In the final leg of the driving road trip, we traveled from Liverpool to Nottingham to watch Brayden’s third game. Over the past week, Nate has driven nearly 1,000 miles through England and Scotland in our itty-bitty Fiat. The Bullets fell to Nottingham 26-27 in a game that can only be described as UWE beating themselves. The penalties, lack of conversion of extra points and missed tackles were tough to watch. But perhaps they needed this to be ready for the rest of the season. And Bub long snapped - something his recruiter said didn’t matter because they don’t kick here… well, they do now. We spent the night at the Garner Hotel in Nottingham’s city center. It was a great IHG in a good location. Nottingham itself was the dirtiest city we’ve been to, which was a bit disappointing. We did happen upon an old cemetery in the middle of town that was pretty cool. It was also the hardest city to navigate, both in the car and on foot. It took three tries to find our hotel using App...
What a great surprise this city was! It’s cool and grungy. There are SO MANY PEOPLE walking around - it seemed like more than anywhere else we’ve been. Pros: The friendliest people, sun was shining!, good music/night life on Mathew Street, variety of food options, Christmas village, people watching Cons: Not enough time, wish we could have gone to today’s football game (soccer) against Manchester United Lodging: Hampton Inn Liverpool City Center - try somewhere else. Parking is hard to figure out, location is great, rooms were fine, breakfast just ok, had a bar