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[Alan]

Well, here is a link to my county website which might be worth a look see:

Visit Derbyshire - The Online Tourism Guide

I guess it all depends what people would like to do. Derbyshire is countryside really. No great mountains, but more like rolling countryside. So great for for gentle hiking. Pretty good transport. There is a county day travel pass for the bus and train at £11:50 or £20 for two people, which is good value - for UK travel costs!

Derbyshire is famous for...errr....
-Florence Nightingale
-Chatsworth House (been is a shed load of films)
-Birth place of the RDA...errr...I mean industrial revolution (first factory in the world)
-As far as Bonny Price Charlie got with his invasion of England
-Hadden Hall (been in a shed load of films!)
-Crown Derby Pottery
-Home of Rolls-Royce
-ooo...and me!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA

As for when...well depends I guess. A nice time might be Easter as things are just warming up with Spring...unless floks would like to meet sooner.

Another place might be Birmingham, but it is is all city really, unless you travel a bit further out to places like Kidderminster, where they is one of the Premier Steam railways in the country. Brum, as is it called locally is big for shopping and does have an IMAX, now called 'The Giant Screen'. There is a sealife centre, but a bit expensive to go in although, quite good.

There is Nottingham too - home of Robin Hood. Really good shopping place. It has a 'castle', which is more like a large manor house now. It has a cinema, theatre and concert hall too.

So there's a few ideas. Any thoughts?

Alan