Leamington Spa; Monday, 16 August, 2010

An early start as I was meeting a friend who was going to show me around Warwick Castle.

We spent a long time looking around the castle, and then went for a late lunch in a very good nearby pub. My friend went on her way and I had the remainder of the afternoon to have a look around the town.

I was going to have a look at some of the museums, but Warwick appears to have more deeply integrated into Europe than other cities as all the museums were closed on Mondays. Instead I had a look around the large parish church and climbed up its tower for the views over the town and the castle.

By the time I got back to the station it was approaching five and as the next train back to Leamington wasn’t for some time so instead I headed into Birmingham for dinner.

After a very pleasant (and filling) dinner I headed back into Leamington and back to the hotel for an early night.