Statford Upon Avon

We went down to the river Avon to go and have some dinner.

 

 

After dinner we went for a walk along the river. It was quite busy...

 

The boys fed the swans for a while...

One of the swans was pretty aggressive and kept chasing all the other swans.

 

 

After that we went to have a look at Shakespeare's birthplace. By then it was 8:00 pm, so everything was shut already. We had a quick look around anyway.

 

 

 

Hanbury Hall

"Built in 1701 by Thomas Vernon, a lawyer and whig MP for Worcester, Hanbury Hall is a beautiful country house."

The house only opened at 1:00 pm so we had a few hours to kill in the gardens.

While the boys played in the playground, I went to have a look at the Walled Garden.

 

I wouldn't mind a garden like this

 

We went through a tunnel and climbed a tree..

 

The tree had money in all the cracks. Some must've been there for many, many years.

 

The boys were bowling with apples in the orchard.

 

 

We tried some lawn bowls...

 

On the way to the house, we stopped in the garden. There were some volunteers doing some pruning. Apparently there are 300 volunteers that work at this property!!

 
 

We finally got into the house. The walls and ceilings were amazing!!

 

 

 

The boys had a play in the Nursery before we went back down.

Goodrich Castle

After visiting the Kyman we headed back into England.

 

Next stop was Goodridge castle. The boys had some fun in the gift shop on the way in.

We went for a quick look around the castle. The boys had lots of fun going up and down the stairs everywhere.

 

 

 

 

 

We went down to the dungeon....

...and up the tower

 

The boys liked this castle more than Nunney castle.