40. Visit 40 cities in the UK (Part 3)

Despite doing a lot of travelling with my work, I was scrolling through a list of cities and saying "yes" or "no" against the places I've been and I came across the next place in my list:

26. Leeds - Back in 2008 the National Hospital Radio Awards was held in Leeds and I had submitted my first 5-minute reel for Female Presenter of the Year which had been shortlisted. A little group of us headed up to Leeds for the weekend and explored the city before the awards ceremony. It was very nerve-wracking knowing I had been shortlisted and waiting through the list of awards being announced one by one, getting closer and closer to the announcement. And then, it came around, Female Presenter of the Year - snippets of all entries were played out. Then, the bronze award was announced - I began to think that I couldn't possibly have beaten that entry. Then, the silver award...LAUREN RICH at RADIO NORTHWICK PARK. I couldn't believe it. I was sure that I hadn't got into the top 3 - the competition was fierce. I came 2nd again in 2009 in Blackpool.

Me with my award and certificate

My lovely glass award which I was only allowed to keep for a couple of weeks

27. Chichester
28. Canterbury
29. Coventry

Three cities beginning with C all in August. Driving around Canterbury was an interesting experience.

30. Leicester
31. Stoke-on-Trent
32. Southampton

Our Southampton journey was tied in with a red jet journey across to the Isle of Wight which was my first trip there.

A little bit of "old" Southampton

33. Salisbury
34. Worcester
35. Nottingham

A view of Salisbury Cathedral

Five more cities to go!