Windsor; Sunday, 02 September, 2012

There had clearly been a big wedding reception that was being held in the hotel the previous evening as breakfast was very busy, taking nearly 5 minutes just to get a seat. After breakfast and packing I dropped my bags with reception, checked out and headed over to the castle and the starting point of the hop-on-hop-off sightseeing bus tour.

The first part of the journey was taken in a light drizzle, but this quickly cleared and I was able to take advantage of the open top.

I did a full circuit of the route on both sides of the bus before hopping back off in the centre of Windsor for lunch.

I then walked out onto the Long Walk, the three mile walk that runs from the rear of the castle to the statue of George III on horseback placed there by his son (who didn’t see eye to eye with his dad, so it may explain the substantial distance).

Having taken in the long walk I wandered back into town and picked up the bus out to Runnymede located a couple of miles from Windsor, and the location, in 1215, of the signing of the Magna Carta.

After taking in the small monument and Runnymede, and the very pleasant riverside walk, I headed back into Windsor to pick up my bags and then head home.