Windsor Castle

 Friday 19^th May

 

Though mum and dad’s bed was comfortable, I didn’t have a great nights sleep. Neither did mum or dad actually. I new what they were thinking; the bed wasn’t big enough for three. I would agree, but I wasn’t leaving. Luckily, I was able to sleep in the car … so too could mum however, dad was driving therefore I hoped he was okay.

 

I awoke to discover that we had arrived in a place called ‘Windsor’. This place had something to do with the royal family of the UK … however, looking at it, I couldn’t really believe it. We parked in a part of town which almost certainly could have done with some ‘touching up’. My dad left the car in a very dodgy carpark and had to pay £18 for the privilege. We then started to climb towards a castle. My Japanese family had wanted to visit a British castle. I hadn’t been to a castle before therefore I didn’t know what to expect either. First of all was a never-ending climb up, past shops on my right and a giant stone wall on my left. I was lucky; I was in my push chair. Some of the oldies looked tired already.

 

We made it to the entrance of Windsor Castle. A big stone gate was in front of us and, actually, the castle was so well maintained it looked like it had been built yesterday. After going through a metal detector, we entered the castle grounds themself. I really liked being outside; even though there were a lot of people there was a lot of room to run around too. My running around was short-lived. All too soon we went inside and entered the state departments. I usually don’t like the inside of places; they are very boring. This castle however was very grand indeed; with lots of paintings and high ceilings. There was a lot of shiny gold around too. I enjoyed myself at the beginning of the departments however, the rooms went on and on and, I wasn’t allowed to climb over any of the furniture. I therefore started to cry and get bored. All the commotion did the trick; my mum and dad rushed through the final rooms, pushing past the crowds, just so I could be back outside. I think this annoyed my dad however I couldn’t understand why; outside was so much more fun.

 

I couldn’t understand how they had not learnt their lesson. After the state departments, we walked through the castle grounds and past a huge green field I just wanted to have a run on. Once past this glorious field we went inside again! This time into St George’s Chapel. As they hadn’t learnt from the last time, I started to cry and shout again. Again we moved through the Chapel quite quickly though, we did stop for a moment to see where Queen Elizabeth had been buried.

 

Finally, I was able to walk around outside as we were waiting for all members of my family to catch up. Once again some people were tired. We therefore left the castle three hours after entering and had a look around a couple of shops before entering a pub for a swift half, and then home.

 

I didn’t fall asleep on the way home. In my mind I thought about my behaviour today. I think due to my lack of sleep, I wasn’t on best form. I know that my dad would have liked to have spent longer looking around the castle … and he did drive all of us there! Maybe I’ll behave myself a little better for the rest of the holiday.

 

Once back at the lodge I played for a bit before going up to bed. It was a very tiring day for us all and I fell to sleep pretty quickly. My dad moved me into my child bed and, this time, I decided to stay there and let my mum and dad have a good night’s rest.

 

Toodle Pip!