Battle Proms are Amazing!

We got a bit of a late start on Saturday, mostly because we had several ideas and didn't finalize a plan until the morning. It was somewhat purposeful because we wanted to look at the traffic on google maps in real time. We wanted to drive by Stonehenge and then spend time in Bath. The traffic near Stonehenge was awful according to google maps, so we went straight to Bath. Unfortunately we ran into some heavy rain and some accidents, so it took awhile to get to Bath too. 

We arrived in Bath, I dropped off my family, they ran to the Roman Baths. I parked and walked around with my youngest daughter. I do love the town of Bath, fun spot. My family enjoyed it and then we went to a really special event called "Battle Proms". I meant to follow google maps path to drive right past Stonehenge, but I was so rushed to get there, that I forgot to go that route. Instead, we took the fastest route to Highclere Castle, also known as Downton Abbey. So I feel bad that my parents never did see Stonehenge.

We made it to Highclere and parked way in the back. The gates had opened at 4:30, we arrived at 6pm. We just barely missed a cavalry demonstration at 5:50. We could hear the music from our car, I had seen the brochure, so I knew it was a British pride band known as the Rockabellas. They're 3 females who sing popular songs and get audiences excited about Britain. 

After their performance an emcee announced the upcoming events and a bagpipe player starting playing. The next event was a flyover of an original spitfire plane. We bought 3 British flags and waived them with the other 10,000 people or so. We ate dinner there and I grabbed some chocolate covered strawberries too, delicious!

The big finale started about 9pm and we walked up to the castle to stand there, much closer to the stage. They had hundreds of cannons, fireworks, and soldiers firing blanks all in alignment with the music, it was spectacular. A huge thanks to my work colleague who recommended this awesome event, a very special British pride moment.