Saturday, 10 April 2010

Bodiam castle: East Sussex, England

Number 2 - Bodiam Castle

Bodiam Castle is often the castle that is used to adorn the front of heritage books. It's got a really distinctive exterior and a moat, pretty impressive.




We had a lovely day there in April 2010. Chloe made some lemon drizzle cake for the trip which was a real bonus and we worked our way through that while walking from the car park to the entrance.





Bodiam is a 14th century castle with a moat. It's a ruin, but you can still climb steps to the tower and there were lot of beautiful archways that were all in tact.




When we got there we realised we'd picked a good day. There were loads of people dressed up in medieval garb, all very exciting. At one point we watched a little exhibition by the medieval re-enacters and, don't ask me how, but Chloe ended up in the stocks, which I thought was absolutely hilarious.





It was a bit wet the day we went so we were using our coats as rain covers. We climbed the tower which had some great views of the castle as a whole. 





There were also some rather lovely turrets up there.



 



Then the sun came out for our photo, Chloe didn't have her sunglasses though, shame.




Cost: It's about £7 per adult for the castle and grounds

Want to know why we're doing this? Check our my first blog post.

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