Nottingham; Friday, 07 June, 2002

Nottingham is dominated by the castle that stands on the hill.

Castle is probably not the best word to use to describe it as it is more a mansion house, the original castle having been leveled after the civil war.

With a large museum, grounds that give a spectacular view of the city and surrounding area (on a good day you can see 4 counties) an expansive art gallery (at the time showing an Andy Warhol Exhibition) and tours of the caves passages under the castle it can happily fill up several hours.

After I had finished the castle I decided to go and visit the impressive building of Southwall Minster in the small town of Southwall about 12 miles from Nottingham but linked with a regular and reliable bus service.

The Minster is quite frankly spectacular. After having a wander round the Minster and the town it was back on the bus to Nottingham.