Santa (and his Reindeer) visit Windsor

We all love Christmas time here in the UK. It just seems to have so much more atmosphere than back in Australia. One aspect of this is that in the run up to Christmas there are many opportunities for the little ones to see Santa. Today, at 2pm, Santa came to Windsor in his sleigh. Pulled by Reindeer!

As we headed towards Castle Hill we saw the thongs of families. All crowded around the street curb. We passed the Guild Hall and saw others perched on the fence to get a good view. Instead, we made our way all the way to the top entrance of the Castle. This is where James’ boom gates and bollards are.

Smack on 2pm we heard a commotion and saw Santa approaching from within the Castle grounds. Up went the boom gates and through came Santa in the sleigh. Four Reindeer pulled from the front and two followed from behind. (I can’t imagine how effective the ones at the back are although I’ll bet back in Reindeer-ville this is a plum job).

As it happended Santa turned straight down the small lane that runs past the mews. How lucky were we? That’s exactly where we were standing and there was nobody there. Instead everyone was lined on High Street. So James got a great view of Santa (video here and here). We followed him down past the Mews and back up High Street to the Guildhall. By this time we have re-joined the crowd.

At dusk I returned back up to the Castle to take some dusk shots. It’s just so pretty with the Christmas lights. I’m happy with the results although perhaps a tripod would be useful for the darker shots. See what you think.

Photos are here.