Whew. The last couple of weeks has been a bit on the manic side.
I went to the Peak District with my friend J for 5 days. It was all very historical and literary (kind of). We went to Haddon Hall and Chatsworth and Sudbury Hall, we went to Arbor Low stone circle and Mam Tor which is a Bronze Age hill fort, we went up Stanage Edge and through Winnatt's Pass, and we went to a cotton mill.
The houses were all used for filming various adaptations of Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice (and Haddon Hall was the castle in Princess Bride!). It was really busy, but pretty chilled at the same time. We did a whole lot of eating, and sitting and chatting over pots of tea as well.
Last Friday work had our twice-yearly offsite meeting. Previous offsites have included things like go-carting, this time was on a boat. We hired a largish canal boat, had our meeting and set off down the Kennett and Avon canal. With champagne. Oh yes. Drinking from lunchtime. After we got off the boat we went on to a series of bars and it was, on the whole, a fairly messy afternoon/evening although I don't think too many actual embarrassments were committed. (Not by me anyway!)
Last weekend Giffy and Eric came to stay. We went to the Fashion Museum and and an organ recital at the Abbey and to Avebury. A good time (and lots of food) was had by all.
My boss has decided that I am the Voice of the Mazda Academy. When they ring the mainline number it is me on the auto-attendant, and two of the four options lead to me, so he has decided that I should also voice the intros to our e-learning programmes. I spent an hour yesterday recording one and then got told I had to do it again today. Great joy.
J (of the Peak District trip) is coming for the weekend. We will probably eat a lot and watch Jane Eyre.
I feel like this post should be much more interesting than it is. Perhaps I will add pictures later.
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