It was a short drive from our apartment to Windsor Castle. Now the good news is that this castle is not a ruin. It is still used by the Queen quite often and is also used for lots of official royal ceremonies and such.
This is the main entrance.
This impressive section of Windsor Castle is just that - a section!
One of the highlights of the day was the tour of the State Apartments. I mus admit to being somewhat of a 'pleb', though, because although these apartments house some incredible and famous works of art (Rubens, Van Dyke, Holbein, Da Vinci) and most people seemed most focused in on these, I was busy looking at the architecture and furnishings. For instance I wonder how many of those people notice the ceiling cornice that had to be at least three feet wide and adorned with crests.............. or the ornate silver tables and mirrors (pair of), it was so much I can hardly remember.
Queen Mary's Doll House was an unbelievable sight. All of this and no photos allowed!!
This (below) is the Great Park of Windsor where the kind used to do all his hunting when in residence. No hunting now, but pretty............
The most fabulous part of the day was the Changing of The Guard. We don't have many photos, but have some fabulous stuff on film. It was an impressive sight. Ray loved the brass band military music too!
From Windsor we went to Hampton Court Palace.This was Henry VIII's favourite hangout.
We were greeted at the main entrance by a Beefeater........
......... and some scary looking gargoyles. This one is The British Lion.
I fancied the symmetry of this section of the palace...................
The clock below is apparently very famous (I would never have know without my trusty guide - aka Ray), but it is an indication of Henry VIII's interest in science and technology as it is actually an astronomical clock.
We finished our day out at Marlow, which is a town Ray remembers visiting when he came to this county to an 'Outward Bound' school in this area for 3 months as a child.
We were greeted at the main entrance by a Beefeater........
......... and some scary looking gargoyles. This one is The British Lion.
I fancied the symmetry of this section of the palace...................
The clock below is apparently very famous (I would never have know without my trusty guide - aka Ray), but it is an indication of Henry VIII's interest in science and technology as it is actually an astronomical clock.
We finished our day out at Marlow, which is a town Ray remembers visiting when he came to this county to an 'Outward Bound' school in this area for 3 months as a child.
It was very pretty.
This is a view across the Thames River from the park in Marlow
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