Monthly Archives: August 2012

It’s still late Summer…

Autumn isn’t until the 21st September, theres a stillness as everything stops growing madly and fruits ripen (has anyone got any spare homegrown tomato’s? Apples, Red Currants, Strawberries they want to send to a good home? it’s a good time … Continue reading

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Paralympics London2012

The ok came through for a text only link!! Good Luck to the Athletes, hope they have a wonderful sporting event…it only takes watching for a little while for the Sporting excitement to be the most important priotity, these games … Continue reading

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Rufford Abbey Country Park Home Front Weekend!

Their annual 1940s Home Front Weekend is this weekend, watch 40’s music shows from ww2 swing dancing (in Nottm-Notts again at last, we miss the crooners in Wollaton Park!!)…and everything connected with ww2 and the 40s …go in the 1940s … Continue reading

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Blog design

It really is quite annoying – the menu was much too long, so its been shortened (the full set of pages are on the sidebar still) but its not possible to change the column width or remove the wordpress info … Continue reading

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Best Value ‘Bank Holiday Weekend City Breaks’

Guess what:- Trip Advisor voted Nottingham the second best value City after Birmingham, with Sheffield third!!

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Britain 2012 and Wollaton Park

It’s the last Summer Bank Holiday of 2012 tomorrow, and the Food Fair is in the Park. We’ve had a magical year with the London Olympics 2012 and now the Paralympics begin in a few days.  Our Bradley Wiggins won … Continue reading

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Local Pubs, Restaurants.

Walk the Park, try the Food Fair for bfast? Wander the Industrial Museum and see the Beam Engine (poetry in motion). Catch the Steam Train at Ruddington to Loughborough and back, afternoon tea at the Framework Knitters garden party Dinner, … Continue reading

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Wollaton Park’s Third Annual Food Fair this weekend…Architectural Day 02 Sept!

Check the link… Annual car park tickets from the Shop, Stamps for free Nottm City events every £5 spent according to latest info… http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5569&locationId=7 Super cafe and take away too, add a capaccino to the food fair yummy food!! Munch … Continue reading

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Ruddington…

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Is just over the Trent, and has two places to visit this Bank Holiday, the first is the Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Transport Heritage Centre. http://217.158.157.207/railways/GCRN/index.htm Amazing there really are Steam Railway trips!! and the other is the Framework Knitting … Continue reading

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Get involved – The RSPB Community

Get involved – The RSPB Community.

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