WREXHAM — Nottingham to Wrexham was a very pleasant drive  I didn’t take as direct a route as I might have (Nottingham, Riplay, Belper, Ashbourne, Uttoxeter, Stone, Whitchurch, Ruabon, Wrexham) as I wanted to miss the most built-up areas.

I stopped at Sudbury to visit Sudbury Hall, a very fine 17th century house built by the Vernon family. Lots of paintings and an excellent Long Gallery that was apparently used in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.

A surprise addition to the visit, which meant I stayed longer than I thought I would, was that the buildings also housed a Museum of Childhood. Mostly a toy museum (I saw more than a few that I recognised from my toybox), it also told the story of childhood from going to work to going to school to imagination and play. Really fascinating and well presented.

The rest of the drive was exceptionally pretty as far as the countryside was concerned. I wish I could drive and take photographs at the same time as stopping in the most picturesque places was nigh impossible. They don’t do ‘look-outs’ over here!

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