title	Kenilworth Castle and the 69th Entry Reunion Dinner, Stratford, Warwickshire - 14th September 2019
intro	It's the last-ever reunion of the G-Unit's 69th Entry into the Number 1 School of Technical Training at RAF Halton. We'd had a tentative introduction to the group last year, so this time around we're inivited to evening dinner in a wing of the hotel seemingly miles from anywhere. Before that, we head off up the road a bit to Kenilworth Castle - a place Nosher hasn't been to since around the end of 1989.
imgp5648	The grand sandstone ruins of Kenilworth Castle
imgp5650	The original castle keep
imgp5651	We inspect an information sign
imgp5652	Isobel and Harry roam around in front of the older keep
imgp5653	Plants grow on what would have been a window seat
imgp5656	Fred takes an over-the-edge photo
imgp5659	The village of Kenilworth
imgp5661	One of the towers built for Elizabeth I's visit
imgp5663	Aieeeee!
imgp5664	A pause for a break
imgp5667	A plane flies over as a pigeon sits on a wall
imgp5668	Fred inspects some awesome sanstone erosion
imgp5671	A bear with a ragged stump in the garden
imgp5672	The Italianate garden
imgp5674	Isobel checks her phone
imgp5675	Harry in the garden
imgp5677	Atlas appears to be carrying a sea mine on his back
imgp5678	Isobel peers into an aviary
imgp5679	A small yellow bird in the garden aviary
imgp5685	Late summer flowers in the garden
imgp5687	The gang roam about
imgp5690	inside the stables - now the visitors' centre
imgp5691	Fred wanders about in the museum
imgp5695	Fred runs about some old building foundations
imgp5696	Fancy oak work in the stables
imgp5701	Isobel looks out over a stream
imgp5702	The boys want to cross via the stepping stones
imgp5708	Back in the hotel room, the boys do some more Lego
imgp5715	In the evening, the boys scope the menu out
imgp5717	Harry gets a hug
imgp5719	Grandad comes back from the bar with a drink
imgp5723	Pre-dinner drinks
imgp5727	The 69th and wives get up for a group photo
imgp5733	The photographer wrangles together a group shot
imgp5735	A group photo of the 69th Entry, plus partners
imgp5742	The guy from formerly-known-as-Ceylon and his wife
imgp5747	The guests re-assemble in the hotel foyer
imgp5749	Grandad holds court
imgp5755	The group begins the long trek to dinner
imgp5756	Isobel and Fred
imgp5757	Grandad and stick
imgp5759	Seating for dinner
imgp5764	The Royal Entry badge and RAF ensign
imgp5766	A pre-dinner introduction
imgp5768	The speech continues
imgp5779	Animated conversation
imgp5784	Isobel does some sort of Mother Theresa impression
imgp5786	Fred learns how to be a sommelier
imgp5797	Some of the history of the 69th is inspected
imgp5798	Grandad flicks through some history
imgp5803	A photo of Grandad and a Gloster Meteor
imgp5805	More history browsing
imgp5810	Isobel wins a book about narrow-guage railways
imgp5816	Auld Lang Syne occurs
imgp5818	Grandad joins in
imgp5821	More arm swinging
imgp5822	Linked arms break up into clapping
imgp5825	Some photos are pinched out of the history collection
imgc4769	Fred heads off to bed
imgc4770	The boys at breakfast
imgc4772	Isobel and Harry do breakfast
imgc4773	One of Grandad's mates comes over for a chat
imgc4774	We gather around by the hotel's water feature
imgc4776	Fred looks up at the steel waterfall
imgc4779	We find an abandoned bit of old A143 on the way home