JollyDays Supported Holidays: Warwick Castle & Motor Museums with Darren & Ayshea

Warwick Castle & Motor Museums

It was off to Warwick castle, one of the biggest and most complete castles in the country.

It was straight to The Falconers Quest where we listened to the story of how Warwick wanted to bring home the birds of prey to Warwickshire. We saw some pretty impressive birds of prey from owls, eagles and many more. We had brilliant seats as these powerful birds flew right over our heads.

On arrival we met Queen Elizabeth l and William Shakespeare, before heading off into the castle to look around the state rooms. The first room was the most impressive with two full size knights on horseback in full armour and the walls were covered in weapons.

Excitedly we headed off to the British Car Museum which celebrates British Motoring past and present. We followed the timeline of the development of cars in Britain and the display also showed us what the roads used to be like back it the olden days.

We admired the various displays and recognised some of the cars which had been used in the famous films such as Back to the Future and some James Bond films. The 3-wheel yellow Robin Reliant from Only Fools and Horses was on display as was Delboy’s upgraded lime green Ford Capri.

Another brilliant morning was spent at the British Motorcycle Museum, a collection of 850 British made motorbikes dating back to 1889. The collection is divided into 5 halls, each focusing on different makers, and categorised into sections such as road bikes, utility bikes and working bikes (police, ambulance etc).

There were even bikes with machine guns and collapsible bikes that could be parachuted into areas of war. At the shop we made friends with two lovely ladies that worked there, and they chatted to us while we ate our lunch from the café, which was super.

For all of our chocolate lovers amongst the group we headed to the infamous Cadbury World where we were in heaven! The day started well when we were given chocolate bars at the entrance! First, we learnt about the history of how we came to have chocolate as we walked through scenes from South America courtesy of a Spaniard named Cortez.

It was fascinating to hear how the Cadbury brothers developed their business from a small shop to a large business known around the world. The brothers were Quakers and they really cared about the work force, so much so that they built a whole village with schools, doctors and dentists for their workers. Along the way we got some tasters of the delicious, melted chocolate which we got to top with a variety of tasty treats.