May 17th: Norwich Castle (part 2)

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Norwich castle called, again. We were used to the path there by now, and all the plaques and artwork along the way. But today we gained entry to the castle itself. The castle is 900 years old, built by the Normans. It is very much a part of the City, not just a tourist attraction. The castle isn’t as big as it appears, but we wandered the exhibits, stopping at the games section to play Nine Men’s Morris, or mills or merels as is sometimes called. Mills is “an abstract strategy game that dates back to the Roman Empire.” This and Boggle were my favourite childhood games … and I’m still up for a challenge against a worthy adversary. I’ll be kind and won’t name the winner of our games … We didn’t have time to do the dungeon tour, and ran through the art galleries. Walking back home through the alleys and into the city center yielded shop windows full of bunting - everyone preparing for the upcoming Royal wedding. The Bridal shops had put masks of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on all of the mannequins. It was all quite amusing, but lovely to see - very British.


In the evening we went to see Shift, playing as part of the Norwich festival. An acrobatic display, fittingly performed by the Barely Methodical Troupe in the circus like Spiegeltent.