Travel by Train from Kettering to Nottingham and back for a day visit.
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Nottingham is quite a busy city, being the county town of Nottingham Shire. It is serviced by Canal, Railway, and Road being close to the M6 Motorway.
On arrival I went to the Information Center in the Corn Exchange to find out what places and things I, as a tourist, might like to see and do.
Clearly, being the territory of the legendary, Robin Hood, I needed to try to meet him and some of merry men and women. What better than the Robin Hood Experience where I was made welcome by Robin and Marion in their forest den. In several of the exhibition rooms and was introduced by various aspects of the story. A well put together show; but you must be prepared for several flights of stairs. No lift, just like in the Sherwood Forest.
Nottingham Castle was the obvious next step. Here there are some magnificent views over the city North, South, East, and West. There are very helpful displays that point out the landmark buildings and features of the city. The castle is built high on a hill with pleasant gardens. I can just imagine Robin Hood and his men finding ways into this place to get at the Sheriff.
After a Pub Lunch near the castle, traditional Nottingham Fayre as one would expect, Did a trip round the main tourist route of the city and discovered some interesting features of the town.
The Lace Market and found an interesting shop that has been there for 30 years or more making exclusive bridal gowns out of Nottingham Lace and Silk in the tradition of decades past. Beautiful workmanship (See photo gallery)
The City of Caves are all based on the Limestone Rock and have been there for centuries and used by traders and towns people for a variety of uses. Because the temperature and humidity is so stable, they have been used for such purposes as document storage, wine and beer cellars under the many pubs, and one place saw was a complete, no longer working, tannery supplied with hides by the butchers and slaughter houses of the meat market above, beautiful leather would have been made for local shoes and export to the world.
Nottingham Transport has a network of buses and trams that across the city and has a canal that is now used for tourism; but has all the evidence of an important infrastructure item to support the trades of the city. Railway is fairly typical of British Rail and has all the historical landmarks of the old steam days.
A very pleasant day out in a historic that is known all around the world as the Home of Boots the Chemist
Return to Kettering with happy memories of the day out.
