Well we had a full day yesterday. Up to say goodbye to Alan off to work and Rory to school. Left Angie to clean up the mess of her departing guests! Sally our Garmin sat nav worked well in getting us to Nottingham - although hit a traffic jam off the motorway which held us up for 30 minutes (found out later there had been an accident). Also Sally said the school was on the right- oops no on left so missed seeing the huge sign!!!! and had to return to find it.
Neat school Fairfield Primary - Headteacher Dave Howaston (friend of Doug Drysdale). About 400 children and very similar children to our schools - cheerful, bubbly and approachable. They are waiting for Offsted to visit! An older building - orginally designed as a hospital for the war - two story.
Visited classes and looked at fantastic wall displays in rooms and classes. See milsonkiwi blog site for some photos.
We then experienced an English school cooked lunch eating lunch with the children - a new experience.
After lunch we sat in on a meeting with the local schools.
We then were taken out to tea with Dave the Headteacher and his lovely wife Anne. They are eating mussels here.
Drove and then walked into the middle of Nottingham - great town hall and some older Tudor style buildings around - with a mix of new and old. Very nice meal - great company. Then walked up (chilly evening) to Nottingham castle - impressive wall and gates - the actual building inside has been converted into a museum. Took the compulsory photo of Robin Hood and his merry men and then visited the oldest pub in England which is built into the walls of the castle - great atmosphere - highly recommended.
Following a beer and a NZ red wine then we headed to our hotel - Nottingham Gateway - a large conference type hotel. Nice room. It was a marvelous day. Cause then Noslim had to write up his site first .
Fine weather predicted for next couple of days. (although chilly).
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