Arundel weekend break in West Sussex April 2006 - page 2
On the Sunday of our Arundel weekend break we visited Arundel Castle,
touring both the castle and gardens. In the afternoon we moved on to
Arundel Wildfowl & Wetlands Centre. Contrasting with yesterday,
it rained all day! Bummer!
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At the entrance to Arundel Castle on the wet Sunday we paid an expensive
£12 for entry. And they don't permit photo's to be taken in the
castle!
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The grounds of Arundel Castle were a little disappointing, they'll
probably look better later in the year when more flowers are in bloom.
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The Tea Garden wasn't open, but anyway the gardens in this area weren't
looking up to much. Arundel Castle is yet another attraction where
photography isn't allowed inside, it really annoys us when you pay a lot
at attractions then find they don't permit photography.
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This is the final bit on the way up to The Keep, a total of - well, a lot
of steps!
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Well, you always take a picture like this after all those steps, don't
you! Please see our UK tourist links
page for the Arundel Castle website.
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From The Keep a good view could be had of approaching armies in the olden
days, in our case over the Sussex downland towards the River Arun.
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This shot shows the inner courtyard at Arundel Castle on the way down from
The Keep. This area hasn't public access, yet it looked better kept
than the main castle gardens!
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In the afternoon we moved on to the Arundel Wildfowl & Wetlands Centre
just down the road from the castle. Here's Belinda in the café
finding out all about it. Entrance cost £7
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Belinda's trying to get in to the Wetlands Centre here, but this Swan's
having none of it, it kept hissing and wouldn't let her in!
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However, she managed to sneak past it and, once in, we followed the
Discovery Trail learning about all the wildfowl as we went along.
The Wetlands Centre consists of many lakes, reedbeds and wooded areas
where the wildlife can thrive in its natural habitat, so Mike felt at
home!
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Armed with the handy wildfowl leaflet, we worked our way round and tried
to spot some of the 115 different species at Arundel Wildfowl &
Wetlands Centre.
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From the various Hides we could get a good view of the wildlife without
them seeing us. Here's Belinda feeding them some of the wildfowl
feed we purchased.
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This is the view from Ramsar Hide out onto the wetlands. The Hide
enables the ducks and birds to be observed with minimal disturbance.
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There's a short boat cruise round the wetlands where a guide tells you all
about the species as you pass them, unfortunately we didn't pass many.
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Arundel Castle in the background on the wetlands cruise. The website
link to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Centre is on our tourist
links page.
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Mike just can't resist chasing the birds!
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