Who Knew You Could Get a Drink on the Olde Trip to Jerusalem

JoDee and Paul live in a small village called Newstead Village, about 40 minutes from Nottingham. Today's big field trip was to Nottingham. JoDee had a meeting with one of her advisors, in preparation for her viva (defense of her thesis) tomorrow. After hanging out at the University campus for a while, we went to town, in search of a solution to my computer power problem. We also stopped for lunch (and a drink), at a place that claims to be the oldest inn in England, Olde Trip to Jerusalem. The inn was actually built into the wall of the Nottingham Castle, in 1189 (although you can tell it's had a few additions built onto it since). It's an odd combination of cave-like rock walls, wood, and stone. The picture above shows how it's built into the wall.

Walked around Nottingham a bit after lunch--it's surprisingly big, with some very modern buildings thrown into the old architecture, on cobblestone roads.

JoDee and I walked the dogs when we got home, in the forest across the street from their house. Dinner was 'take-away' fish and chips (the real thing, of course!)