Some photos from this year's Festival of History.
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I have posted some Festival of History photos, splitting them up by category. Some of the areas, such as the WW1 trench and the medieval village were missing but there were more events going on and the place seemed much busier than last year.
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Mainly photos of a man falling off a camel.
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Photos from the Festival of History - demonstrating use of gas masks in the first world war.
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While Emma was at the Topcliffe Hamster Show, I decided to visit a few of the nearby English Heritage and National Trust sites.
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Some photos of Gainsborough House, near Lincoln.
Panoramic shot made by stitching together 3 photographs.
The Kitchen.
The Great Hall
Some photos taken at Houghton House, near Ampthill in Bedfordshire.
The first photo converted into Black and White.
We took advantage of our English Heritage membership to pay a quick visit to Kenilworth Castle. It was too hot to spend too long wandering around so we'll have to re-visit later in the year, on a cooler day.
We also had a quick walk around Kenilworth itself, and passed the new Waitrose, which were were told opens on thursday.
The English Heritage Festival of History covers 2000 years of British history. Most of the displays are military, probably because it leads to a more dramatic show.
In addition to the big displays, there was a historic market where you could buy traditional clothing, games, tableware.
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The photos are from the Festival of History, at Kelmarsh Hall. The event takes place over 2 days (today and tomorrow) and celebrates nearly 2000 years of British history, from the Romans to the Second World War. Military events are a large part of the event, but as they make the more spectacular reconstructions, that's no surprise.
The 1st World War air display was almost worth the cost of entry on its own. Other events included Jousting, artillary demonstrations and battle re-enactments.
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