Date: 28th May 2022
Travelled: 27 kms from Sunbury-on-Thames to Windsor Castle, Berkshire County.
Visited: Windsor Castle
Stayed: The Red Lion (Pub), free, N51.77233, W01.23752
Budget: 3 days @ $ very expensive per day.
Its a beautiful morning once again, but thereโs still a chill in the air. Pam goes off for an early morning walk whilst I tighten the clamp on the drain line from the kitchen sink. Just a tiny drip but hopefully now itโs fixed.
We have breakfast and make ready for the road. Itโs a relatively short drive to Windsor but the GPS manages to find us a plethora of roundabouts on our way.
Why Windsor Castle, well it the largest and oldest occupied fortress in the world. Established by William the Conqueror in 1070. Extended and rebuilt many time itโs EIIR favourite residence and sheโs here today, so another one off the bucket list.
A quick Google and we have the co-ordinates for a large vehicle car-park close to the Castle at ยฃ5.50 for 3 hours.
Windsor, England, United Kingdom
Safely in the carpark with a couple of other motorhomes we head off hoping for a glimpse of you know whoโฆ
We have booked our tickets on line for ยฃ28.50, the main advantage is we get a fast track and avoid the queue which was gaining momentum. Armed with our audio guides we head off exploring. Just to be clear there are no photos allowed inside the Castle, which is a shame but it helps keep this blog a bit shorter.
Having followed our audio guide through the Castleโs State Apartments, a series of spectacularly rooms and furnishings we walk back down to St Georgeโs Chapel circa 1475 where your know who, married you know who only a few years ago. The whole tour is excellent and the chapel is just beautiful.
So thatโs it Windsor Castle is done in 2.5 hours, with Charlesโ PoW dulcet tones providing much of the audio commentary. Well worth the effort and cost as far as we are concerned. We slowly make our way back to the Hymer, the town has now filled with visitors and the pubs and cafes are doing a roaring business.
We say goodbye to the relatively expensive car-park in Windsor and continue north-west to Oxford a further 80 kms away. We fall back on an old favourite, the Red Lion at Old Marston for the night. Itโs a free to stop as long as you use the pub, so itโs not really free but it has a large grassed area up the back and a beer is a beer.
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3 thoughts on “Windsor Castle, England ๐ฌ๐ง 2022”
Great,we parked at Windsor Castle to it is a castle you just have to see ๐
Wow!!!!! How amazing….I could spend days there. Have you guys gone over especially for the celebrations???
Thanks for your comments Denice. No we leave around the same date every year. There is a bit of excitement in the air this week as the Jubalee approaches. Iโm sure weโll find a pub with something on the big day.
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