I went back to Bangor on the 12th of September and moved into my new house. It's very nice and now that I've got all my stuff sorted it's looking pretty homely. We've managed to set up the Internet and the phone so that's all sorted now, so it's getting to be a proper little house!
Fresher's week started on the 21st and it was rather hectic with both Will and Dave's birthdays falling in that week, but it was good to get back into the swing of student life. =]
Lectures began on Monday, my Monday's aren't bad as I only have one lecture and it starts at 4, but sadly most of my friends get Monday off! Tuesday's are slightly more annoying as we have a 3 hour lecture of stats in the afternoon (soul destroying!). Our lecture started this weeks one off with a surprise test to see what we remembered from last year! FUN. Today I have my first personality and individual differences lesson and a talk from the head of year, so I'll tell you all how that goes later in the week!
Wednesday 30 September 2009
Sunday 6 September 2009
A trip to York!
Everything of this week has sort of blurred into one big mush! I've tried to separate everything our into the right days but I'm still not 100% sure!
Tuesday
I went to York to visit Rob with Will and Becky, after an appalling drive weather wise we arrived and headed pretty much straight into town after unpacking the car! We decided on the Old White Swan, a gorgeous pub that serves lots of different kinds of sausages with mashed potato, the food was lovely and once we'd stuffed ourselves we moved onto a little pub called the King's Arms. It was a very interesting place, it floods alot as it's right by the Ouze but doesn't close down unless the water goes over the bar! The whole thing is obviously built to withstand flooding as the bar looks more like a battle defence than anything else! They also brew their own vodka (served in measures of 35ml rather than the standard 25!) which was absolutely gorgeous. We then headed to the Punch Bowl which is one of their Wetherspoons as this was a place that offered cheaper drinks for me and Becky as we weren't on the beer that night! We stayed until chucking out time and rolled in home at about 2am, we then chatted in the lounge for a bit and went to bed at about 3.30. =]
Wednesday
Having had a rather late one the night before no one rose very early the next day, but once everyone was awake we ventured into York to do some more touristy things as we'd arrived to late to do anything like that the day before. We found a wonderful little milkshake shop that makes hundreds of flavours right in front of you, I'm not exaggerating when I say you can have pretty much whatever you want, I went for a rather unadventurous but delicious Wispa milkshake, whereas Will went for peanut butter and chili... which he actually thoroughly enjoyed and so did everyone who tried it! We enjoyed our milkshakes in the sunshine on the grass by St Mary's church and then as the weather started to turn we decided to head to the railway museum as that was free, and it actually turned out to be a very fun place, which we all enjoyed. =] Then we headed for drinks and dinner in a pub that can't for the life of me remember the name, it was nice little place that was built under the ground, it had the appearance of a bomb shelter but did lovely food for not much money, 2 meals for a tenner! Then after tea we ambled down to the Rook and Gaskill one of Rob's favourite pubs, it was a resounding success with everyone, particularly Will due to the large arrays of interesting beers on offer! We headed home at about midnight that night as everyone was tired and I had a bit of an earache!
Thursday
As we weren't too late the night before we got up relatively early and headed into York again, it was absolutely chucking it down so we drove halfway and parked up to cut about 20 minutes of our journey. =P We then headed to Mr Sandwich a place where you can get a fresh made sandwich from a choice of abut 30 flavour for just a pound. Will also brought a cookie there that was nearly as big as his head for just 75p! We consumed our sandwiches on a bench listening to some interesting music performed a couple dressed in old-tyme attire! Then we headed to beer shop so Will could buy some beer to take home with him and then it was back off to the milkshake shop again for more interesting flavours! I went for Oreo Cookies this time and Will yet again out did this with Coffee and Custard... not quite the success of his last one but he still seemed to enjoy it. We then drove to Somerfield to pick up something for dinner. Once we'd eaten we went on a ghost tour round York with Rob's flatmate John which was great fun, and quite creepy in places! Then we headed back to the Punch Bowl and stayed there for the whole evening as its cheap and cheerful, and we picked up a takeaway from Ali-G's on the way home!
Friday
Another late night, another late rise! We headed straight to Somerfield for something to eat and some stuff for the journey and after pizza and chips we waved Rob off as he left for work, said goodbye to John and then started on the long journey back home, it was a slow one as there were a couple of accidents but on the whole not too bad.
All in all a good few days. =]
Tuesday
I went to York to visit Rob with Will and Becky, after an appalling drive weather wise we arrived and headed pretty much straight into town after unpacking the car! We decided on the Old White Swan, a gorgeous pub that serves lots of different kinds of sausages with mashed potato, the food was lovely and once we'd stuffed ourselves we moved onto a little pub called the King's Arms. It was a very interesting place, it floods alot as it's right by the Ouze but doesn't close down unless the water goes over the bar! The whole thing is obviously built to withstand flooding as the bar looks more like a battle defence than anything else! They also brew their own vodka (served in measures of 35ml rather than the standard 25!) which was absolutely gorgeous. We then headed to the Punch Bowl which is one of their Wetherspoons as this was a place that offered cheaper drinks for me and Becky as we weren't on the beer that night! We stayed until chucking out time and rolled in home at about 2am, we then chatted in the lounge for a bit and went to bed at about 3.30. =]
Wednesday
Having had a rather late one the night before no one rose very early the next day, but once everyone was awake we ventured into York to do some more touristy things as we'd arrived to late to do anything like that the day before. We found a wonderful little milkshake shop that makes hundreds of flavours right in front of you, I'm not exaggerating when I say you can have pretty much whatever you want, I went for a rather unadventurous but delicious Wispa milkshake, whereas Will went for peanut butter and chili... which he actually thoroughly enjoyed and so did everyone who tried it! We enjoyed our milkshakes in the sunshine on the grass by St Mary's church and then as the weather started to turn we decided to head to the railway museum as that was free, and it actually turned out to be a very fun place, which we all enjoyed. =] Then we headed for drinks and dinner in a pub that can't for the life of me remember the name, it was nice little place that was built under the ground, it had the appearance of a bomb shelter but did lovely food for not much money, 2 meals for a tenner! Then after tea we ambled down to the Rook and Gaskill one of Rob's favourite pubs, it was a resounding success with everyone, particularly Will due to the large arrays of interesting beers on offer! We headed home at about midnight that night as everyone was tired and I had a bit of an earache!
Thursday
As we weren't too late the night before we got up relatively early and headed into York again, it was absolutely chucking it down so we drove halfway and parked up to cut about 20 minutes of our journey. =P We then headed to Mr Sandwich a place where you can get a fresh made sandwich from a choice of abut 30 flavour for just a pound. Will also brought a cookie there that was nearly as big as his head for just 75p! We consumed our sandwiches on a bench listening to some interesting music performed a couple dressed in old-tyme attire! Then we headed to beer shop so Will could buy some beer to take home with him and then it was back off to the milkshake shop again for more interesting flavours! I went for Oreo Cookies this time and Will yet again out did this with Coffee and Custard... not quite the success of his last one but he still seemed to enjoy it. We then drove to Somerfield to pick up something for dinner. Once we'd eaten we went on a ghost tour round York with Rob's flatmate John which was great fun, and quite creepy in places! Then we headed back to the Punch Bowl and stayed there for the whole evening as its cheap and cheerful, and we picked up a takeaway from Ali-G's on the way home!
Friday
Another late night, another late rise! We headed straight to Somerfield for something to eat and some stuff for the journey and after pizza and chips we waved Rob off as he left for work, said goodbye to John and then started on the long journey back home, it was a slow one as there were a couple of accidents but on the whole not too bad.
All in all a good few days. =]
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