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 grand sandstone ruins of Kenilworth Castle, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

The grand sandstone ruins of Kenilworth Castle

The original castle keep, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

The original castle keep

We inspect an information sign, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

We inspect an information sign

Isobel and Harry roam around in front of the older keep, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Isobel and Harry roam around in front of the older keep

Plants grow on what would have been a window seat, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Plants grow on what would have been a window seat

Fred takes an over-the-edge photo, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Fred takes an over-the-edge photo

The village of Kenilworth, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

The village of Kenilworth

One of the towers built for Elizabeth I's visit, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

One of the towers built for Elizabeth I's visit

Aieeeee!, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Aieeeee!

A pause for a break, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

A pause for a break

A plane flies over as a pigeon sits on a wall, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

A plane flies over as a pigeon sits on a wall

Fred inspects some awesome sanstone erosion, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Fred inspects some awesome sanstone erosion

A bear with a ragged stump in the garden, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

A bear with a ragged stump in the garden

The Italianate garden, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

The Italianate garden

Isobel checks her phone, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Isobel checks her phone

Harry in the garden, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Harry in the garden

Atlas appears to be carrying a sea mine on his back, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Atlas appears to be carrying a sea mine on his back

Isobel peers into an aviary, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Isobel peers into an aviary

A small yellow bird in the garden aviary, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

A small yellow bird in the garden aviary

Late summer flowers in the garden, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Late summer flowers in the garden

The gang roam about, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

The gang roam about

inside the stables - now the visitors' centre, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

inside the stables - now the visitors' centre

Fred wanders about in the museum, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Fred wanders about in the museum

Fred runs about some old building foundations, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Fred runs about some old building foundations

Fancy oak work in the stables, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Fancy oak work in the stables

Isobel looks out over a stream, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Isobel looks out over a stream

The boys want to cross via the stepping stones, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

The boys want to cross via the stepping stones

Back in the hotel room, the boys do some more Lego, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Back in the hotel room, the boys do some more Lego

In the evening, the boys scope the menu out, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

In the evening, the boys scope the menu out

Harry gets a hug, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Harry gets a hug

Grandad comes back from the bar with a drink, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Grandad comes back from the bar with a drink

Pre-dinner drinks, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Pre-dinner drinks

The 69th and wives get up for a group photo, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

The 69th and wives get up for a group photo

The photographer wrangles together a group shot, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

The photographer wrangles together a group shot

A group photo of the 69th Entry, plus partners, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

A group photo of the 69th Entry, plus partners

The guy from formerly-known-as-Ceylon and his wife, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

The guy from formerly-known-as-Ceylon and his wife

The guests re-assemble in the hotel foyer, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

The guests re-assemble in the hotel foyer

Grandad holds court, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Grandad holds court

The group begins the long trek to dinner, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

The group begins the long trek to dinner

Isobel and Fred, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Isobel and Fred

Grandad and stick, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Grandad and stick

Seating for dinner, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Seating for dinner

The Royal Entry badge and RAF ensign, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

The Royal Entry badge and RAF ensign

A pre-dinner introduction, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

A pre-dinner introduction

The speech continues, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

The speech continues

Animated conversation, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Animated conversation

Isobel does some sort of Mother Theresa impression, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Isobel does some sort of Mother Theresa impression

Fred learns how to be a sommelier, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Fred learns how to be a sommelier

Some of the history of the 69th is inspected, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Some of the history of the 69th is inspected

Grandad flicks through some history, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Grandad flicks through some history

A photo of Grandad and a Gloster Meteor, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

A photo of Grandad and a Gloster Meteor

More history browsing, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

More history browsing

Isobel wins a book about narrow-guage railways, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Isobel wins a book about narrow-guage railways

Auld Lang Syne occurs, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Auld Lang Syne occurs

Grandad joins in, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Grandad joins in

More arm swinging, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

More arm swinging

Linked arms break up into clapping, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Linked arms break up into clapping

Some photos are pinched out of the history collection, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Some photos are pinched out of the history collection

Fred heads off to bed, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Fred heads off to bed

The boys at breakfast, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

The boys at breakfast

Isobel and Harry do breakfast, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Isobel and Harry do breakfast

One of Grandad's mates comes over for a chat, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

One of Grandad's mates comes over for a chat

We gather around by the hotel's water feature, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

We gather around by the hotel's water feature

Fred looks up at the steel waterfall, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

Fred looks up at the steel waterfall

We find an abandoned bit of old A143 on the way home, Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019

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