Gedling Country Park used to be a coal mining pit from 1899-1991. It was closed for a good number of years until just a few short years ago something was finally done with it. The pit was transformed into a country park, although some of it has been used to build houses. It opened in … More Walks in & around Nottingham – Gedling Country Park
I am posting this later than I wanted to as somehow it’s already February! We had quite a few adventures last year, including Disney World, Florida in May, Portugal in September and other trips in the UK; Shrewsbury, Cirencester and Leeds. 2019 will be a completely different year, as a baby is on it’s way … More 2019 Expectations
We recently went for afternoon tea at Colwick Hall Hotel in Nottingham and next to the lovely old hall were the ruins of a church. From the outside the church didn’t look like ruins, as the outer walls had held out rather well, but there was no longer a roof and the church was basically … More Ruins of St Johns Church
Leeds Christmas market wasn’t as big as some markets that we have been to, such as Lincoln or Birmingham, it was actually smaller than the one in Nottingham where we are from. But we didn’t want to spend a night away in a Premier Inn in the city in which we live, as that would’ve … More Leeds at Christmas
Last September we went to Portugal for our 5th wedding anniversary. We stayed in the same area to where we got married, but had to accept a cheaper hotel. All along the coastline of the Algarve there are beauty spots and it is arguably one of the best coastlines in all of Europe. We got … More Portugal’s Coastline
This historical site is a hidden treasure to me, as it may be English Heritage, therefore being acknowledged and looked after, but it is on the other side of the main road to the town of Cirencester and to get to it by car we had to drive down a few residential streets before we … More Hidden Treasures II – Cirencester amphitheatre
Last month we celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary by returning to where we got married on the beautiful clifftop of Senhora da Rocha near Armacao de Pera, Portugal. We did come here in July of 2017, which I talked about in this blog post – Portugal – 4 Years On We only went for a … More Hidden Treasures – Portugal
