I took this photo at Attenborough Nature Reserve in Nottinghamshire. One of many nature reserves and country parks we visit for days out with our 3 month old baby. This year our travelling has been dramatically reduced, we are starting to have longer days out by travelling further afield, such as a trip to Loughborough … More A quick snapshot
We enjoyed a lovely walk around the University of Nottingham grounds on a relatively warm day, which brought along with it a cold wind. This didn’t stop us enjoying an ice cream on our walk round though! Since we last visited a few things have changed with unsafe and old trees being cut down to … More University of Nottingham- Lakeside Renovation
Our travels have come to a halt in the last few weeks now that a baby has joined us! After a long labour we spent the next four days on a ward in hospital. When we were finally discharged we were glad to go home and get on with being parents. But now that our … More Registering a birth
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
