Warwick Castle

An overcast start to the day with a short shower or too. Only 3 showers in the otherwise lovely shower / toilet block but I didn’t have to queue. By the time we had had breakfast it had brightened up and the sun was out.

We decided to walk to Warwick Castle, again only a 15 minute walk. Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from an original built by Willian the Conqueror. 1068. it was rebuilt in stone in the 12th century.

As we arrived the falconry display was in full swing so we stopped and watched the tail end of that before pressing on and into the castle.

We walked around the walls in bright sunshine. This really is a lovely castle, pretty much completely intact.

We had a nice ice cream and walked round to the river island to get a nice view of the south façade of the castle, which looks more like a country house than a castle.

We then walked along the base of the south façade to the water wheel, which is no longer in use before heading back to see the second falconry display. They were going to fly an American Condor with its 10 foot wingspan. Something I was quite keen to see.

Unfortunately as we waited for the second falconry display, the heavens opened and we had an almighty thunder storm. They postponed the display for a while to wait for the rain to subside which it did for a short while allowing them to give a shortened display, unfortunately with no condor.

As we were now a bit damp and due to the fact that several of the outdoor shows were now being cancelled we decided to head back to the caravan via the town centre.

Unfortunately as we hit the town the heavens opened once again. We sheltered under some scaffolding for a while. We waited about 15 minutes before deciding it was not going to stop, and walked back anyway.

We were like 2 drowned rats by the time we got back, and it only took 15 minutes. Overall the storm lasted nearly two hours, but once it stopped the sun came out for a while, but the evening was fairly overcast although still quite warm.

In the evening we had a short ride to the Green Man in Kenilworth for dinner. We used the voucher Jamie had bought me for my birthday, and had a nice meal. Then back to the van for a relatively early night.