Today was a beautiful, sunny, crisp fall day. We decided to spend it exploring the town of
Ripley and its
castle. Hilde and I had gone there on her birthday, very briefly. We only had time to walk into town, get some ice cream, and walk back to catch the bus. When we arrived we walked around town for a little while and took some pictures. You can go to
Flikr to see more pictures from the day. Enoch insisted on wearing his Wellies and there were puddles all over for him to explore, he was in heaven. We think this picture should be an add for the J Crew Kids magazine. The castle grounds is where we spent most of our time. Inside the castle wall there is a deer park, walled gardens, kids play area, and a bunch of other things. We didn't do everything, but we did go to the kids play area. It was about a 3/4 mile walk to get there. It was mostly balancing equipment, but the kids had fun. The castle was pretty cool. The original same family has lived in it since the time of King Edward III. We went during the time designated as the "kids" tour, but they didn't seem to do anything different for the kids, except maybe cut things out when they started to lose attention. The boys particularly liked the room with the breastplates and swords. After storming the castle we got some ice cream and Dave checked out a well known butcher shop. What a great day.
Today was a beautiful, sunny, crisp fall day. We decided to spend it exploring the town of Ripley and its castle. Hilde and I had gone there on her birthday, very briefly. We only had time to walk into town, get some ice cream, and walk back to catch the bus. When we arrived we walked around town for a little while and took some pictures. You can go to Flikr to see more pictures from the day. Enoch insisted on wearing his Wellies and there were puddles all over for him to explore, he was in heaven. We think this picture should be an add for the J Crew Kids magazine. The castle grounds is where we spent most of our time. Inside the castle wall there is a deer park, walled gardens, kids play area, and a bunch of other things. We didn't do everything, but we did go to the kids play area. It was about a 3/4 mile walk to get there. It was mostly balancing equipment, but the kids had fun. The castle was pretty cool. The original same family has lived in it since the time of King Edward III. We went during the time designated as the "kids" tour, but they didn't seem to do anything different for the kids, except maybe cut things out when they started to lose attention. The boys particularly liked the room with the breastplates and swords. After storming the castle we got some ice cream and Dave checked out a well known butcher shop. What a great day.
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