Nottingham

Today we bid farewell to our lovely house sit. Robin (the house owner) very kindly drove us to the station, even though they only returned home in the early hours of the morning. This time we were bound for Nottingham, an hour and a half train journey.

We were surprised to find that Nottingham is known as ‘The City Of Caves’ and has a large network of underground caves running underneath it (more on that soon).

After walking around to get a feel for the place we stopped at the Salutations Inn for lunch (one of the oldest pubs in Nottingham – 1240!).

The food was average, served by heavily tattooed staff dressed in black, and we ate to the strains of loud heavy metal music. However, Kim noticed a sign on the wall ‘Ask the staff about the caves’, which led us on an unexpected adventure! We followed the staff member who volunteered, and after exiting through a door inside the pub, immediately found ourselves in a labyrinth of man made caves!!

Other places we visited included Highfields Park,the Industrial Museum, Walled garden, Woolaton House and the Justice Museum. We also did the City of Cave’s experience (some of which date back to 9th Century!) We walked through the University at Highfield Park, lovely grounds.

Came across this game of Croquet. One of the members kindly sat with us and explained the game

Found out some interesting facts at the industrial Museum (see below).

Visited Mrs Bird in the Victorian kitchen at the museum. She told us many fascinating facts about everyday life in a Victorian kitchen. Apparently they needed these different size irons depending on what they were ironing. They were really heavy and the handles got very hot, so they had to use a cover on the handle

See next post for: The walled garden, Woolaton House, Justice Museum and The City of Caves!