Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Winter

There were lots of snow in the area, the park was nice.  But due to the short days, we opted for a 2-hours parking ticket only.

It is near impossible to explore the park in 2 hours, and the snow trekking does not help.  From now on, I would only go to YSP for a full day.

National Coal Mining Museum

NCM is another museum we have been wanting to go.  The underground tour was quite an interesting and extensive.  It would be great if we could take pictures.  Since it is 'free', it can definitely go on the re-visit list.

Leeds Attractions - Armley Mills

I know Leeds has a lot of offer, and every time I have visitors, I have an excuse and opportunity to explore them.  I have learnt about the Thwaite Mills Watermill, and had been wanting to go.

This time, I took Hedy and Sarah to Kirkstall Abbey, as it turns out, Armley Mills is just around the corner, so we went.  The exhibits in Armley Mills are quite impressive, so I forwent the idea of going to Thwaite Mills.

We need to look at their demonstration schedule, as Sarah would love to see these machineries driven.  We will be back.

Dough Boy @ Belgrave Music Hall

I asked Hedy what she would like to eat more while traveling in England, and she mentioned pizza.  Normally I would take visit visitors to Da Mario, but it has been going downhill.  Then I did something I don't normally do, using trip advisor.

Dough Boy, the pizza place in Belgrave is meant to be good.  So we went.  It was especially attractive when they do half price slices!  So we had 3 slices between us.  Each slice is a quarter of a pizza, and the pizza were well crafted, and cooked with care.  I am actually quite impressed.  I will certainly go back for more pizza.

Short Scottish Trips

Every time I go to Scotland, I somewhat feel like I am wasting traveling time.  My trips were often short and cover a lot of mileage.  I am often rushed around in Scotland.  I saw many new things this time, the Borders, Ben Nevis, Glencoe.  There is much to explore.  I could do with a long relaxing trip in Scotland.

Scottish Chinese Christmas

This year I went to Scotland to catch up with Yan, and spent time with her Chinese friends.  There turned out to be a massive hotpot party.  It has been a while since I had hot pot.

It was fun, and there was loads of food.  It was an interesting experience.

Invisible Broadband Man

I took a whole day off to wait for the broadband man.  I was informed it was an "appointment" with the engineer, and the appointment is in the morning.  I have also got a number of "reminder/progress texts" that the internet is activated, etc.

So I waited till midday, and I really had to catch the train to Scotland.  So I setup the router, in anticipation of the engineer's attendance.  It was right down the wire, we had to make a decision on how and when to leave, I checked the phone line again, it was already connected!

I was quite annoyed I waited for all morning only to work out it was all connected.  It could well have been connected at 8am.