Windsor Castle

OK.. you'll probably recall that we have visited Windsor several times before - such as here, here and here..... so you may be wondering why we're taking you back again. Well, whilst it's true we've visited the town a few times before, we hadn't ever taken the opportunity to actually go inside the castle. What's more, this is the first time we've been there whilst the the Queen was home as well. Unfortunately, Prince Philip was not home on the day, as he was in hospital (or 'hostibal', as Lucy calls it) with a nasty chest infection that has been doing the rounds recently. Keezee has also picked up the bug and has a nasty cough to prove it - poor darling!

The castle is well worth the visit. The lavishness of the state rooms is quite breathtaking - now we understand we're our taxes go. It can be hard to take it all in - especially with a 2yo trying to knock over every priceless antique in sight - so it's nice that the tickets are valid for re-entry for a whole year. We will be back (and you have been warned).



Here's the castle tower. The flag on top is the Queen's flag, which means she's home.


You get given these audio devices (which we called 'dongers') to guide you as go along. They are very informative, but a bit anti-social as everyone looks like they are on the phone.


Auntie Trace is multi-skilled. She can listen to her donger and take photos at the same time.


A pleasant donger-free moment


This area is called the quadrangle - lowly tourists aren't allowed in, and that's a guard you can see against the far wall to make sure we stay out. You can however can take photographs through the steel bars.


The quadrangle looks much more impressive from this angle. The Queen's doorbell is in the right-hand corner over there.


Anyway, back to the dongers... Caiti actually managed to get connected through to someone in the castle, and had a nice ol' chat.


More castle views


Lucy shows off her photography skills yet again... that's the Quadrangle again, behind Keezee and his donger. We're not sure who the guy is on the horse in statue there... maybe Frankie Dettori!


Lucy didn't want to get too close the guard... he looked mean....


..... turns out he's just another one of those poor blighters who has to stand there and ignore the insufferable tourists looking for yet another photo opportunity!



We finished off with a stroll across the river to Eton, where we discovered that there's more than just one school in town. Keezee would just like to point out that it wasn't his idea to take this photo.