Blogs from Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 3

26th November 2017 Today I went to Nottingham Castle. The original castle was destroyed by rioters in 1831 and the current palace was built in its place only a few hundred years ago. It is now a museum and art gallery, but the exhibits weren't very interesting. There is a good view of all of Nottingham though. 17th December 2017 Newstead Abbey is much nicer. The house is perfectly restored and decorated in full Christmas-ness and there are geese and peacocks running around everywhere. The rest of the month was filled with playing in the snow, convincing myself I was dying of the black plague, and Christmas shopping (mostly buying presents for myself, and only occassionallly for other people too). 1st January 2018 Today I went to the Attenborough Nature Reserve. Birds everywhere. There were geese ... read more

National Trust properties are thin on the ground in North Notts. Mr Straws House in Worksop is billed as a time capsule from 1932. There are others that might say not a lot else in town has changed elsewhere in the town since that date. Harsh! The Other Half has never really ventured to this part of the County, except as part of my avoid one of the traffic jams on the A1 or M1 missions. She was obviously excited. I threw in the National Trust property and casually mentioned the 4th oldest football club in the world and we were off. The Robin Hood Line links the big city to Worksop. I have never had any reason to travel on this train line, so this was a good excuse. The princely sum of £8.70 changed ... read more

Returning home to Nottingham for a week was both lovely and odd in equal measure. It was great to catch up with family and friends but it was strange being back without having to go back to the daily routine. We had just six days to see everyone and get through a to-do list that rivalled the kind of nightmare work to-do lists I had in the run up to this trip. If it had been down to me we'd have gone home for two days max, but thankfully Paul is a little more practical and insisted on a few more days. Packing for the second half of our trip proved to be a little challenging. We had all the stuff we need for diving in Indonesia (wet suits, snorkels, fins, masks, dive computers) plus warmer ... read more

David here... So, after a bit of time saving, lots of discussion on how to spend it and whether we could really justify going on another round the world trip, we decided that the last trip gave us so much pleasure and happy memories that we just had to do it again. So, over the months since we made the decision to do it we've been shopping for clothes, useful items, trying and buying new backpacks and planning where we are going to go on this trip. I say we've been...the planning part of the trip has mainly been done by Suzanne. She has been busy checking routes, monitoring prices, booking flights, and deciding on places we just have to visit. We've tried to pick a route that is not a copy of our last trip ... read more

We have been home now nearly a fortnight . Where does time go to? Suzy still needs a well earned wash and spruce up inside and out. Her throws have been given a wash and need to be returned. Her cupboards are bare. She is now waiting for her next trip out. Counting down we have only 15 weeks to our next big trip of the year. Knowing how quickly time flies it will soon be here but first we need to exchange our Tesco Club Card points for Eurotunnel tickets. By now anyone who reads my blogs will know that I waffle on sometimes quoting this saying or that . Today I picked out one that I have chopped about a bit. They say "Journeys bring power................. If you cannot go somewhere move in the ... read more