NG4 May/June 2021
Local business directory and community magazine
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Tanya About Town<br />
It feels like forever since we made plans, but with Spring in the air and lockdown<br />
restrictions easing, it’s time to tentatively look at ‘What’s On’ in and around our<br />
wonderful city over the next couple of months.<br />
As always, I recommend you ring ahead or check online<br />
before making any journeys, and as we progress through<br />
the Government roadmap, do ensure that you remain<br />
within your social bubbles and respect social distancing<br />
measures in place.<br />
The great British weather can usually make or break<br />
outdoor events, but this year they seem the most likely to<br />
go ahead. While many of us have made the most of our<br />
walks outdoors to escape recently, a few more organised<br />
events are starting to appear in the calendar.<br />
Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre is offering to help us<br />
spring out of hibernation and into a forest adventure with<br />
your little wild ones with their Spring Nature Detective<br />
Pack. Can you complete all the challenges and spy what<br />
is bursting to life? Pick up one of the seasonal packs,<br />
containing family nature activities for the forest. Sat 1/<br />
Sun 2/ Mon 3 <strong>May</strong>.<br />
No booking required. Please note that all activities can be<br />
purchased by card payment only.<br />
Belvoir Castle plays host to a 1940’s Weekend 22 - 23<br />
<strong>May</strong> from11am - 5pm. Join them for a long awaited reopening<br />
of the castle and gardens and celebrate like it’s<br />
the 1940’s! Street Party, fairground rides, re-enactments,<br />
war vehicles, tales from veterans, live music, and much<br />
more. Bring your picnic along, or if it’s time for someone<br />
else to do the cooking – enjoy the food and drink options<br />
on offer! The event is included with a Castle & Garden or<br />
Garden Only Admissions tickets dated Saturday 22nd or<br />
Sunday 23rd <strong>May</strong>.<br />
Alternatively get your walking shoes on and bring along<br />
your pooch to The Big Dog Walk on 30 <strong>May</strong>. Choose<br />
between a 2km, 5km or 10km route on the day of your<br />
walk. Once the walk is completed, you can explore the<br />
Event Village. Grab a coffee or snack whilst your dog<br />
enjoys taking part in a variety of exciting free activities!<br />
There will be fi ve walk start times to manage capacity.<br />
Choose between a 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30<br />
walk, and arrive up to 1 hour before your start time to<br />
have a sniff around before the walk starts. There will be<br />
walk leaders on each route and you can stop off along<br />
the way at the castle’s pawsome pit stops for a drink and<br />
a rest.<br />
Inflatable Family Fun Days are taking place at Mellish<br />
Rugby Club on the 3 rd , 4 th , 5th & 6th of <strong>June</strong>! Advanced<br />
tickets will be available to buy and collect from the club<br />
on 2nd of <strong>June</strong>. Tickets will still be available on the day,<br />
subject to availability. There will be no online ticket sales<br />
due to the event being weather dependent. All necessary<br />
measures will be in place to make the fundays covid safe<br />
and safe for all the family to enjoy.<br />
For something a little different, bag yourself a bargain<br />
at The Mapperley Safari Sale taking place on <strong>June</strong><br />
6. Digital and paper maps will be available so you can<br />
go from house to house. Basically everyone has a yard<br />
sale on the same day. Homes taking part will pay a small<br />
charge to be included which will go to the Haywood Road<br />
Community Centre, a charity, run by volunteers which has<br />
not been able to generate income during lockdown, so<br />
this will be a great help.<br />
Cycle Live will take place on Sunday 23 <strong>June</strong> at Victoria<br />
Embankment Nottingham and is not an event to be<br />
missed.<br />
There are still many virtual events taking place online, but<br />
oh how we’ve missed live entertainment! Fingers crossed<br />
we will be returning to our local theatres and music<br />
venues in <strong>June</strong>. Dust off your dancing shoes as it looks<br />
like the fi rst event to take place at the Theatre Royal<br />
may well be a celebration of the music of Tina Turner as<br />
What’s Love Got To Do With It? visits (26 Jun).<br />
With many of us taking staycations this year, keep a look<br />
out for local tours and history on our doorstep. One of<br />
our local fascinating attractions is Creswell Crags where<br />
you can explore the historic limestone caves with your<br />
family or household group, under the guidance of one of<br />
the expert tour guides. Whether you choose Life in the<br />
Ice Age or Witch Marks in Robin Hood Cave, or Rock<br />
Art in Church Hole, you’re sure to learn something new,<br />
have a fun adventure, and be awed by how many stories<br />
of the past come alive. Tours are for household bubbles<br />
of people who do not need to socially distance from each<br />
other; there will not be space for guests to always socially<br />
distance from each other within the cave.<br />
All details correct at time of going to press.<br />
Visit Tanya Louise's website<br />
www.tanyalouise.net/<br />
Tanya is also the editor of<br />
http://www.nottinghamlive.co.uk and writes for the<br />
Nottingham Post, Nottingham Now LeftLion, The Food & Drink<br />
Guide and more, as well as having her own YouTube channel<br />
and presenting on NG-Digital
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