Let's start where I said I would, with my visits to a few English cities. I'll split my posts up a bit, for ease of reading. First, I'll talk about my trips to Manchester and Liverpool, and show a bit of my hometown for those who don't actually live there (yes, some people read this who don't live there, actually). Then I'll document my trips to Nottingham and Milton Keynes, and finally I'll talk a bit about what's happened recently.
This is the main street in Burton-on-Trent, called, appropriately, High Street.
This is the market square, where, as you can see, you can find a little market on weekends.
There's an indoor bit too, but I didn't go there. Nice flag. Classy.
The church overlooking the market square.
This is one of the nicer parts of Burton, the garden commemorating the war. Not sure which one. Second? Er... (Pete will leave a comment about this)
When I worked in Burton town centre I often bought lunch from somewhere and ate it in this garden.
When the weather was nice, of course.
Bah, the ducks ran away as I took this pic.
This one didn't.
There's some more.
I'm now standing in what people may consider to be the central location in Burton: the junction between High Street and Station Street. This is looking down Station Street.
Turning to the right, you can see one way down High Street...
...and to the left, the other way. Charming.
Another nice part of Burton is the place where the college is, with this monument. I believe it's another war memorial. It was Armed Forces Day, as you can see, so it's a bit cluttered.That's enough of Burton. It's not really somewhere I'd recommend visiting. There really isn't that much to do there. Why do you think I don't live there now? I'll be back very soon with my thoughts on my trip to Manchester, then after that, Liverpool (the former doesn't have any pics of the town, actually, just an exhibition on video games, so if you don't like those you'll be disappointed, especially if you're expecting to see beautiful Manchester).