Year 7 go Wild in Warwick by Dominic Deakin On Monday 23 September Year 7, accompanied by Mr Rendell and Mr Morgan, embarked on a visit to the historic Castle of Warwick, with visions of Knights and sword fights, dungeons and towers. We were not disappointed! Mike the Guide was full of interesting facts, and told us that the Castle, home to Lord Warwick the King Maker, was built on the River Avon. As the surrounding ditch could not be filled with water, it was dug very deep and filled with human bones and excrement !! One of the world’s biggest working trebuchets, a massive siege catapult, stands in the grounds of Warwick Castle. We watched this wooden machine in awe as it hurled 150 kilogram boulders over 300 metres, travelling at speeds of more than 250 kilometres per hour. I was hoping they might replace the boulders with rotting pigs or even the odd cow, like they did in the past, but no such luck! A visit to the Castle jail, where prisoners were lowered into a pit and left to starve, made us feel lucky we had just eaten our packed lunches. The Castle is said to be haunted, and we could well believe that when we visited the dungeons. Screams could be heard echoing around the dungeon walls as Year 7 found themselves trapped in a room with a Witch – doors rattled, lightning flashed, curtains billowed and the weighing scales tipped violently. Pale with fear, we couldn’t get out of the dungeons and onto the bus quick enough. Even the lure of the souvenir shop couldn’t hold us back. My everlasting memory of this day is of Year 7 clutching each other in terror. I can’t wait to go back!!