Ok so, another Castle. This time Bodiam. It is actually quite the picture of what people think Castles should look like with a moat surrounding a large stucture with towers on the corners.
This is a good link for information: http://www.timetravel-britain.com/articles/castles/bodiam.shtml. It is a very nice castle, however, it's outside is really all that survives. The interior was destroyed likely by parlamentarians when they won the civil war. Apparently, the owner of the castle at the time was a Royalist and sided with the king, but the Parlamentarians lead by Cromwell won and demanded a L9000 fine from the owner so, he had to sell the property to raise the funds. Apparently, the Parlamentarians tore the insides of the castle out such that it could not be used as a house of war again. Either that or some owner along the way took the guts of the castle to make a house for himself. Makenna enjoyed running around in that castle as its court yard has nice grass. She took to jumping into puddles, which I tried to stop her from doing, but Teri let her when I left to look at part of the castle. She was sopping went from her knees down and she was loving it. Jump, jump, jump! Splash Splash Splash! she kept saying. Her shoes and socks were completely soaked through so we really couldn't do anything more that day as we didn't bring any spare shoes. So we went home.
Makenna was hungry along the way and Teri offered her pancakes, which she accepted. When Teri wasn't quick enough Makenna would yell "pancake" first softly then, slightly louder, then at a full scream for the third time..."pancake", "Pancake". "PANCAKE!". It was so funny. It was in such quick succession that Teri really didn't have any chance of getting her a piece before she was at full scream.
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