On our way home from Scotland, we made a stop to Alnwick to visit the castle. It was on of the castles that was used in the filming of Harry Potter. In particular, the most memorable scene was when Harry learned to fly on his broomstick!
We got there around lunch time. The courtyard had venders, quite similar I imagine to where the market would have been.
After lunch we went to the Knight training area. And if you look at the pictures below you will see that costumes were available!
My little Knights!
We went on the knight training and then afterward we went around the courtyard doing a few other activities. Here are my oldest two playing a game of chess!
My youngest two took a turn in the stockage. They also went and made soap!
Then we took a little tour of the rest of the castle. Here is the courtyard where Harry learned to fly!
Alnwick had an unusual dungeon, it was a large chamber in the ground. This was the entrance.
So, they had broom flying lessons for the kids. Of course we signed them all up. It was a lot of hilarious fun. I laughed so much!
This was the last photo that Sean was able to get as the camera he used died. I have a ton of other photos on my other camera that I can't download right now. This one of the 'flying' instructors. He is trying to get the participants to get into a STRAIGHT line. I think that it took at least 5 minutes for it to happen.
We also looked at the state rooms. The castle is owned by the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, Ralph Percy. It has belonged to the Percy family since the 700's. The current Duke has inhabited the castle since the 1990's. It was evident that this castle, unlike many of the others that we had seen was actually inhabited by people. They had family pictures scattered around the home and the library, which was beautiful, had a foozeball table and a big screen TV in it. The library was so awesome that my oldest son and I had library envy. We want one!
We loved Alnwick so much that as we left we thought we should try and make a trip back up when they are having a Harry Potter weekend. It was seriously that much awesome.
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