Today we went for a long drive around the Derbyshire countryside with Charlotte and her parents.
We drove past Chatsworth House, and around parts of Derbyshire we didn't even know existed.
We visited the Derwent resevoir, which was used in the second world war to test the bouncing bombs, which were made famous in the Dam Busters movie.
For lunch we stopped at a beautiful old English country pub, the food was excellent as was the company.
Jet lag not being enough of a hardship, we decided to torture ourselves with 90 minutes at the City Ground watching Nottingham Forest lose to Doncaster Rovers. Apart from the match it was great to catch up with Steve, Sharon and Dan again after nearly 7 years.
For Caroline's Mum's birthday we visited Calke Abbey in the village of Ticknall in Derbyshire. This was not too far from home, so was very much appreciated in our still jet lagged state.
It was a beautiful building, and very different from anything we're now used to in New Zealand. The weather was fantastic considering the time of year.
On our first morning after the 28 hour flight, we were very tired so decided to not wander very far, particularly as the English rain had greeted us.
We went to the Jubilee Campus at Nottingham University to look at the new buildings. This one being the building in which Caroline's Dad works.
