Hello everyone! How we all doing? With Christmas essentially being cancelled in the UK, I just want to check in with everyone. I know, I honestly am gutted and my heart goes out to everyone who has had to change their Christmas plans. If you're angry, hurting or sad that's fine. You're allowed to feel… Continue reading Medieval Games that You Can Play This Christmas
Category: History Facts
Medieval Festivities: What was Christmas like During this Time?
Morning everyone! How you all doing? It's been fairly busy on my end, I started a new job which is going amazingly (best decision ever). I've finally decorated one of my Christmas trees (which has been up for nearly a week and not decorated), all my Christmas presents are wrapped and yeah I'm just in… Continue reading Medieval Festivities: What was Christmas like During this Time?
Castle Rising – Castle Review
Morning all! I hope you are having a great weekend! I'm super excited to share this guest post from the lovely Mairead (you can find out more about here in the author bio at the bottom). This post was such a pleasure to read, I've never been to Castle Rising, but it just looks absolutely… Continue reading Castle Rising – Castle Review
What was Life like in a Medieval Castle?
Once upon a time castles were full of life, laughter and crowds of people. You would find lords, knights, servants, soldiers and entertainers inside the castle. It would have been ordered and organised, full of pomp and ceremony, but also very cold and smelly! You can probably guess that life in the early castles were… Continue reading What was Life like in a Medieval Castle?
Revisiting Historic Places: Why Visiting the Same Place is Just as Good, if Not Better…
So last week, Luke and I revisited Calke Abbey. This is a historic house that we love and it was actually the first historic house that we visited together. I'm fairly certain that this is the house that made us fall in love with visiting historic places. It's been over a year since we visited… Continue reading Revisiting Historic Places: Why Visiting the Same Place is Just as Good, if Not Better…
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