Hello!
So, if you've been following my Facebook status updates, you may have seen how excited I was last week that it finally snowed. Well, right after my last post, we got more snow, and because of the cold weather system hanging over the island, it's actually stayed on the ground. That, and the need to get out and do something, prompted Tom and I go go back to Sherwood Forest (Like we did a year and a half ago) for a walk on such a nice, sunny day.
Lots of people must have had the same idea as we did, because the park was really quite busy. There were lots of families and couples with dogs in tow out wandering along the pathways through the forest. Basically, when you arrive and park your car, you go first to a visitor's centre, and from there, there are marked pathways leading you various places. Most people just take the 20 minute circuit through to the Major Oak, but there are also paths marked with green and blue on little posts that you can do if you want a longer walk. We opted just to do the oak route, and I was happy to see that the paths were not just mud tracks, but because of the shade, were still packed down snow. I'm finally getting some use out of my winter boots!
So we meandered through the woods to the Oak, took some pictures to match the ones from last September, and got a couple to take one of us in front of it. It kinda failed, since the lady took it facing away from the tree, but that's alright. On the way back to the visitor's centre, Tom took a tonne of pictures, being "Master of the Camera"... feel free to have a look on Facebook, haha! We also went in to the little exhibition, "Robin Hode's Sherwode," pushed the button to hear the creeptastic Sheriff of Nottingham talk to us, and then I got in the stocks again. Photo op exploited...
Unfortunately, one of the highlights of the last trip was no longer there. They used to have a pay and display parking machine that had been converted to print stickers instead of tickets for 20p. You could get Maid Marian, Robin Hood, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet and Alan a'Dale. I was excited to get another sticker to add to my collection, but they have since removed the machine, which I must admit was a slight eyesore. Sadness.
Hopefully more adventures coming soon!
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Job Progress!
Hello All,
Well, it seems today that I've finally made some progress on the job front. I had an appointment at a temp agency here in Worksop, and after filling out about 12 different forms, I am officially on the call list! Fingers crossed that I get called soon, and often and I'll be able to feel more like a productive member of society!
In other news, it finally snowed here a few days ago. We got about 15cm in a few hours, so everyone was outside at 9pm playing in it. Tom and I had a snowball fight since the snow was perfect for it. You could literally just scoop it up into an insta-snowball and then fling it of course. Monty loves the snow as well, and Tom and I had an enjoyable 5 minutes watching him play with a snow-covered cardboard box in the back garden. He sniffed at it at first, which knocked some snow off and startled him. This prompted biting the box, then picking it up and violently shaking it back and forth. This then resulted in the box hitting him in the back, which scared him more and made him jump up and spin around to see what happened, while still shaking the box. Hilarious! Most of that snow is now melted, but there are concerns in the news that this is going to be the "coldest February since 1986" with the coldest part of the country (North Yorkshire) reaching a bone chilling -11ºC.... ha ha! Anyway, they think we're going to get some more snow over the next few days, which is exciting for me, but not so much for everyone else. The roads don't get ploughed, only salted and gritted, so the compact snow becomes that crappy kind of ice that makes little English cars with little English tires slide all over the place. There's also the potential for the trains to stop running if it snows too much or gets too cold and freezes the lines. Ahh! It's amazing what a couple of decades without much snow can do to a place.
Anyway, I think that's all for now. Not too much else happening around here, except that it's Valentine's Day and Tom's birthday next week! Exciting stuff, but I need to figure out what to make him for a birthday treat since he's not a fan of sweet baked-goods. Anyone have any ideas?
Ta ta for now!
Ash
Well, it seems today that I've finally made some progress on the job front. I had an appointment at a temp agency here in Worksop, and after filling out about 12 different forms, I am officially on the call list! Fingers crossed that I get called soon, and often and I'll be able to feel more like a productive member of society!
In other news, it finally snowed here a few days ago. We got about 15cm in a few hours, so everyone was outside at 9pm playing in it. Tom and I had a snowball fight since the snow was perfect for it. You could literally just scoop it up into an insta-snowball and then fling it of course. Monty loves the snow as well, and Tom and I had an enjoyable 5 minutes watching him play with a snow-covered cardboard box in the back garden. He sniffed at it at first, which knocked some snow off and startled him. This prompted biting the box, then picking it up and violently shaking it back and forth. This then resulted in the box hitting him in the back, which scared him more and made him jump up and spin around to see what happened, while still shaking the box. Hilarious! Most of that snow is now melted, but there are concerns in the news that this is going to be the "coldest February since 1986" with the coldest part of the country (North Yorkshire) reaching a bone chilling -11ºC.... ha ha! Anyway, they think we're going to get some more snow over the next few days, which is exciting for me, but not so much for everyone else. The roads don't get ploughed, only salted and gritted, so the compact snow becomes that crappy kind of ice that makes little English cars with little English tires slide all over the place. There's also the potential for the trains to stop running if it snows too much or gets too cold and freezes the lines. Ahh! It's amazing what a couple of decades without much snow can do to a place.
Anyway, I think that's all for now. Not too much else happening around here, except that it's Valentine's Day and Tom's birthday next week! Exciting stuff, but I need to figure out what to make him for a birthday treat since he's not a fan of sweet baked-goods. Anyone have any ideas?
Ta ta for now!
Ash
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