Windsor - May 29 - Day 14

In the morning, Kate came by for breakfast.  However, she had already eaten breakfast before she came for breakfast, so she just came and watched Helen and Heather eat breakfast (which is probably for the best, since Kate pretty much can't eat food).  Helen had a cricket match to attend (she's managing the Oxfordshire under 15 girls' team or something along those lines), so after breakfast, she dropped Heather off at the train station, and Heather headed off to spend the day in Windsor to visit the queen (once again, the queen failed to make an appearance, so we just went sightseeing instead).

Windsor Castle had an absurdly long line to get in, so we made the wise decision to not stand in said line.  The castle was, in fact, under construction, which was pretty great.

Also, there was a clock in the sidewalk.

We went on a brief visit to Eton (located across the river from Windsor, and about a 4 minute walk away) to see the college.  It is pretty ugly, but has some very hilarious gargoyles/grotesques on the walls of the chapel.  And also a lovely way into the grounds for young children who out past curfew.

Then we went for a walk down the Thames.  We saw swans, the river, the lock, and a pigeon pooped on Heather's bag.  She was annoyed at the pigeon.

And that pretty much summed up the day!  We headed back to Eynsham and we actually met Helen's mom.  Then Helen came back in a panic because her cricket game went longer than anticipated (which is apparently common for cricket games), so she ran around like, ate some toast, and then we drove her to the train station so she could go back to Cardiff and her exam (which was the next day).