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
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
Usually a #TravelTuesday photo of mine is of something to do with travelling, surprisingly. However, we have not been properly away since our trip to Madrid last September! Which to us is a very long time indeed. Therefore my picture this week is of our current life…it has been a cold winter, even colder in … More House Life – It’s not always about Travel
When we visited Peterborough over Christmas we didn’t actually go inside the cathedral, we just admired the grand front view. I love cathedrals, which is ironic as I’m not religious in the slightest. However, I enjoy the history and architecture involved with such extravagant buildings. It’s a wonder how they were built in the times … More Another Cathedral
Over the Christmas period we visited Queensgate shopping centre in Peterborough. We were already that side of the country in Boston and it was only a one hour drive south to Peterborough from there. The shopping centre was rather nice, somehow an hour and a half had passed by and we had only been … More Peterborough at Christmas
In November we took a trip to Shugborough Estate, which is situated only a few miles from Stafford. It is a large piece of land with a lot to see and a day can easily be spent around the grounds. We started in the Park Farm cafe to have some lunch. The cafe was busy, … More Shugborough Estate
Now that the clocks have gone back and the nights are drawing in quickly, it’s the time of year that I begin to look back at our summer adventures with a pained sense of nostalgia. We went to Portugal back in July and when I see the greyness of late October in Nottingham, England and … More Remembering the Summer – Part 1
With our second day in Derbyshire we headed east to another National Trust place, Hardwick Hall, which is in between Chesterfield and Mansfield. I haven’t been to Hardwick since I was a child. I remember visiting during the summer holidays and the weather being really nice. That wasn’t the case this time but it was … More Hardwick Hall – Enjoying the Silence
It is becoming a regular thing for us to visit Rufford Abbey Country Park twice a year. We go once in the winter and again in the summer. We don’t plan to do it like this, but somehow it keeps happening! We went at the beginning of this month and one of the reasons we … More A Biannual Trip
Where The Wildings Are 