Souvenirs: Thursday

Today we awoke earlier than the other days so we could leave at 9:00am. We need to make the London Terminal, the Marylabone station, to take the train out to Warwick to visit the Warwick castle. It seems to be our norm, three underground trains to our destination. Today's tube line travel is Northern line to Baker Street, the Bakerloo line to Metropoliton line to Marylebone.

The sky was gray today. No sun and very cold. Coldest day yet. I made Jake bring his new coat. He brought his scarf and his baseball cap. He was carrying his coat not wearing it. I told him I would give him a pound if he put it on but he still refused. Mom and I decided we would let Jake wear what he wears and not say anything more. I said one more thing. I told him we are looking out for what is best for him and he should wear it because it was so cold, and not to be so concerned with style when your comfort was at stake. Okay, that's it done. By the time we got to Marylebone he surprised us and was wearing it. It was a good decision because it was so cold at the castle.

We boarded the train - the real thing - not the tube. We got two tables seating four so all eight of us got to sit together. The train breezed along at a fast 80 mph or so clip. London truned into English countryside. We saw sheep with black faces, cows, horses with jackets (blankets), and barges ambling down creeks. The rolling green pastures were beautiful.

We got off at Warwick station and walked through the town of Warwick and got to the castle about 15 minutes later. The castle was huge and impressive but not just the castle with its two ful rampart towers but the grounds surrounding the castel and the reiver rushing around it and the boat house. From one of the ramparts you could see the pointed root tops of the houses and pubs along the castle streests. Most of it looked like I imagine, ow it did 3 or 4 hundred years ago. The castle is over 10000 years old.

Views from the castle parapets.

They had a dungeoun show that was only a few years old. We shouldn't have taken Sam because he was crying and scared. It was quite scary and cramped in the dungeon. I wish they just gave us the bare bones tour instead of turning it into a Halloween haunted house type thing. Though the actors were good.