Ooops Matt, piss taking mechanics and St Trinians

Today was quite amusing. It was Matt's last day and he didn't show up! Turns out that after mucho mucho alcohol last night he fell asleep on the train home and ended up in Northampton! DOH! He was also really ill! Sorry Matt but that story had to be told!

Toni took the Polo in for an MOT today at a VW Garage. There was a little piss taking going on methinks. First off they tried to fail the car on the basis of the passenger wing mirror being damaged. Toni had to argue the toss with the guy as this is NOT an MOT failure. There was then an astronomical quote to fix said wing mirror! I do wonder if he was trying to take advantage because Toni was there on her own. We did decline the wing mirror work and later on Toni was spoken to by a woman at the garage who apologised profusely for them saying the passenger mirror was a failure. Seems the guy was too proud to apologise himself and admit that he was wrong! LMFAO

The day was rounded off with some Colin Firth and Rupert Everett in the form of both of the modern St Trinians movies. I know they aren't high brow films but I enjoy them for what they are, a bit of fun.

Farewell to Matt

Today was a sad day. After work we headed to the Slug And Lettuce opposite The Gherkin to have a good old drink and say farewell to Matt who is leaving us. It was a great night with most of the gang in attendance. It was great to see Shaun put in an appearance and equally delightful was the presence of Steve Whalley (ye olde bosse of City Financials).

I won't bore you with the details but lots of alcohol was downed and a great time was had by all. Lots of reminiscing, a bit of talking about the future and various comments about putting the band back together! I don't usually hang around late for after work events but I am glad I did for this one.

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Hot, too hot, crap journey, Sophie going home and WWE Money In The Bank

The sun is ok but it's just too hot for me at the moment. 30 odd degrees and having to travel to and from work just makes KT a grumpy girl. It doesn't help that the air conditioning in the office is rubbish. It's crazy really, despite being the fabulous icon of a modern building that The Gherkin is, it doesn't have a decent cooling system. Considering how much glass it's made of you would have thought someone night have done a better job on that front.

The journey home was an absolute nightmare. Hot and sweaty I arrived at London Bridge station to find that the 18:02 was running over ten minutes later, the 18:10 was cancelled, there were delays at Waterloo and at Orpington. The platform was packed and the train was absolutely rammed. A few of us managed to squeeze in but we were all held upright by other bodies, there was no need to hold on to anything. It was one of the most unpleasant, uncomfortable and longest 20 minute journeys I have ever had. It certainly left me grumpy!

It was such a relief to get home and change into cropped leggings and a big baggy Ann Summers t-shirt.

There was some good news today though as Sophie had made really good progress today and has been told she will be allowed back home tomorrow. So relieved that all is looking good.

We had a yummy mixed grill and caught up with WWE Money In The Bank. This one was a bit of a mixes bag. The first ladder match was pretty good. Most of the other matches were pretty meh. The final ladder match was awesome although we were all miffed that Daniel Bryan got screwed. Not sure that Randy Orton should have won. I'd have settled for Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, or Rob Van Dam.

This was my final pleasure of the night. No it isn't a strange butt plug! It's a giant Walnut Whip tin filled with delicious chocolate yums!




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Update on Sophie

Our weekend took a slightly different turn after all the good things as we learned that Sophie had been taken into hospital with her asthma. It must have been the heat that triggered it. She was in a bad way and took a turn for the worse as she was taken I to ITU.

At this point we changed our plans, arranged to have today off and headed from Leeds to Nottingham to see her in the hospital. Thankfully she did replacing well to the treatment in ITU and was soon back on a ward again.

It was good to see the slow improvement over time. She was very lucky as they almost had to put her on a ventilator. It certainly raised the old stress levels a little that's for sure but at least the recovery was slowly coming.



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Mother Shipton's Cave, Nando's and Despicable Me 2

We had another awesome day going out and doing interesting things. Today we headed out to Knaresborough to visit Mother Shipton's Cave. We were surrounded by some gorgeous scenery plus some great history. Mother Shipton was a Yorkshire witch who prophesied about future events in the form of poems. Her prophecies predicted the fates of several rulers within and just after her lifetime - the invention of iron ships, Great Fire of London in 1666, the defeat of the Spanish Armada... and even the end of the world!

The petrifying well was fascinating to see. It takes about three months for small items to become petrified by the water.

The pictures didn't really do it justice so here a couple of videos!:



Her cave was one of the most calming and tranquil places I have ever visited and I could actually have just curled up and quite happily gone to sleep in there. Sadly it was really difficult to take photos in there.

After the cave we went and sat by the weir and just chilled out for a while.

See all the pics from Mother Shipton's Cave here:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/104946465990175774467/albums/5900226853268631937

Another place that you must visit if you are in the area: www.mothershipton.co.uk/

Once we were done we drove to Bradford and went and had a nice chilled meal in Nando's. It was nice to kick back and have some good food with great company. We finished off the day going to Cineworld and watched Despicable Me 2 as Dan and Laura hadn't seen it yet. We didn't mind though as it's such a brilliant film so seeing it twice was certainly NOT a problem. We were all in stitches right at the very end!

Forbidden Corner & gluten free Fish & Chips

Wow, today was one amazing day! We started off with bacon sandwiches is always a good way to start any day. We then embarked on an 1.5 hour drive to Tupgill Park Estate in Middleham to visit Forbidden Corner.

The Forbidden Corner is a unique labyrinth of tunnels, chambers, follies and surprises created in a four acre garden in the heart of Tupgill Park and the Yorkshire Dales. The temple of the underworld, the eye of the needle, a huge pyramid made of translucent glass, paths and passages that lead nowhere, extraordinary statues - at every turn there are decisions to make and tricks to avoid. This is a day out with a difference which will challenge and delight adults and children of all ages.

We had great fun! There is so much to see and do and it isn't linear nor is there a map of the place. It's all about the exploration, making choices and discovering secret areas.

See all the Forbidden Corner pics here:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/104946465990175774467/albums/5899881713881451361

If you are likely to be in that part of the word then you would be made to not go! Visit their website here:http://www.theforbiddencorner.co.uk

Thanks to the wonders of a somewhat random Nokia satnav we had a pretty breathtaking ride home. It was like a roller coaster ride in more ways than you might think! We did get home safe and sound though although there were times when we had doubts!

The icing on the cake for Toni and I was being taken to a Fish & Chip shop that does gluten free batter. How happy were we! It was delicious!