entry, plus partners
The guy from formerly-known-as-Ceylon and his wife
The guests re-assemble in the hotel foyer
Grandad holds court
The group begins the long trek to dinner
Isobel and Fred
Grandad and stick
Seating for dinner
The Royal Entry badge and RAF ensign
A pre-dinner introduction
The speech continues
Animated conversation
Isobel does some sort of Mother Theresa impression
Fred learns how to be a sommelier
Some of the history of the 69th is inspected
Grandad flicks through some history
A photo of Grandad and a Gloster Meteor
More history browsing
Isobel wins a book about narrow-guage railways
Auld Lang Syne occurs
Grandad joins in
More arm swinging
Linked arms break up into clapping
Some photos are pinched out of the history collection
Fred heads off to bed
The boys at breakfast
Isobel and Harry do breakfast
One of Grandad's mates comes over for a chat
We gather around by the hotel's water feature
Fred looks up at the steel waterfall
We find an abandoned bit of old A143 on the way home