Alnwick Castle

We had a great day out at the castle at Alnwick. There are lots of activities to keep the younger members of the party amused - and some of we older ones found them quite amusing too!

The kids did both the Knights' Quest which was hands on activities and Dragon Quest, which was a dragon themed spooky house. Mind you, the scariest part of the spooky house was when Gran popped out suddenly from a doorway and made everybody shriek!

Alnwick Castle has a very long and interesting history and is celebrating 700 years of ownership by the powerful Percy family. Those of you with an interest in history will remember this as the home of the infamous Harry Hotspur - sounds like a rock star and, in his day, was probably somewhat of a celebrity bad boy!