Go Ape Temple Newsam

The much rumoured Go Ape finally opened in Leeds.  It is not in Roundhay as rumoured, it is in Temple Newsam!  It looks sufficiently easy, it would be a fun thing to do!

Service Industry Name Tags

So one of the waitress was called April, or was she?  She has a fully last name, maybe it is Welsh, it was Catering.  Now, surely her last name was not Catering.  In hindsight, was she really April?  Why did they bother with the name tags?

Gregynog Hall

As an added bonus, we stayed at a Historic Housing Association house, Gregynog Hall.  I took the opportunity to read up their pamphlet and walked around the ground.

Welsh Tarmac

The weather was not getting any better, but lucky for us, we rode below the rain band nearly the whole time and we crossed the rain band once.  The route was mostly tarmac and that was nice.  We missed out on visiting the Harlech Castle, so we viewed it "English Heritage style".  The last road was a minor road with washed off grits on the road, it was horrible, but we all made it home safely.

Shropshire Hills

Much to most people's disappointment, the weather was not good for this weekend.  The weather was not good, visibility was very low on the hills, but at least my ride was mostly dry.  The farm tracks were horrible, I skidded a little. We actually went back into England on the Shropshire hills.  We when to Stokesay Castle, everyone was moaning that it was expensive, and lucky for me, I got my English Heritage card.  Nice little castle, nice little trip.

Friday M62

I believed Google and went on M62 instead of A616.  It was horrible!  It took over 1.5 hours to cross the pennine.  The fog over the top was also horrible!  I must remember to avoid M62 on Fridays!

Magic of New Battery

I got a new battery for the old S4 so it would be less temperamental.  Not only the screen is playing up less, the wifi also seems to work now!