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Originally Posted by sooty

Thank you, CM.
I wished I could stay longer!

I visited a place called Cokington.

You're welcome. How many times have you been there?

Great picture

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This is what it looked like in Old Market Square Nottingham near Christmas time I think 2 years ago.

It looks the same this year but the Christmas tree is in the middle of the outdoor ice rink.

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Originally Posted by cheeky_monkey

You're welcome. How many times have you been there?

Great picture

Twice. This was my first visit to Cockington even though I visited Torquay many times. It was less than ten minutes by car from Torquay.

Second time was I had to go back to the pub restaurant to pick my shawl up I forgot the previous day when I had my lunch there.

(*These pictures are from Google Image)

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Originally Posted by cheeky_monkey

This is what it looked like in Old Market Square Nottingham near Christmas time I think 2 years ago.

It looks the same this year but the Christmas tree is in the middle of the outdoor ice rink.

It is massive! Even you have ice rink. Can you skate?

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Look, what I found in Google!



Ice Skating - Torvill and Dean - Freedom of Nottingham - 1983

World Ice Dance Champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean receiving the freedom of Nottingham, their home city, from the Lord Mayor Peter Burgess.

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[cheeky_monkey]

Originally Posted by sooty

Twice. This was my first visit to Cockington even though I visited Torquay many times. It was less than ten minutes by car from Torquay.

Second time was I had to go back to the pub restaurant to pick my shawl up I forgot the previous day when I had my lunch there.

(*These pictures are from Google Image)

It looks like a brillant place to visit. What did you eat there?

One time when we all went to a restaurant in Nottingham I had a After Eight Mint chocolate cake and it was soooooooooooo yummy. I think I had pasta but not sure? lol

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Originally Posted by cheeky_monkey

It looks like a brillant place to visit. What did you eat there?

One time when we all went to a restaurant in Nottingham I had a After Eight Mint chocolate cake and it was soooooooooooo yummy. I think I had pasta but not sure? lol

I had fish pie and glass of wine. After that, instead of having desert, I opted for Irish Coffee. (I copied this smily from you, )

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[cheeky_monkey]

Originally Posted by sooty

It is massive! Even you have ice rink. Can you skate?

When it's near Christmas time they put a outdoor ice rink in Old Market Square but people have to get the tickets at the Ice Arena.

Last year they didn't have a outdoor ice rink they had a Winter Wonderland theme. But glad the outdoor ice rink is back.

The last time I went ice skating was when the old ice arena was there in the 90s, the same ice rink where Torvill and Dean first ice skated together years ago.

I remember feeling scared to let go of the edge of the ice rink. lol Then I tried to be brave by ice skating to the other side of the ice rink. I ice skated to the other side but when I got to the middle of the ice rink I thought I was going to fall but I didn't. Lol

I probably can't ice skate that well but I do want ice skating lessons one day.

Last year I heard someone say at the Ice Arena something about the old ice rink was where Torvill and Dean practice their Bolero and I think they came up with their Bolero routine there.

The person pointed to where Torvill and Dean performed Bolero and I was thinking that's the same ice rink that I went to a few years ago. In the 90s I didn't even know I went to the same ice rink that they went to because I never heard of them until 2006 when Dancing On Ice started.

There was a small ice arena but they replaced it with a bigger ice arena and Jayne Torvill and I think Christopher Dean too opened the new ice arena.

[cheeky_monkey]

Originally Posted by sooty

Look, what I found in Google!



Ice Skating - Torvill and Dean - Freedom of Nottingham - 1983

World Ice Dance Champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean receiving the freedom of Nottingham, their home city, from the Lord Mayor Peter Burgess.

I wonder if that picture was taken in the Council house in Old Market Square? Legends.

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Originally Posted by sooty

Aww I wish I was born when they won Bolero so I could of got to watch them perform Bolero and win. I heard a lot of people watched them perform that day. Did you watch them perform Bolero in 1984? Was it live on tv?

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Originally Posted by sooty

I had fish pie and glass of wine. After that, instead of having desert, I opted for Irish Coffee. (I copied this smily from you, )

My mum likes fish pie and Irish coffee. But I'm a vegetarian/vegan and I only drink water or juice. I'm a fussy eater lol

Lol

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Originally Posted by sooty

Yummy cake

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Originally Posted by cheeky_monkey

My mum likes fish pie and Irish coffee. But I'm a vegetarian/vegan and I only drink water or juice. I'm a fussy eater lol

Lol

I must eat out with you mum and have a nice time!

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