Castle Stay

So my castle stay was amazing.. too short of course but amazing. As predicted Ben was utterly exhausted by the time we got there and we had a late dinner and he basically crashed out by 10pm. Baby & I enjoyed the fire and had some cuddles...

We stayed in the Henry the 8th Suite. I got to see 3 rooms I had my choice of the Pembroke Suite, The Mary I chamber or the one we took.
Photos of the castle & our room are up on facebook.

Sunday morning we explored the castle and the garden, then we went for a Sunday drive through the countryside stopping mid afternoon at Cirencester known as the unofficial capital of the Cotwolds. We had a late lunch at a pub there, walked around the town, viewed the church and the abbey grounds, saw the old Roman Wall and enjoyed the views. The town was the 2nd largest Roman settlement besides London during it's time and there is an amphitheater, town wall, arches, stone remains of a church from 300 AD and a large villa.

Unfortunately Evelyn didn't exactly cooperate during our Castle visit and was up every 2 hours screaming her head off during Saturday night...I don't know why :( Which really tried my patience and ran me down and my body gave in getting Evelyn's cold.
At first I thought it was teething and it could have been, but then I think it turned into a little cold and when I got overtired and run down with stress and having so much company recently I couldn't fight it off. Not that I am complaining about all the company who have come because without them I would be lonely and it's been wonderful to have so many visitors. But this week my body is making me rest and take a break....

Nathan, Chanda, Hannah and baby Henry arrive on Friday so hopefully I am better and over it by then.

Okay bedtime for me....

Thornbury Castle from the driveway

Thornbury view from the gardens