title A Day at Warwick Castle, Warwickshire - 8th September 2018 intro It's the time of year for Grandad's RAF reunion, but because he's not into driving long distances any more we take him down and stay in the same hotel, just outside Stratford Upon Avon. Whilst the old boys of RAF Halton's 69th Entry hold their AGM, we head off to nearby Warwick Castle for the day. imgc2339 There's an escaped sock on the railway at Diss imgc2340 We pass Fleming's gaff on the way to Peking Seoul imgc2341 A horse waits at the crossing on Hyde Park Corner imgc2350 The gang in the bar at Stratford Manor imgc2353 Fred finds something amusing in reception imgc2355 Harry and Fred roam around imgc2359 The boys find a funky 1960s-style mirror imgc2361 The boys in their beds imgc2363 Isobel and the boys have a swim in the hotel pool imgp4278 Fred reads the map imgp4283 Isobel and Fred in the stocks again imgp4284 Warwick Castle imgp4285 The boys gravitate to the first shop they see imgp4286 A peacock roams around imgp4288 There are some birds of prey imgp4293 An impressive fish eagle of some sort imgp4294 We wait for the Trebuchet demonstration imgp4298 Waiting for the trebuchet demonstration imgp4302 The dude narrates the story of the trebuchet imgp4307 The trebuchet flings its rock imgp4310 A weir imgp4311 Ceiling art imgp4313 The boys are in stocks again, in Horrible Histories imgp4317 On a Viking ship imgp4318 Harry stamps his card imgp4323 Fred and Harry in the World War One trenches imgp4325 Nice weaved willow arches imgp4327 Wandering the Horrible Histories maze imgp4329 The gang in a tree arch imgp4330 Harry in the castle imgp4348 There's a birds-of-prey demo imgp4356 An eagle flies in imgp4365 Some kind of flying raptor imgp4380 A massive fish eagle imgp4386 The eagle flies from the castle tower imgp4406 The boys run around imgp4407 We stop for lunch imgp4423 The trebuchet dude is now doing longbows imgp4429 A demonstration of archery imgp4439 An arrow, ready to shoot imgp4447 The clocktower, vaguely like Hampton Court imgp4452 The great hall is set up for a wedding imgp4454 Suits of shining armour imgp4459 Another dining room imgp4460 A repeating ceiling imgp4461 The family portrait room imgp4462 Some mediaeval-style stained glass imgp4463 Bearded dude with a book, in stained glass imgp4465 Jesus or a saint, in stained glass imgp4466 A chapel imgp4467 Horse armour imgp4469 Warwick Castle has some impressive wax-works imgp4470 The boys stare at something imgp4473 The drawing room imgp4474 More waxworks imgp4475 A stuffed bear with a gramophone imgp4484 Warwickshire's "ragged stump" is explained imgp4487 Aerial view of the next bird demonstration imgp4489 Warwick, as seen from the castle battlements imgp4498 A half-timbered street imgp4502 Isobel wanders a corridor imgp4510 Painted corridors imgp4519 Fred peers through a telescope imgp4528 The trebuchet is wound up by human hamsters imgp4539 As we leave the great hall, wedding guests arrive imgp4545 A bridesmaid gives the hairy eyeball imgp4548 The bride and bridesmaids sweep in imgp4555 The groom in shining armour imgp4556 There's a throng of people watching imgp4561 The coach driver skillfully reverses the coach imgp4569 A papparazzi moment imgp4572 We head into Warwick imgp4574 The streets of Warwick imgp4575 More streets of Warwick imgp4576 The boys look bored after five minutes walking imgp4579 The 1960s Warwickshire County Council and library imgp4584 Metal sculpture in a pond imgp4586 We get a great deal on strawberry punnets imgp4587 The market is packing up imgp4588 Fred looks longingly at an ice-cream freezer imgp4590 Warwick has a nice line in old street signs imgp4592 Walking back to the car park imgp4593 Back at the Straford Manor imgp4596 Milling around reception imgp4597 Harry and Fred in the hotel room imgp4601 Harry's head floats in space imgp4603 A selfie in a silver ball imgp4604 Grandad and the 69th roam the corridors imgp4605 Grandad and his RAF massive turn up for dinner imgp4607 The boys do devices in the bar imgp4610 Isobel and a sleepy Harry imgp4616 The breakfast table looks like a still-life study imgp4618 Harry is Superman, outside the room