At 10am, everybody is in the cars under a little rain and wind (understand it was raining cats and dogs and it was at least -20°C). The streets of Pierrefonds were full of cars parked along the streets. We finally find a spot, get our umbrellas out (Simon's Ponies win the prize of the best umbrella ever), and we psychologically get ready for the endless walk and stairs going to the Castle. And surprise!!!! The main gate in open and that's through the medieval village that we go in. We're a bit lost, we don't know this way, it goes all around the Castle, but we finally arrive in Camelot's Main Street (the only street in Camelot) and I think it looks like Alsace with all the colourful houses. In the middle of the village, we are welcomed by Mister Big J, with a huge smile and a "Bonjour ça va?" with a so adorable british accent. We will later learn that Big J and his assistant (or whovever the other guy was) were destroying some set pieces they don't need anymore... Goodbye Rising Sun :'(
We finally make it to the Castle, get our tickets and enter the huge building, still under the rain, but in such a good mood (maybe we shouldn't have sung??). We join Zakia and Yasmine, who had been there for quite some time already. Filming in the courtyard, where knights (Tom and his arms, Rupert and his hair), King and Queen wait under giant umbrellas, while our amazing French extras are hiding under rain coats. The magic of television makes even the worst rainy day look like a beautiful sunny day in Camelot. Pretending... Everyone seems to have fun (well, except the crew in charge of handling the fans), and Bradley gives us the first funny face to the camera, hides under his cloak...
One hour later everybody is gone inside the Castle, and that's how the wait begins... We take all the newbies to visit the Castle, the main staircase, the griffin, the corridors... But we are soon asked to leave because it's lunch time. We're not newbies and we should have come prepared.... Eating in Pierrefonds = impossible! We know it! But we still go to "Le Kiosque" because there's nowhere else to go. But we are 8, and every other fans got the same idea, and so we're offered a table outside, covered of course! I take a photo of our Team Pierrefonds checking the menu, post it on Twitter. And I pause this recap, just to tell you how wonderful people on Twitter are! Leeloo and I got so many adorable tweets from people all around the world thanking us for our
This is Bradley's chairAs Pierrefonds is not very fun outside and that the inside is closed because of the filming, we decide to go visit the creepy caves. I make the most awesome video that can be, with Leeloo as a wonderful guide, explaining in a pitch black room what we can (or can't) see, and exposing our theories about the different people burried here. A real master piece!! That you'll never see (or never hear) as I had my finger on the microphone all along... Yes I know... USELESS ALIE!
As we're back outside, Sir Gwaine, hair in the wind, walks in the courtyard, when he's called back because no Eoin, your day is not over!! You still have a scene to shoot with Fake-Gaius on his horse. Because let's be honest, they can't put Richard on a horse! Our beloved Richard Wilson probably can't get on anymore, especially with the wet floor.
But once again, we're asked to leave, the castle is closing and we're praying for the rain not to come back. About one hundred fans are waiting in front of the gates, that's ugly, people are pushing, and it's loud! Ooooh Eoin!!! Leeloo there's Eoin!!!! Silly me! Leeloo is already at his arm, taking photos to announce their wedding, and offering him the usual pink heart lollipop (not as good as the red one, we'll have to talk about this with our supplier). Eoin's car isn't here yet, fans are all around him and he seems to enjoy it, we lost Leeloo who's far, very far in heaven.
After that, Rupert and Angel leave very quickly and we leave too, trying to find a McDonald's... McDonald's that we never found, even with the help of the iphone app. So it was KFC and its chicken, keeping an empty chair for Bradley, because who knows??
Back to the hotel as the night has fallen, it is at least -1000°C (no kidding!) We take endless showers, upload photos and videos on our computers, and keep our window open, because it's warm in the room and... who knows? We fall asleep around 12:30am, and at 2:30, we're awaken by talks and laughters in English in the street, we go to the window to see who's so loud in the middle of the night and discover Vlavla, Rupert and Erin (a guest-star), don't you ever sleep guys??? Well we do, and we go back to bed, because a lot more is waiting for us!
EDIT: I forgot Jacob! How could I forget Jacob?? Jacob was there, with his short pants but.. but... JACOB HAD A COAT!!! So Jacob doesn't like the cold, or the rain... or maybe Jacob is a special werewolf allergic to water???