Re-Discovering Warwick Castle

Sunday morning we got up bright and early and the boys got a taste of an English B&B "continental" breakfast.  I got Sawyer to try out a crumpet loaded with peanut butter, honey and a bit of Nutella.  He really liked it, as I do...yes, it does taste good like that.

We drove through a beautiful area known as the Cotswolds which is just a region in England that was once known for it's sheep raising and because they were so wealthy they have these amazing honey colored stuccoed homes and beautiful churches.  It's just one small beautiful village after another in a hilly, winding road area.

We made our way to Warwick Castle where we ended up having to park a mile away from the castle gates in a field that they use for overflow parking.  There were probably over 1000 people at the castle and this was the first time we had been there "in-season" so they had all the jousting, bowmen, bird's of prey shows and more going on.  

We went to the jousting match first and then while the guys walked around the castle walls we watched the flame blower.  Addison met a few little friends that she got to run around with which made it very enjoyable for her and us.

We were able to following the guys around the castle and waved at them when they reached the tallest tower.

We parked our stroller in the "pram parking lot" outside the main house of the castle so we could walk around inside to see all the wax figurines and such.  

They have changed a lot of things at the castle like the layout of the walk through and they have also made the castle dungeon a much bigger thing.  You know have to pay extra to go in it, which we've never had to do before so the boys didn't get to see the claw marks on the wall and the torture devices.

Since Casey, Sawyer and Kevin are active hunters and bowmen they found the medieval bowman to be quite fascinating.  He talked about the various types of arrows used by soldiers and stories of how this particular gentleman had been able to shot all types of arrows from almost every place on and around the castle.  What a sweet job they all thought this guy had.

At the end of the day we made our way to the hillside along the river in order to watch the trebuchet fire.  This also the coolest firing of the trebuchet that Kevin and I have seen as well, because they must have added weight to it because it moved through the sky slower and left a really cool fire trail behind it.  Everyone had a great day!