Cycling to Work

 What do you pass on your way to work?  This is the record of my journey

1) An Elm Tree.

2) An Islamic School.

3) A Congregational Church.

4) A brand new bandstand.

In Victoria Park- just because there used to be one.

5) The largest war memorial in the UK.

Designed by Lutyens- opened 1923.

6) An Art Gallery - Attenborough Centre for Arts and Disability.

Wonderful exhibition by Mohammed Barrangi 
"Playing in Wonderland"

7) A prison.

Yes there is talk of turning it into a hotel.

8) Wallis and Gromit- revealed.

8) A University engineering building that failed.

The Queen's Building. The chimneys are a natural cooling system.
The design did not work because the doors are constantly
 being opened and closed to let the students in and out.

9) A river

The River Soar, which flows into the Trent.

10) a terrifying children's slide.

a friend of mine's son once stood at the pinnacle.

11) My old place of work.

Westcotes House.
Pevsners comment on this building;-
"Purple and blue brink, large, varied,
 Gothic and gloomy."
Architect is Teulon

12) A Second Victorian Park. 

The Tram Shelter just outside the entrance to Western Park. 
It was the end of the line, and took people to a walk in the park.

Western Park

Finally New College.  My office is in the low
 building on the far right.