NaNo2008

[dakegra]

day 2
wordcount: 0

heh. Away for the weekend down to Derbyshire, to visit Sudbury Hall and the Museum of Childhood, and also Calke Abbey, both of which were wonderful, in different ways.

Sudbury Hall is rather nice, well looked after and full of interesting things. Calke Abbey is also rather nice, rather less well looked after and crammed to the gills with collections of all kinds of fascinating and bizarre things. They seemed to have a thing for stuffing animals, and shiny rocks.

I kid you not.

So equally wonderful. Back at tea-time, and I rather appear to have done my back in. I blame the beds in the Holiday Inn Express. Hopefully I've just slept on it funny, and will be back in action (if you'll excuse the pun) soon.

And no words on NaNo2008 yet, but it's early days and plenty of time to catch up, eh?

I hope my fellow NaNovelists are doing rather better? Hmm?

Comments

[quaero-verum.livejournal.com]

Just a tad over 2,000. With a few hours set aside tonight specifically for writing more.

[elaby.livejournal.com]

You can do it! You definitely have plenty of time to catch up :) Yay!

The places you visited sound really interesting.

[sugar-shrapnel.livejournal.com]

I'm on 3001, I like to finish on a round number but I mis-counted!

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

are you back at work today?

[sugar-shrapnel.livejournal.com]

Nope, feeling better but still needing a midday nap so going back in tomorrow. Hence I should be able to really hammer my word count this afternoon...

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Maybe I need to throw a sicky to catch up (start) my NaNo. :-)

[sugar-shrapnel.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you've provided probable cause already so it's almost like they expect it, isn't it?

Calke abbey

[jugglebug.livejournal.com]

Been there loads, to walk the grounds etc.
Also they do annual proms in thepark type affairs, With a spitfire flyby and stuff. Very cool, Alex loved it.

But I have never actually been inside... hmm another thing for my list

Re: Calke abbey

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

It's weird - bits of it are very *NT*, bits are very un-NT. They seem to have HUGE collections of stuff, and some rooms are just jam-packed with cases of stuffed animals.

They did an excellent eye-spy thing for the kids, which the Beans really enjoyed.

Good food in the cafe too. :-)