As well as some nonsense happening in in America, today is Rob's fortieth birthday, so we went out to Warwick Castle. Sad to say it was a bit of a disappointment - I'm really glad I gor half-price tickets or it would have been even more so. The castle itself was nice enough mind, but there was a distinct lack of tea (always gets a place a bad mark in Rob's book, that) and it was also rather lacking in atmosphere somehow - possibly just too commercialised, possibly that it seemed to be pretty much winding down for the winter.

The birthday boy!

A couple of shots of the castle - front ...

and rear...

Guy's Tower. I climbed all the way up to the top of there...

I thought this boathouse was really nice

And Rob liked the trebuchet.

.That's what they say it is anyway. No doubt silly_swordsman  will tell me if they're wrong :-)





After we'd climbed all round the turrets and battlements walk (500 steps! Phew!) we tootled off to have a look at Warwick itself, but that was fairly lacklustre too, we thought.

Although I liked the metal birds in the fountain outside the town hall and the old Post Office building

Birdies

and ironwork

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After that we came home via Ryton Organic Gardens, which is always worth a visit. And they have plenty of tea :-)