Nottingham

Hamish had very kindly organised a trip for 7 to Nottingham for the purposes of cricket, running and general sightseeing. We'd hired a car from Trifty car rental and were presented with a vehicle that wouldn't have housed the 7 dwarves let alone 4 humans, 3 giants (Josh, Hamish and Angus) and all their baggage. So Hamish turned on the charm and we wrangled our way into an impressive upgrade for no extra cost, making the journey far more comfortable.

We arrived late at our apartment on Friday night only to be told by the night manager that we were allowed "no knives after 11" which left us all completely confused and slightly concerned until we realised he was trying to say "no noise after 11" - for a country that invented the language they have big trouble trying to speak it.

Saturday dawned bright and sunny so we went along to Trent Bridge to watch the final day's play between Nottinghamshire (captained by SP Fleming) and Somerset. Somerset wrapped up victory within 45 minutes and we spent the whole time complaining about having to pay £12 to get in. The Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club will be receiving a letter.

After a drink at the oldest Inn in England, we had a look around Nottingham Castle, and headed back to the apartment for dinner and an early night.









On Sunday we drove to Newark on Trent which was where our half marathon was. It was quite hot, windy and the course was flat and pretty boring. I felt terrible the whole way but all 3 of us managed to complete the course in respectable times.

We hit the road soon after, just in time as it started to rain and arrived back in London in good time for an early night.