Sorry if this is a bit off-topic...

I got invited on a trip with my old man. Germany and England.

We are visiting friends, and my Dad and them are going to their model train mecca. I am more or less along for the ride.

So we not going to the normal "big" cities...

I will be spending 4 days in Goppingen Germany, and 5 days in Knutsford England.

I enjoy traveling and going to different places for its own sake, but I was wondering if there were any cool museums or local sights I should make a point of seeing in those particular areas.

If there is something cool gun-related, even better.

Edit: I was having a senior momnet this morning and convinced myself you were going to be in Kent, but you're not - you'll be 300 miles north in Cheshire, where there's nothing of any interest at all shooting wise

Kent's worth a visit though...

As you're going to be in Kent, take time to visit the Cotton-Powell Museum of Natural History at Quex Park - it is a pint-sized shrine to the late 19th century tradition of adventurous specimen collecting safaris to Africa and India, with one of the best taxidermy collections I've seen anywhere. Well worth a visit if you have any interest in African hunting and the history of safaris.

If you're at a loose end one evening or morning, you could always shoe-horn in a few hours Fallow stalking with us in East Sussex...

Here's another vote for the Powell Cotton Museum...... but check opening times before you visit as (IIRC) they're quite restricted.

http://www.quexpark.co.uk/museum/

I'm going from memory and might be completely wrong but get an idea there's some kind of WWII/RAF or air museum either in or somewhere near Knutsford?

Possibly also some good fishing in that neck of the woods.

I'd also recommend a bit of stalking with Adam if you have time.

You could take a trip to Knutsford City Limits and go celebrity spotting in neighbouring Alderley Edge.
That should waste half a day.
For my money, I'd take off and do some real stalking.
You're quite close to Scotland there and the opportunity to shoot a big Red....not to be wasted.

Hi TwoZero,

if I see it correct then Goppingen is close to Stuttgart. So you could visit Mercedes-Benz Museum or Porsche Museum in case you are interested in cars:

Mercedes Museum

Porsche Museum

Beside of cars you are in an excellent area for beer. Between Ulm Goppingen and Stuttgart a lot of breweries exist which sometimes have museums and things seminars.

In Theory Blaser is not too far away (2h drive) where the Blasers, Sauer and Mauser is produced but I don't think they have a museum or something similar. It seems they have a shooting cinema which can be booked for groups including product introduction and company history... but have to be 8 persons minimum. Only German link existing (sorry). I was never there and never heard anything about it. Just found it in net internet.
Blaser Shooting Cinema


Edit:
Of course Ulm and its cathedral would be nice to visit:
Munster Ulm

Bit to the SW of Goeppingen, but the Mauser Museum in Oberndorf is pretty neat.

OBERNDORF

Knutsford is in CHESHIRE.

Some reasonably good hunting within distance but other than that I cannot suggest much

Thanks for the helpful suggestions,(and the kind offers I won't be able to take advantage of) Hopefully I can get away for a day to Stuttgart and then later Manchester.