Travel Diaries: Bodiam Castle
Yesterday the weather was amazing, beyond perfect for 1st of November! It was so good that it would've been a pity to stay at home and do nothing the whole day, so we decided to take up a short trip and explore the gorgeousness that Sussex has to offer. After a short consideration we set our minds on visiting Bodiam Castle, the nearest castle East from Brighton. If you feel like going West from Brighton I highly recommend visiting Arundel Castle - it's simply marvelous. So, after late breakfast we packed few apples, a jar full of nuts, oat cakes and a bottle of water, and left on our journey to Bodiam.
Even if you don't feel like walking around medieval castle and walking around ruins is not idea of fun, you must take the drive to Bodiam. The road is picture-perfect - good road, tall trees forming a natural tunnel, green meadows on the side, cute little English houses on the side and pubs with funky names.
So, back to the castle. It's owned by the National Trust which is doing excellent job preserving it and making it accessible to the public. It's very children friendly and, as far as I heard from the other visitors, there's always some kind of even happening for the little ones. Yesterday it was a Dragon Treasure Hunt. which sounded so tempting that even I wanted to join in.
The castle itself is beautiful, classic and very traditional, full blown medieval style. The towers are still intact and visitors can walk up the narrow spiral staircase to take a look from the positions where the defenders of the castle will stay. The main entrance is through a long bridge atop of a moat, which is very impressive if you ask me. Unfortunately, there is close to nothing left from the insides of the castle, which is a pity. However, the exterior of the castle makes up for the lack of super-interesting inside and the castle looks very good on pictures.
Prepared mentally that there will be no ball room and great hall inside, and do pay it a visit. Is a pretty pretty old thing!
You can't get lost if you don't know where you're going...
