Odysea Chicken Gyros Filo Rolls

I got one of these with my meal deal, I ate it right the way whilst it was warm and breakfast.  Nice, warm, crunchy, which was good, placebo amount of chicken, less good.

Free Lidl Vegetable

One time Lidl deducted my free vegetable voucher on the cheapest vegetable on my trolley, I was so mad!

Every time other than one time, I opt for the giant bag of potato, and every time was hard work eating them down.

This time, I went for some posh cherry tomatoes.  They were good, they are free, that'll do.

Decaffeinated Coffee

We were looking for some decaffeinated coffee at Lidl in the mid range, except they ran out of mid range decaffeinated.  It significantly hamper our goal on reaching the discount voucher at £40!

Computer Recovery

After some kind of updates, my computer started to freeze.  I rang IT the first thing Monday morning, he was about to certify it dead after I told him it was 3.5 years old.

These days, there is no CD ROM for recovery disc, so I managed to get the recover code out of him and the computer has settled down for now.

Cold and Flu Medication

I was lucky not having to use my cold and flu medicine for a couple years.  I went in to get a bit more for this bout, have they gone up in price, too?

Modern British Sushi

I went to a "modern Japanese" restaurant.  It looks good and it is always busy.  It has so many signs emphasising they are not Japanese, but merely Japanese inspired.

We had their lunch deal, when my noodle came out, they forgot my meat!  So they replaced it with a new and bigger bowl of noodles.

The maki were sliced evenly, and they kept the ends.  I watched how they made nigiri, they have enough rice for an onigiri... Probably those are the non-Japanese bits.  

All in all, very tasty and reasonably priced food.

New Fry Pan

I finally had enough of the old frying pan, so I open the frying pan I bought from the January sale.  It works well, let see how long it lasts.

Costco Mystery

It is true that Costco's fuel is cheaper than other high street filling stations.  So I looked up their membership criteria.  As it turns out, their membership only opens to certain professions.  In that case, I am not sure how some of the people I know get their membership.

Than I looked at their website, there stuff really isn't cheaper.  It is still a mystery why people like their Costco membership so much.

Merlin Adventure - National Sea Life Centre

We walked into the National Sea Life Centre, straight into the Penguin Talk.  It was interesting, the penguins were cute.

Then we chatted with penguin speaker, and the starfish staff.  The starfish staff took us around the back to see extra bits behind the scene.

We went onto the Otter Talk, the Northern Sea Otters are massive!  We also picked her brain.  We went back to the shark tank for the last feeding, but perhaps no gathering visitors, she saved the talk?

It was quite compact, but it is in Birmingham city centre afterall.  The parking at Q-park was a bit expensive.  But we made out before rush hour properly hit.

Merlin Adventure - Cadbury World

I have not been to Cadbury World for over 20 years.  It has changed a lot! The only thing they maintain is the free chocolate element, we got a couple bars of chocolates as part of the tour. We went on a Monday, and there were still a lot of queuing!  I did learn about the Cadbury, I did not know Mini Eggs came from Mr Cadbury's Parrot, and other weird bits.  At time, I find some of their exhibit really funny, which was a good laugh.

I wouldn't mind stopping by if I am in the area again.

Merlin Adventure - Warwick Castle

My two friends also bought the same deal, and she told her two friends.  So we all went to Warwick Castle, which has a big capacity, compare to all the other indoor venues.

I haven't been to Warwick Castle for at least 8 years.  It has changed, yet even more.

There were more shows on a Sunday as expected.  The shows, including the falconry show, are now very well choreographed.

We were a little burnt, and a little cold, but it was a good day out.

We need to go back to watch Jousting and their Christmas fair. 

Merlin Adventure

We bought a package with an Essential Merlin Pass, and today is the day to activate it.  What we had not taken into account is that, the tickets allotted for Essential Merlin is limited, and we did not get to go to Cadbury on a Sunday, which turned out to be a bless in disguise.

I also took the opportunity to read the fine prints.

Woodland Creation - Meanwood Planting

Somehow I did not write about when we planted some trees in Meanwood about two years ago.  Then I went back to have a look, some of them took, but most of them didn't.  The one that is growing has a lot of growing to do!

Seeds in A Box

I got some seeds in the boxes.  The tomatoes are doing well but not the cucumbers.  Now I have got tons of tomato plants...

Cheap Gloves

I got some new motorcycle gloves from the charity shop.  The looked okay, but after using them for a while, they are very not breathable, so my hands get quite sweaty.  At the same time, they were not really warm!  Maybe I have to relegate them.

Commercial Sweeping Robot

I have seen robot lawn mowers out in the wild.  I recently saw the robot sweepers in the shopping mall, in the busy hours.  Impressive.

All the (Easter) Eggs in One Basket

We had a repair cafe on the Easter Sunday.  It was adequately busy for the holiday.  Then there was a big basket of Easter Eggs.  We are not sure who left it there, but everyone is enjoying the eggs, especially not having to hunt them down!

Full Price Skiing

Unlike summer skiing discount, we went in the Easter break, and it was full price, some £36 quid, for 1 hour.  That is a month worth of petrol on the motorbike...  It makes the ski membership more appealing, on the other hand, makes motorcycling looks like a really cheap hobby.

They removed the hump, so no jump this time.

Fiesta Maps

The map is fairly accurate, except sometimes the visual maps is a little wrong.  And I hate not being able to setup before I start the motor.

Big Bells Small Church

When we were in Tideswell, Cathedral of the Peak, the bing bong goes all night.  Stoney Middleton St Martin's is quite small, it still bing bongs all night...

Monsal Trail - East Bound

We went back to Hassop, Monsal Trail on the second day, we went into Bakewell, which is very near Hassop.

We walked around some shops, and I finally find something I wanted to buy from the Ginger Butcher, they are less competitive than Chatsworth.  The ladies in the Ginger Butcher were talking about how busy it would be for the Easter weekend, and where to avoid.

The car pack were jammed pack by the time we got back to Hassop.  We just went back to base and started packing.

Monsal Trail - West Bound

This time we brought our little folding bikes to the Hassop, Monsal Trail.  Between my two folding bikes, I bought the single gear bike, it is "smaller and lighter".  And the trail is supposedly "flat".

Unlike an adult bike, we wheels are just too small to get any speed.  Sarah was distracted by her wild flower counting, and I made a wrong turn half a mile from Blackwell into a dead end old track, so I didn't quite reach Blackwell, which was only 200 metres away.

The trail was quite busy already, and full of characters.

Maybe next time I would take a geared bike.

Fackham Hall

We were meaning to watch Fackham Hall in the cinema, but we didn't manage to go to a showing.  We finally watched it with the free Rakutan voucher.  Funny, funnier than Mother's Pride I think.