Le trébuchet de Warwick

J'ai pris cette photo à Warwick Castle. C'est bien entendu un trébuchet, une machine de guerre médiévale qui est toujours très impressionnante à voir, même pour le médiéviste que je suis. Ou que j'ai été il y a maintenant très longtemps. Mais enfin bref, le trébuchet en question était défectueux, nous n'avons malheureusement pas pu le voir à l'action. Cela dit, ils ont quand même présenté la machine et expliqué comment elle marchait. Enfin, comment elle marcherait si elle n'était pas brisée. Pour la démonstration, ce sera pour une autre fois, dans un autre château peut-être.

A Bookmark from Warwick Castle

Some people buy collect stamps, spoons, wine bottles, dolls, sports cards, cars, etc. I collect bookmarks. Not only because I am a hopeless bookwork with more books on my TBR list than I have time to read, but because bookmarks are a really, really, really useful thing to collect. They always come in handy. When you have books, that is. Anyway, we recently had a short but very fun stay at Warwick Castle. So of course, I bought a bookmark as my personal souvenir from the place. It cost £2.50 I think. I might blog more about our stay, I'm conscious that the picture of a bookmark is not exactly the most exciting thing to see after spending some time in a important historical setting, but all the same, it's a nice looking bookmark and I like to blog about the little trivial things that make life.

A castle for Christmas

Well, I don't mean living or buying a castle, or receiving one as a present, but I thought it would be cool one day to celebrate Christmas in a medieval castle. I found this picture at the Facebook page of English Heritage. It is Kenilworth Castle. I find the image very seasonal, as far as English winter and English Christmas go. The only thing missing is the snow. But nothing can be perfect. Otherwise, the red fruits give this image a very Christmassee look.