We had to attend to a banking matter with the Yorkshire Bank and the
closest branch to Ashford in the Water was in Derby, so we decided to combine it with a
visit to the National Arboretum which we had been to back in 2004 when we were
staying with Brian's brother-in-law Charlie.
I didn't like Derby
very much. It seemed to be pretty run
down in places and we had a lot of trouble trying to find our way into the town
centre. It is probably because they are
doing so much work around it that will probably make the city look better but
it is certainly not very appealing at the moment.
The one thing that did catch my eye - how could they be ignored -
are the bright yellow taxis. I sent a
photo to Janiece who is into yellow cars, and she wants to know if the
traditional black London
cabs could become yellow? Comments
please.
We enjoyed the Arboretum. The
trees have grown considerably and the gardens are lovely. There appear to be more sculptures etc there
than last time. We found the Polish
section very interesting especially the story about the breaking of the enigma
code. Also found the story about the Gallipoli
landing interesting - the label acknowledges that the landing at Anzac Cove was
the result of a mistake but leaves out completely who made the mistake. The implication is that it was a mistake on
the part of the Australian and New Zealanders!
We didn't see any mention anywhere about the fall of Singapore!
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