Football, Forest and a Fiat

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 Apple Maps.

Then we drove up to Sherwood Forest. It was beautiful and has a “major oak” tree that is 1,200 years old 😳 There were tons of birds singing. It was a lovely walk (compared to the mountains we hiked in Edinburgh).

Now we’re back in London for the night before I head to Chicago tomorrow for the rest of the week and Nate spends a couple of days back in Bath.

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