Bodiam Castle

     Saturday 9^th April

Today we headed to a village called Bodiam. We met up with our friends Andrew and Emma who own a car and dove to a town called Tenterden. In this village there is a steam train which runs between Tenterden and Bodiam. It was lovely being on an old fashioned steam train travelling through the country side enjoying the trip to our destination. I am not a train spotter but we did get some lovely pictures of the train. On the way to Bodiam we were in a carriage which had an aisle down the middle for the inspector to come down. On the way back we were in a carriage which had its on door and no aisle. The ticket inspector had to check them before we left. Both carriages had windows so we could stick the camera out and get some nice pictures. Safer than our heads out there too, not that you’re allowed to do that.

The castle was amazing to see and having built a small scale version of it in year 10 History class it was wonderful to see it in real life. The history behind it was wonderful also. I think we all had a good time at the castle and got in some English history while there. Plus it was a cracking day so spending it in the sunshine outside is always a plus when living in the UK.

I can recommend this day out with the train ride and a visit to the castle was well worth the time, to have this on the side of a catch up with friends was a bonus. The only thing I would suggest is that if it is a wonderful day out like ours was, take a packed lunch and sit on the grounds. We had to go to a pub close by as we would have starved by the time we got back to the car in Tenterden.