travel

Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, originally uploaded by bitful.

Sixteen years after spending one winter in Nottingham to start a Ph.D.
I never finished, I went back for a brief afternoon visit during this
Christmas break.

As we approached Nottingham, this familiar landmark popped up and
brought back many memories. It was probably the first sight that
welcomed me to the place where I was planning to spend a few years
researching, writing and teaching, and I realised I had no idea what
it was, so I looked it up.

Wikipedia says it's a power station – I had figures that bit out. It's
coal-fired (not nuclear then) and lets out steam (not CO2).

I do wish I had a more positive outlook at the time.