New Years Day in Arundel

We've all come down with the dreaded lurgie over the holidays and we've hardly been out at all during the break. So on New Years Day, we made a pact to get out and see somewhere new even though everyone was still not 100%. Our destination was Arundel - it's not too far away (about an hour) and it gets a run in all of the guide books, so it seemed like a good option.

Indeed, it is a very nice town. The only negative point (for some) was that most of the "nice-looking" shops were closed for the day. Arundel Castle, which is the key attraction in Arundel, was also closed, but we knew this beforehand, so that doesn't count as a negative according to the rules. We still managed to have a good look around and get some much needed fresh air, which was very welcome after a week holed up in our little château.


The main drag


Nutters out the front of the town's Cathedral.
Note the pub directly outside the cathedral, which is apparently how you can tell that it's a Catholic church.


Inside the cathedral - very impressive.


The Castle


Caiti and Keezee outside the Castle.
This photo is shown here to prove that we actually did take Caiti along, and that's not just a made up dummy in the pram in the Cathedral photo above.


Jo and Lucy outside the castle gates at the bottom of the hill.


By the way, you may notice that nobody looks hungover after New Years Eve. It was indeed a quiet one, although we still did manage to catch some fireworks at midnight, coutesy of our mate down the road.