Nottingham Part 3

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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 that were taller than average size children. These caused a traffic jam on the walking paths that I never expected to experience. The wetlands were pretty cool though. Lots of people walking their dogs; lots of people bird watching; lots of people trying to let their childr

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