Amazing day with Miguel, Nieves and Joseluis.
Picked them up at Fircroft with Azam to take to Warwick. Arrived in Warwick at approximately 10:30 am.
Proceeded directly to great hall to ensure we got chance to see the displays by Madame Tussauds in all the rooms. This was necessary as the halls were to close at 3pm for a wedding reception.
Following this we went for a picnic near the Falconery display. Everyone enjoyed sitting in the sun, watching the display and eating lunch. Miguel, JoseLuis and Nieves were very complimentary about the Spanish Tortilla and Lemon pudding.
At 1:30pm Shirley, Joseluis, Nieves and Miguel went on the Dungeon tour. This is mainly in the dark, with appropriate smells from 100s of years ago. A very interactive tour with local yokels involving the tourists in the displays. Shirley was locked in a cage and threatened with torture in the torture chamber. After this part of the tour everyone except Shirley was moved on to the next part of the dungeon. Miguel came back to ensure Shirley was safe.
The final display was performed by the son of a local witch and was very scary with the lights going out and the performer appearing in different parts of the room when the lights came back on .
We looked at the display showing how people in the past prepared for war, once agin with smells and sounds relevant to the time. Nieves, Miguel and Jose Luis were very taken with all of it...
We all climbed the stairs to the top of the oldest part of the castle where the views were and are amazing.
Azam, Nieves, Miguel and Joseluis then climbed the 503 steps up the main tower and ramparts to see the wonderful views from there.
Then at 16:30 we left to return to Birmingham as the Spanish volunteers wanted to ensure they could have an early night as they needed to be on train at 7:14 on Sunday to go to London.
A quick stop was made at a local drinking establishment where liquid refreshment was enjoyed by all before Miguel, Nieves and Jose Luis were returned to Fircroft.
