Holidays > 1998 > 15 - 19 June: Cotswolds with Sean's Parents

Sean's parents, Avron and Myrtle, came to visit us for five days in 1998. It has taken me five years to complete this journal, as I couldn't find the original itinerary, so this is all done from a memory five years old.

Monday 15 June

• Avron, Myrtle and Sean arrived at 08:30 on their way back from Ireland.
• They spent the morning catching up on sleep, although I think I may have woken them up with the Waterboys album I was playing too loud. Sorry about that. I should have used headphones, but it took me a further two years to buy some.
• The afternoon and evening were spent catching up.

Tuesday 16 June

• I took them for a drive around the Cotswolds: [map]
  • Halford
  • Shipston-on-Stour
  • Rollright Stones at Little Rollright. [map]. Overlooking Long Compton.
  • Chipping Norton
    • Stopped at a tea shop.
  • Churchill
  • Bledington
  • Stow-on-the-Wold
  • Lower Slaughter
  • Moreton-in-Marsh
  • Broadway
  • Chipping Campden [http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/ccampden/]
    • Market Town
  • Stratford-upon-Avon [http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/]
    • History.
    • Walk along the river.
    • Holy Trinity Church
    • Brass Rubbing Centre

Wednesday 17 June

• Warwick Castle [http://www.warwick-castle.co.uk].
  • Explore the castle.
  • Virtual reality tour.
  • Full history.
  • I can't remember exactly what we saw that day, as I have been there many times since with other Friends and Family from South Africa, but I think we saw:
    • Stables - entrance
    • Victorian rose garden
    • Archer
    • Court Jester
    • Armoury
    • Dungeon
    • Torture Chamber
    • Kingmaker - passage running under and through the castle with animal and human figures done by Madame Tussaudes.
    • Battlements with Avron:
      • Clarence Tower
      • Guy's Tower
      • Gatehouse and Barbican
      • Caesar's Tower
    • Chapel
    • Great Hall
    • State Rooms
    • Ghost Tower
    • Red Knight
    • The Mount - the oldest part of the castle dating back to 1068.
    • River Island

Thursday 18 June

• Watched "Twelfth Night" at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
• Longboat ride up and down the River Avon. Saw some of the actors in the theatre restaurant overlooking the river.

Friday 19 June

• Stratford Market.
• Avron, Myrtle and Sean then went on to visit Hertfordshire and Yorkshire.

We look forward to their next visit.