The one with the Hurdy Gurdy

Today we visited Windsor it was a stunning morning so took sunglasses and light scarves. Big mistake.... We arrived just before 10 with what looked like 1/2 the population but as we had tickets and were not part of a tour group got through security pretty quick. We decided to take the 10.15 guided tour with Ed he was great awesome knowledge and quick humour. The tour took us around the outside of the buildings and ended at the State Apartments - we learnt loads and it took 45 mins which meant when we entered the Apartments it was fairly quiet and most rooms we were virtually on our own. While walking with Ed we stopped at the rise before St George's Chapel and boy was a cold wind blowing it was howling up the road and it was easy the see why so many ladies lost hats at Eugenie's wedding. It was in the Apartments we saw the wedding outfits from Harry and Meghan's wedding. A couple of points to note she is tiny, the sleeves really were buggy and slightly odd, the top of the zip at the back was just ugly, fabric was very bulky and we couldn't find the NZ flower on the train. Harry's suit had incredible details which didn't show up as they were black on black. The flower girl dresses had overlocked hems eckkk. We then visited St George's Chapel which is stunning especially the vaulted ceiling. As it was the weekend the Queen was in residence but no we did not see her. Her sitting room chimney had smoke coming out it and any wise person would have been by the fire. As we had missed Victorian afternoon tea yesterday we decided to go to Patisserie Valerie for a treat but were so cold we ordered some hot food there and got treats to take away. We then headed back to London. For the evening activity we went to Red House for medieval music and Christmas carols. Boy did it rain getting there - it is a wee walk and thankfully we had worn jeans and not dresses or we would have been extremely wet. The 3 piece played traditional instruments including a Hurdy Gurdy what an awesome thing that is. We were easily the youngest there by about 20 years.....