We were walking distance from a very small, very charming village.
But when we walked into town for lunch one day all the pubs and restaurants were closed which made Jennifer Lynn Barnes very sad.
You simply can’t go on a trip with a person who has written a book called THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH without taking this picture. 
Sarah Cross made a new friend
Every time we turned into the long, long lane that led to the castle I seriously got goose bumps
Jennifer Lynn Barnes is very good at many things. Tree climbing perhaps isn’t one of them.
But, then again, maybe it is!
Two days into the trip I started calling my room “the kiln” because it was tiny and yellow and consistently the warmest room in the house.
Probably my favorite part about the castle itself was all the room around it to walk.
There was even a beautiful old cemetery on the property (which was awesome…and eerie…since I was reading THE GRAVEYARD BOOK at the time).
One day early on we felt very ambitious and made afternoon tea. Just thinking of it makes me hungry!
And, of course, there was a peacock.