Saturday night, we cruised on into town on a late train from our day in Oxford. Our accommodation was hooked up at a local bed & breakfast / pub, the ‘Crown and Castle’. It was only £30 for the two of us including breakfast. Which is very good, it was looking like costing us that to stay in a dorm room of bunks at the local backpackers in Oxford with out breakfast, bedding, warmth or sleep. Breakfast was a nice array of fatty foods, fried eggs, sausages, hash browns, bacon, toast, and a few other bits and bobs,.. I loved it :+)

Warwick Castle was having a ‘Medieval Festival’ at the time we went which meant there were a few extra events on at the castle. It costs £8 each with our £5 off each coupon we had found (some would say hunted for). Upon entering you greeted with a fantastic view of the outer wall with towers on the corners. (Trust me, you get no concept of scale in this picture). This is the front of the castle, the back is on a small cliff which falls down to a river (Picture). From the top tower (called Guy’s Tower), you can see how high you are, and how easier it would have been to spit on door to door salesmen as they came up to the gatehouse and barbican. Shortly I will add a panoramic of the inside courtyard (if I have time and can figure out the software).

As part of the festival they had a jousting tournament. It was very entertaining to watch, although choreographed. They showed various skills of jousting, like collecting hoops on the end of the pole, hitting those swinging dumbies with a sack of grain on the other arm. They also had an archer is tradition dress, with old school bow. He missed his target about 9/10 times. His excuse was that in those days it didn't matter, they charged with so many people you would hit someone anyway.

Check out the Warwick photo Gallery here.