Friday, 26 April 2024

Royal Windsor

 I had never been to  Windsor  before, so Becky and  I  decided to  visit the castle  during our  time here in London.  We took the  train from Paddington to  Slough and changed there for Windsor.   We walked along by the Thames for a bit.  Windsor  seems to be overrun with swans and they are very large birds and quite  intimidating. 


After this we took a boat trip down to Boveney Lock and back which provided us with nice views of Windsor  race course and various  posh houses owned by people like Natalie  Imbruglia, Michael Caine and Jimmy Page.  We also passed some boys from Eton who were out rowing on the river.


After that it was off to a coffee shop for some hot drinks  and scones with strawberry jam and clotted cream - yum.

We did a bit of souvenir shopping then headed to the castle for 1pm.  The castle grounds are very pretty.   We went in St George's chapel and saw the Queen's resting place.  Also looked around the state apartments where there were some very impressive portraits of former monarchs.   Unfortunately, photography was not allowed inside the buildings.  So I had to content myself with views of the castle grounds.














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