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Marlpool and Shipley Country Park Four Mile Circular walk

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December 17, 2023

The last walk before Christmas, I missed the pre breakfast but was ready to go. It was a 90 minute short walk with no stop.

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Linear Ilkeston to Nottingham 8.5 Mile Walk

September 24, 2023

I'd not been on a walk with this group for a while because for some reason they had shifted a lot of their walks from Saturday to Sunday. This is not good since public transport home is poor. Had to go to Ilkeston via Derby due to traffic disruption and nearly missed the start of the walk. We headed across mostly flat open fields to the halfway point at Strelley where we stopped for (overpriced) coffee and cake. Moved on through the housing estates then to Wollaton park where we see plenty of deer. Finally heading back to Nottingham city center.

Abbey Park Fireworks, Bonfire and Drinks

November 06, 2022

I was feeling absolutely terrible the previous evening and had to drag myself out the house to attend this event. On one hand this was a welcome break from endless walks and on the other it wasn't a mad night out drinking which I certainly wasn't up for. We met at Leicester clocktower and headed to the park after half an hour. We were some of the first in, the weather was dry and not too cold which is always a bonus. First display I'd been to for years and was amazed by the scale of the even, walked for 15 minutes beyond the stage pictured above, passed the funfair and they had another fire on at the far end. If you didn't get food or drinks first thing (I did) you were going to be waiting ages. A small display for the kids, fire jugglers, a singer with the sound terribly mixed and finally the main firework display at 8pm. Not my video. The crowd quickly started leaving after 8:20, was invited for drinks in town but not feeling it and went home

REMOVED FROM MEETUP GROUP

Had an unexpected e-mail 3 weeks after my last meetup. YOU HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE GROUP LEICESTER 20s & 30s SOCIAL I tried to contact the group organizer Ben only to discover that he had blocked my messages. I did however spot a clue, the group had been renamed Leicester 20 to 32 social. I also noticed that a couple of peoples profiles who attended the 2 previous meets had been replaced with the words "former member". I thought it was pathetic to change the age range of the group especially after doing 2 great nights out. If everyone had been in the 18 - 25 age range and I felt out of place I wouldn't have come back the second time. But that wasn't the case. I will reach a point one day when clubs and loud bars won't be my thing but I can decide that for myself. I did message a couple of people to find out what was going on but the bottom line was it's Bens group, he paid to host it and there's nothing I could do. I immediately joined sever

Coffee & Brunch Meet Up

I'd been looking forward to this particular meetup for a while because I'd not seen the Leicester crowd since the Camden pub crawl. We met in the distillery but it became clear that after a couple of drinks I was not feeling too good. We moved around the corner to the Rutland and Derby and had a few more on the rooftop with the sun out. I still wasn't feeling it and it was clear that it wasn't happening that day. I bailed out around 6pm and got the bus home.

Ashby de la Zouch pub crawl

November 12, 2023

It was great to have a meetup closer to home as the Leicester group came over Ashby for the afternoon. I have had dozens of nights out here but never a daytime drink. We started off the afternoon at the White Hart, and slowly made our way around the town. The Tap at number 76 micropub was a new one for me as was The vine restaurant and cocktail bar which was severely overpriced and the beer was horrible!!!!! I did enjoy visiting the usual suspects such as Weatherspoon's, the lamb and the bulls head. Unfortunately as it started to get lively the rest of the group headed back to Leicester. I managed to grab fish and chips while waiting for the last bus.

Nottingham Pub Crawl

A day out in Nottingham with the Leicester group looked good on paper. I was feeling a lot better and was ready for it. Met them an hour after the start, once I know a group for drinking events I don't become the first to arrive unless due to public transport. The canal house was very busy for the time of day with security already on the door. Moved on to Ye olde trip to Jerusalem which was a change from the usual. I'm a fan of going to old historic places especially on daytime sessions. We moved on to other pubs including the Magic garden, nice place to sit on a summer afternoon but the price of drinks were 20-30% higher than the other pubs. We then headed to the familiar Pitcher and piano, by this point it was gone 18:00 and the group was starting to go downhill. Had one more beer across the road then called it a day.

Thornton Reservoir and Bagworth Heath Walk

Due to the heatwave I can honestly say I wasn't looking forward to this. It was only a short bus ride from Coalville to Thornton which made a change from the usual. We headed south to Bagworth heath woods, which offered some welcome shade. Looping up to the main road. There was an option for some of the group to cut the walk off early which 2 or 3 did. Then we did a lap of Thornton reservoir, another example of going somewhere I'd never been before despite being only a few miles from home. It was easy and flat with some welcome breeze from the heat. Has a quick drink a local pub while waiting for the bus.

Easter Sunday Drinks at Canalhouse

A drinking day in Nottingham was long overdue so I joined 2 consecutive meets and booked a cheap hotel. We met in the canal house which was busy but not packed. It was a bit cold sitting outside which contributed to the slightly lower than expected turnout. About a dozen of us moved onto olde trip to Jerusalem which was a good place to sit outside. The organisers had the other meetup in mind so we headed into the city centre.

Easter Sunday evening drinks

Following the afternoons drinking we headed to the second meetup. Coppers was a strange place to start, a dead quiet café type place an hour before closing time. Is was a good place to talk to new people so we spent an hour then headed to the Slug and Lettuce. Easter Sunday was busy but not completely packed, a pint of Peroni was a hefty 6 pounds 20 which was bad even by city centre standards. The atmosphere was good and we moved on to Revolution de Cuba. Not as good as the one in Derby but a reasonable night. Headed back to hotel at midnight.

Newark Eight Mile Circular walk

November 20, 2023

It was admittedly a long way to travel just for a walk but turned out to be well worth it. A place I'd never set foot in before so wasn't sure what to expect. A cold, but clear and calm day so no winds to bother us walking around a very flat route. We headed south along the canal, it definitely had a "nice place to sit outside in summer" feel about it. We went around the park and back through the centre of town. Stopping at the Lord Nelson pub. At Winthorpe we re-joined the canal and headed south to the starting point. One of the best walks.