Just back from a most marvellous (and long overdue) weekend in Nottingham, exploring some of the delights that my old stomping ground has to offer. Hat tips to ...
... the National Justice Museum, where we took part in a recreation of a trial of Reform Act rioters, learned about punishment, execution and transportation, and got lost in the labyrinthine rooms, corridors and stairways of the old County Gaol;
... Hopkinson Vintage, Antiques & Arts Centre, where we were suitably spooked by some of the macabre exhibits in the Haunted Museum, recently relocated to the basement, marvelled/despaired at the fact that a Game Boy is now considered an antique, and came close to buying both a Shangri-Las LP and a Soviet-era gas mask;
... the Trip To Jerusalem, where I enjoyed a pint of house craft lager snug in the Ward Room on an autumnal evening, while we tried not to knock over the suit of armour with our elbows;
... Cave Escape, home to what our seasoned companions went on to proclaim to be the best escape room they've ever done (the Dracula-themed Carfax);
... Ugly Bread Bakery for lunchtime pizza and a special burger focaccia and Oscar & Rosie's for more pizza (try the Checkpoint - as a butternut squash sceptic, I was doubtful, but with cumin, sage and streaky bacon it makes an inspired combination);
... Page 45, the Market Street institution for comics and graphic novels, and Five Leaves Bookshop, the centrally located indie where I picked up a copy of Geoff Dyer's See/Saw: Looking At Photographs.
No comments:
Post a Comment