The sun is out !! A late start today some extra sleep to recover from the absolutely marvelous tequila beer I had last night with dinner. Well our last day with Lynn and bob thanks for the great garden tips and the fantastic stay in the loft. We packed our bags and I gave bob some great tips on how to kill his neighbors trees there right b*****s they are. We had lunch we at the local garden center where I had the special fish and chip aka French fries. A terrif...

A very exciting day today a chance of a lifetime completed Tara and battle 30000 blokes in the heart of the old market square in Nottingham for our chance to see the queen and Will and Kate the experience was surreal they walked less then twenty feet past us I had to pick Tara up just to get a clear shot with her camara the queen was greeting the other side of the crowd at the same time as they walk towards the council house. After we came down from the excitemen...

Did some cave discovery today was very entertaining. Started at speedwell near Castleton there were 106steps down into the mountain onto a small boat where we floated in the cave with barley enough room for our heads to clear the roof. The boat was just big enough to fit we traveled along hitting the rock walls as we went nearly lying down in the boat at some points. The tour was very informative and lots of fun except for the stairs up at the end. We then went ...

A long day of travels today, the weather held up nicely cloudy and cold but no rain. We started off with a drive threw a small village called Matlock right on the river the shops and home were perched along the step hill over looking the river there was a tram ride to the top of the hill but we had other plans for the day a nice stop before we headed to Chattsworth the home of the duke and dutchess of England a very impressive property and manner to bad they ch...

Tara and I met up with Robin hood at Sherwood forest today out in Nottingham. We both even had a chance to practice our bow and arrow skills we both didn't do half bad. We also saw the great oak tree that he was believed to live by. We did a walk threw the old forest the trees are amazing 800-1000 yrs old the size and shapes of the tree were definitely something I hadn't seen before. We had some sun today an let me tell you the landscape here in England is truly...