Looking for Mr Hood

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Had a nice slow start to the day yesterday....and it got faster from there!
Kel took me on a tour of the Notts county....started off at Newstead Abbey for a few hours for a look around the statley home of Lord Byron and a meander thru the gardens...very impressive!

...then off to Rufford Abbey which was built in the 1400's but just a shell now (those monks
know how to party!) and then off to Sherwood Forrest for a walk down the paths and dodging
arrows (true story! got ambushed by some 10 year olds with toy bows and arrows!) so took
shelter at the Major Oak which legend has it was where some bloke named Robyn used to hang out...

Was nearly 4pm by this stage and hanging out for some 'snap' (as they call lunch hear) so picked
up Aunty Eunice and went to The Cat And The Fiddle for a steak where Colin (Kels dad) joined us for a
good 'crack' (chat)

Went to Ilkeston for the friday night pubcrawl and see a band...good night but rained as usual!
Went to The Warren, The Charter, Gladstone Lodge for a 21st birthday, 3 Horseshoes for the
band and back to the Charter for a while...before taxi home...

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Photos

Newstead Abbey
Newstead Abbey

Newstead Abbey 2
The ruined bit

The Lake
Pond at Newstead

Nottingham Area
Where we where in the County

Newstead Facade
Newstead Ruined Facade Section

The House Cat
Nice Kitty!

Rufford Abbey
Rufford Abbey

Rufford Entrance
Rufford Entrance

Inside Rufford
Inside Rufford

Sherwood Forrest
Sherwood Forrest

Sherwood Trees
Sherwood Trees

The Major Oak
The Major Oak

The Major Oak Tree
The Major Oak Tree

The 21st
The 21st at The Lodge

Alan and friends
Uncle Alan and friends

The DJ!
The DJ! (and it got uglier!)

Comments

[Moni]

Hoot of a time!!!
I think you need to get yourself some of those DJ undies!! LOL xx

[Bryn]

Good seeing you again
Hi Paul, just checking out your blog. Hope your having fun in Germany. We were all pleased to see you the other day, always a good laugh. Aussie land must be a boring place when your not there. See you met our famous local Dj Les Boulter we booked him for Natalie's 21 st two years ago he's a funny man. Anyway have a safe trip, hope to see you again soon. Love Lynn, Bryn and Nats. xx