It was more a tour of the old prison than the castle to be honest but that is what i was interested in anyway.
First stop was an Anglo Saxon tower which we had to walk up the smallest spiral staircase ever. It was a treacherous walk to say the least but the view from the top was fantastic. Getting back down was hideous.
Then we went down into a haunted Norman crypt which scared the shit out of me.
Then up to a corridor riddled with cells. They were tiny and sometimes held 30 people. There were only 8 of us and it was cosy!
We made our way through a series of corridors with cells going off them and finally up another spiral staircase. This was less hazardous than the previous one. This led us to a room with bits of interactive things in it. I took the opportunity to dress up like a prisoner and prison officer. There was also a stepper thing which prisoners had to climb 19,000ft on. It move 10cm with every step! Then there was the solid metal bed which didn't look particularly comfortable.
Another thing we came across was a couple of cameras which took your mug shot which we eventually realised put your pictures on a screen for everyone to see!
The hospital wing left something to be desired and i wasn't taken with the solitary confinement cell which was tiny.
When we had finished we walked up the Mott (Oxford Castle).
The best part for me was going into Malmaison. The TV show Bad Girls was filmed there and the hotel is what was G Wing in the show. I made an excuse i wanted a menu to take away just to get in then asked if i could have a look. It looked just like G Wing! A little posher but i was on the set! The old staricases and walkways are still there and the cell doors are the room doors. I was absolutely taken aback. I was very surprised at how narrow the place was. It was quite long and high but very narrow. I would love to stay there for a night just to experience it as the rooms are the old cells. That had to be the highlight standing in G Wing.
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