To my great surprise and shame, I'd never been inside Arundel Castle, despite living 9 miles away for the best part of 18 years (although I had collected conquers in the grounds). We put that right this afternoon. Wonderful place. Dates back to William the Conqueror's time and has been in the Duke of Norfolk's family for 800 years. The latest descendants still live there so it's not open all year round - but April to October must be inconvenient enough. Mum got around fine.By a stroke of luck, there was a jousting tournament in the grounds. Interesting, colourful spectacle. Lots of splintering of (what must have been) balsawood as the lances hit their targets. I talked to one of the guys afterwards. He was Italian and did this for a living. What a strange job.
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