First stop was the Games Workshop store in Nottingham. Once we were a bit down the road and doing inventory on the things we had for this day, we came to realize that David did not have his mobile phone and since he was to be within contact we needed to head back to Bristol to retrieve it. While this put us behind schedule it did allow us to check out the really cool oversized slug . . and photograph the heck out of it to show Mike.
Back on the road now, with B-Movie Game ideas floating through the truck in relation to the giant slug, we headed to Nottingham. This is GW Headquarters and the primary purpose was for David and Michka to order stuff for gaming. Janna and I wandered a bit and took in the sights of all the models painted and on display as well as the artwork they had around the place. Once the boys were done with their ordering and we needed to wait for some of the orders to get filled we headed upstairs to the display room where all the figures are stored. And many more pictures were taken of ideas and color paint schemes and more. As we wrapped up our tour, we noted it was lunch time and so we opted for lunch at Bugman's Bar.
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| From 2008-1013 Warhammer World |
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| From 2008-1013 Warhammer World |
With full stomachs and being almost back on schedule, we headed over to Kenilworth Castle. We wandered the site and I'll admit that I was as taken with watching our guest's reaction to Kenilworth as I am at being on the site again. I enjoyed showing them the Victorian Graphiti and watching the photographers at work on things like flowers growing out of the walls. We also stopped in and checked on the status of the gardens which are to be open in 2009. Alas, we didn't have too much time to spend here as we needed to get to Stratford.
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| From 2008-1013 Kenilworth |
Having seen Kenilworth until closing time we headed over to Stratford-Upon-Avon to seek out the Playhouse and pick up tickets. We were all very excited about seeing the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Hamlet starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart. When we found the playhouse there were many, many people waiting outside in the hopes that someone would cancel and they would be able to score some tickets. Janna picked our tickets up and we were on our way to find our hotel and get a quick change of clothes to be back in time for the production.
David had booked online with the Legacy Hotel which we knew nothing more about than what was on the website but it was close to the playhouse (walking distance as it turns out) and had a great rate. We were pleasently surprised at how updated it was inside while the outside and several other portions of the hotel retained their historical ambiance. All dressed up we headed to the Playhouse!
"The Play's the thing .. " Oh and was it ever!!!!! We all figured we would be impressed by David Tennant's performance but we were memorized by it. We were so into the play, that when David Tennant passed right by our seats for his scene of "returning to Denmark" and David having to move his foot so that Mr. Tennant could pass, all of us wondered "who let the person in with the backpack in the middle of the play". We were shocked that he had passed so closely without any of us the wiser until it was too late. During our discussion after the play, it was agreed that the gentleman playing Polonius did the best job that we'd ever seen with a completely different approach. And here I must thank Michka & Janna again and again for getting those tickets for us for our wedding! What an experience.
The play now over and all of us exuberent at having had the opportunity to view it, we wandered Stratford looking for dinner. We'd been behind schedule just enough to have skipped dinner before the play and now we were starving. Very little was open but we managed to find a Chinese Restaurant that was still offering dinner. After we were seated we noted we were not the only play-goers in the restaurant.
All in all a very full but WONDERFUL day.
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