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Now that the summer has traded its warm rays of sunshine for a crispy autumn breeze, it’s time to start layering your clothes, cosy up by the fire and enjoy a hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows on top. Whether you’re a fan of our good old friend called autumn or not, let’s hope our top tips can help make the most of this colourful season.

Blending opulence with modern simplicity, Merchant's Restaurant is the statement piece of the Lace Market Hotel, offering contemporary fine-dining and some deliciously creative dishes. Situated in an impressive Georgian building which was previously a doctors residence, the hotel has elegant period features such as original sash windows, fireplaces and a quirky layout. After being completely restored and modernised in recent years, both the Lace Market Hotel and the Merchants Restaurant are now full of artistic character and contemporary design.

Have you ever experienced a circus performance before? If your answer is no, then there’s no time to waste. Everyone should go to see a circus show at least once in their lives and OVO Cirque du Soleil does a great job bringing the traditional circus show - with a modern and creative twist - to some of the best and biggest arenas in the world.

I was vaguely regretting arranging to go ice skating, or rather TELLING the children that we would be going ice skating when they woke up at the crack of dawn to remind us that we were going. Next time I won’t be so silly! There will be a next time because to say the Tots Zone was a success, would be an understatement!

Following on from the success of Tour England, which saw Lonely Planet writer Fionn Davenport visit Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to experience the remarkable Anglo-American connections that they hold, the US Connections project has confirmed that Nottinghamshire based Tour Guide Robin Hood @EzekialBone is set to speak at their National Tour Guiding Conference.

If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise… The all new Nets Kingdom at Sherwood Pines! A welcome addition to the Go Ape family which already includes two different tree top adventures and a forest Segway experience. I was lucky enough to take my ‘tribe’ to try out this exciting activity earlier this month...