Nottingham

Hey all,

Ok sorry I haven't written in awhile I've been soo busy!!!! But yesterday so thursday the 25th of september me and 4 other people decided to ride our bikes to Nottingham. It was really amazing but oh my god my whole body hurts. Basically we woke up and left by 9am then it took us about an hour and a half, or two hours something like that and it was 17 miles there and then 17 miles back. I didn't really realize I was out of shape but doing that about confirmed it. It was quite the trip though we got to Nottingham and went up to the castle because there was so much to do. They have a museum within what used to be the castle and then we got to go in the underground caves that are underneath the castle. It was so cool!!!! But in the museum that we went to Jessica (one of the girls I went with) and I were the only ones that were super interested in it the other people in our group were three guys who decided to go get coffee because they didn't want to go through and see all the paintings and everything. But after we went through the castle we met up with them again and went on a tour of the caves which was just amazing. There was a different reason for ever cave. One of then was actually the old toilet. And our guide was telling us that guards used to have to guard the toilet because it turns out that the hole that the waste comes out goes right out of the castle quite convenient for someone trying to besiege the castle they could pay someone small ALOT of money to slide through the whole. But then there was another place that they have discovered was a bakery because the stone is so cool that after you fire up the stove you need something to cool down what you had made and the stove again needed to be cooled down. But yeah it was just a fun day all together. We didn't get to stay there long though because we had to get back before dark. Getting home was an adventure all in itself. Apparently there was a trail to get there but getting back to Derby apparently didn't need one because we couldn't find one so it turned into a race to get back off the main roads we had to ride before dark so we didn't get hit. We made it but I honestly think my butt has never been so sore that is the worst!!!! But over all it was still a good day. The pictures at the top from left to right and top to bottom the first two are both of Nottingham Castle, the next ones are of the caves beneath the castle the first one is the toilet that guards watched and the one right next to that is the place that they excavated and found the oven. The last picture is just this really cool looking structural cave kind of thing that we came out of after our tour. Hope you enjoy them!!!!