Blogs from Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 4

The upper deck of the bus was in full voice. You might be thinking I was on my way to yet another football experience, but nothing could be further from reality. The bus rocked not with enthusiastic alcohol fuelled male voices, but with the sound of hymns. A group of older ladies were struggling to contain their excitement, as they headed towards Southwell Minster. Music books at the ready, they burst into song. The lower deck was probably very confused about events. It had been a strange journey all round, but the Other Half says I am not allowed further on the “nail varnish” so we’ll say no more about that! We alighted at Westgate and walked along towards town. There are a number of impressive residences along Westgate and Church Street. However, the upkeep on ... read more

Believe in better. You will if you are Australian. The only way is up. The tourists arrived with the Urn. A comfortable 5 - 0 in the last series Down Under and the pressure was very much on Alistair Cook. We had tickets for Day 3 and 4 - Saturday and Sunday. The latter was always in doubt after the devastating burst of bowling on Thursday morning. Australia all out for 60. Stuart Broad with the best ever Test bowling figures at Trent Bridge. The tourists dismissed and we hadn't even reached lunch. A day not to be still looking for a parking space, after the start of play. The match was lost then. We have come yet another full circle from the original blog purpose - Ashes cricket in Oz. The hat-trick of away trips ... read more

So, three weeks today we'll be somewhere in Denmark. Last year the trip started with a mad dash to get from the UK to Hungary in 48 hours in a transit van (jason after Jason Dono-van my childhood (ok ok and adulthood) dream man) Breaking up from school clearly involved a couple of small glasses of wine but having to leave at half 8 the next morning to catch a lunchtime ferry made me question the wisdom of the wine (this didn't last long). A 10 hour day landed us in Luxembourg with a traditional first night hotel stay. The second day may not have been the best holiday day anyone has ever had - 12 hours of motorways took us to Vienna followed by missing the campsite opening time by 20 minutes. The advantage with ... read more

It is around 12 weeks until i travel and i am currently in the process of building my travel blog. This is just a test blog. Roll on 2nd November for the real deal!... read more

Ashes to Ashes. Dust to Dust. Tickets to gold dust more like. The 1st day was sold out in 2 hours. There was an eerie quiet in the centre of West Bridgford, as we made our way to Trent Bridge. The copious offers of buffet breakfasts were largely going unaccepted. The price might have been mis-judged. We noted one with the hefty tag near £15. The lads might have opted for a Friday / Saturday session or perhaps the Barmy Army were holding court in the city centre. The glorious sunshine of the last few days had filtered away and here we are on the morning of the 1st Ashes test with a grey miserable morning and a distinct chill in the air. It wasn’t actually that cold, but after the near 30 degrees a couple ... read more