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Leaving Wood Norton Hall was so sad. How could any B & B top it? But on to Warwick Castle and a little history. T
he original Norman mound of a 1068 wooden "motte-and-bailey" castle is now incorporated into the 12th - 15th century stone structure you see today. The Tussauds Group (the famous Madame Tussauds wax figures) bought Warwick Castle in 1978 and turned it into a "Castle Theme Park"!! Maybe they have the right idea for getting kids excited about history while saving an historic monument? There were several school groups in line with us to buy the expensive tickets. Tussauds have staged Warwick for an 1898 royal weekend party with an audio gui
de by the servants to match. I think this part was for the adults while the kids watched a bowman demonstrating archery, jousting and the trebucket show! I just don't think of "modern living" in a castle even though this one was turned into a country house in early 1600s. Castles should be dark, cold and very drafty with tapestries covering the stone walls! Certainly not with laundry rooms and bathtubs and carpet!!
he original Norman mound of a 1068 wooden "motte-and-bailey" castle is now incorporated into the 12th - 15th century stone structure you see today. The Tussauds Group (the famous Madame Tussauds wax figures) bought Warwick Castle in 1978 and turned it into a "Castle Theme Park"!! Maybe they have the right idea for getting kids excited about history while saving an historic monument? There were several school groups in line with us to buy the expensive tickets. Tussauds have staged Warwick for an 1898 royal weekend party with an audio gui
de by the servants to match. I think this part was for the adults while the kids watched a bowman demonstrating archery, jousting and the trebucket show! I just don't think of "modern living" in a castle even though this one was turned into a country house in early 1600s. Castles should be dark, cold and very drafty with tapestries covering the stone walls! Certainly not with laundry rooms and bathtubs and carpet!!We drove about 175 miles north to Chester which is near Liverpool on the border with Wales. This was supposed to be a very historic city which can be traced back to founding by the Romans about 70 AD. Until about 500 AD, it was a busy trading port when the River Dee silted up, trade stopped and Chester stagnated. First the Norman-Saxons settled this city and finally the Victorians rediscovered it and made this city into a great tourist area.
We walked 15 minutes into the historic city center and then about 3/4 of the way around historic Chester on the 2 miles long medieval wall looking down on the mostly Victorian era city which I learned was Daniel Craig's birthplace (The "new" James Bond). We noticed a restaurant with a great name--"Slug & Lettuce"! How bad could it be for a pint or two and dinner? In fact it was great! I hope it is a chain restaurant; I would order the very same thing.
We walked 15 minutes into the historic city center and then about 3/4 of the way around historic Chester on the 2 miles long medieval wall looking down on the mostly Victorian era city which I learned was Daniel Craig's birthplace (The "new" James Bond). We noticed a restaurant with a great name--"Slug & Lettuce"! How bad could it be for a pint or two and dinner? In fact it was great! I hope it is a chain restaurant; I would order the very same thing.
By the time we walked back to the Brookside Hotel it was nearly bedtime and we had 5.7 miles of walking behind us today.
Tomorrow we will drive around Wales, saving the exploration of Chester for Thursday.
Tomorrow we will drive around Wales, saving the exploration of Chester for Thursday.
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