Sunday, 1 July 2012

Pop and Grandma Jan Day: 3 Castle Hedingham

Today we headed off to see Castle Hedingham. John's dad has spent a number of years researching the life of William Shakespeare and is part of a group that believe that the real author of Shakespeare's works is a man named Edward de Vere HERE who was the 17th Earl of Oxford. Castle Hedingham was the de Vere family home. 

Poor Joey had been ill in the morning and so he wasn't feeling too well.
Joey, John, Liam, Jan, Me, Ads, Nick (aka Mickey)




Anne Boleyn and her sister Mary



William shooting his first legit arrow AND he hit the target. Big surprise eh?


Ads learning how to shoot her first arrow.




Mickey shooting.


Joey shooting.




The court jester.


The jousting tournament.







The Castle was quite small.



Inside the Castle.










The fam after a great day of sight seeing, jousting fun, and of course great cheese and bread snacking from local producers. We were happy to get to see the home of a man speculated to have given this world such fabulous literary works, very cool indeed.