Category: Active life

21 Feb

Capoeira Nottingham

On Saturday 2nd March, from 3-4pm, there will be another one of the FREE Open Days, to give you your first taste of Capoeira.

29 Apr

Adlington encourages Nottingham to swim for free

Double Olympic Champion Rebecca Adlington is encouraging people from across the city to show their support for Britain’s Swimming Teams this year by taking the plunge for FREE.

19 Mar

Olympic torch to visit Robin Hood’s Major Oak

The Olympic torch relay is to visit Robin Hood’s Major Oak

06 Feb

Circus of Horrors make Nottingham run a Mile for Sport Relief!

A full cast of twisted contortionists, demon dwarfs and voodoo warriors added t-shirts, socks and deeley boppers to their decadent and all together ghoulish costume ahead of their evening performance in Nottingham Royal Theatre.

25 Apr

Walks near Nottingham – Colwick Country Park

Formed originally from gravel workings with grassland and water course, Colwick Country Park offers fishing, water sports and many other leisure facilities. Or you can just go for a nice leisurely walk with a picnic, like we did.

10 Nov

After a long silence….

It’s been ages since I posted anything on here, you know how it is – half-term with step kids which is always a shock to my lifestyle and then the laptop died.

13 Sep

Athletics in the Old Market Square

Some people made a real effort for the athletics day in the Old Market Square on Saturday – well done!

05 Aug

Knee-boarding at Holme Pierrepont

I think it’s amazing that Nottingham has such a great facility – National Water Sports Centre. I guess it’s apt since we are so far away from the sea… we need it!

11 Apr

Dragon Boat Racing

Notts Anaconda Dragon Boat Racing Club are having an open session this coming Sunday to give people the chance to come down and have a go at this fantastic – and unusual – sport. It’s completely free of charge and they welcome anyone of any age (although anyone under 16 will need to have a [...]

07 Apr

Easter egg hunt an Newstead Abbey

In the hope that spring has finally arrived, we went on an Easter egg hunt at Newstead Abbey.  It was still rather cold and there weren’t that many signs of spring, but we enjoyed the walk nevertheless. They even put on some activities for kids at the end of the trail and boys had fun [...]

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