Bodiam Castle, 2016

We visited Bodiam in 2009 (http://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2009/10/bodiam-castle.html), and as I observed then, if you called central casting for a castle, Bodiam is what you'd get. Our 2009 visit was in the later fall, and we had the place to ourselves. Not so on this brilliant July weekend in 2016. There were crowds, and the National Trust had a variety of Medieval demonstrations underway. Penelope was fascinated...took in everything and insisted on watching the 20 minute historical video twice.

P about to storm Bodiam Castle

Full frontal view of Bodiam

Many famous names associated with Bodiam and its preservation;
Turner painted it in 1817

Sword-play demonstration in the castle

Grandma demonstrating

View from one of the towers

The action below continues

All this in beautiful Kent

Stairs in the tower

At a demonstration of Medieval medicinal plants

Another demonstration

P in the armory

Grandma dressing up

At the talk on Medieval warfare

Very neat place, Bodiam