Oh it has been a long time since i wrote this Blog - if you don't count the last entry. Went to Tintern Abbey, which is kind of beautiful and not-beautiful at the same time - it is amazing because of the contrasts, the setting and the size. I'll put a photo here but there's a lot more on my flickr site here. Ignoring the farcical bollocks that is Cardiff City v Sunderand, we went on to Shrewsbury, which was surprisingly really nice. We stayed in the most up-itself hotel in the world, The Pwince Wupert - advice, if in Shrewsbury stay somewhere else. They park your car for you, but otherwise the service is crap. Cold cooked breakfast, not enough towels, a tiny TV you can't see from the bed, capped off by ceilings charmingly lopw. It's a beautiful old tudor building that royalty once stayed in, but Christ they must have been short. After two cold breakfasts and me banging my head for the twentieth time we moved to Cromwells - a nice wine bar with rooms upstairs for half the price of Pwince Wupert.
Anyway, after that we went to Warwick (far too many w's in this blog) and went to the castle. Very nice but incredibly over-priced and commercialised. It was no surprise when we found out that it is owned by the Tussauds group, who own all the big theme parks like Chessington and Thorpe Park. But enjoyed watching the trebuchet being fired (cool) and the birds fly (see here.)
The weather was amazing, and has renained so until today, when it has finally clouded over and spots of rain have fallen out of the sky. Saturday I had a really nice day out in the pub with friends, comp[letely ruined by a football game in West London. The half time entertainment was interesting though. See things getting a bit sticky on the pitch below.
Meanwhile I am working a couple of days a week at Elvis, where I last worked 7 years ago. This time I am working on freelance rates which means I earn 50% more for two days' work than i did for five days then. Which is good. I am also entertained every morning by the lift, which is made by Schindler. Schindler's Lift. I still don't know why no one else thinks this is hilarious.
Oh well.
