On our first day there we had a general walk around the town and went to see if the castle was worth a visit. When we saw the entry fee we weren't quite so sure at £22.80 per head. It was a bit cheaper for us oldies but even so we were considering whether to bother when a couple came up to us and gave us a spare voucher they had for half price entry - we must have looked needy - so although we couldn't also take advantage of the OAP rate we did think a look would be worthwhile, so the following day we had a look around. Its fascinating how much of it is left - Bungay eat your heart out- but it has been modernised in the main areas being what I would describe as more stately home than castle and also its very "theme park" like, guys demonstrating shooting bows and arrows, a tower for "Princes and Princess ages 3 - 8" etc. Worth half price entry but I don't think I would go again.
In our walk around the town Sarah found a quilting shop and whist browsing in it discovered that they had a workshop of some description on the Saturday so she signed up for that and had a great time whilst I wandered around town taking a few photographs.
At the weekend it was the Saltisford Arm Canal Trusts open days and so they had a number of stalls there and that was an interesting diversion.
We then left this morning Monday to be met by a return to our normal weather - rain and wind - and started to wend our way back to Yelvertoft.
This evening we received notification from BW/CRT that the flight of locks at Watford had been closed today until further notice for emergency repairs and that they were having to drain the canal so whether we will be able to get back when we expected we don't known. Watch this space.
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| Misty morning on Warwick racecourse |
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