NottinghamWhite wrote:Did you manage to get over in the end ? If so how was your weekend mate ?
Ay-up Phil
its nice somebody remembered me
Yeah, I was over for the weekend. T'was an expensive trip though!! Arrived on Thursday night and ate in TGI Fridays on Kirkstall Rd, very good. Had a few strange cocktails which were very, very (Y)rummy in nature. Average steak but not too bad. Took the girls to Flamingo Land on the Friday, £38 return on the train to Malton,
£32 return from the Taxi depot in Malton,
and a whopping £90 in for the day.
That was before we ate or drank ffs
Anyhows, I digress-myself and my youngest (8) went on Mumbo Jumbo, world's steepest rollercoaster. 112degree drop-off. I was more worried than she was. Was very good though but over in 36 seconds after queueing up for 75minutes. Don't figure. We got good weather and the girls poxed about and I got one more ride on Hero. It was good as well.
Next morning we were down at Elland Rd for about 10:45am, wanted to get a few things in Superstore while I was that far. Got inside the ground and ordered two pints of Fosters and sat down to read through the programme. 5 seconds later the youngest knocked my fuller pint all round me and my programme
,was pleasently surprised when a gent came straight over and asked what I was drinking and that he'd have someone there in a second to clear up. Literally three seconds later the guy came to clear up and a young barman brought my over a new shiny pint.
Thought that was nice. The match was disappointing-I'd told the girls we should win comfortably enough
They loved the experience and the banter though and really want to go back again. We waited around at the end and they got their pictures with, Byram(who said he'd be training again on Monday but didn't know anymore than that),Aidy White,Michael Tonge,Paddy Kenny,Dom Poleon,Paul Green,Stephn Warnock,Tom Lees,Matt Smith and Luke Murphy(who my 13yo now has a crush on,not in the same league as Justin Bieber but a crush nonetheless). Special mention to Dioufy though who was dressed like a rock star in a black and white silk suit. He made loads of time for those waiting and had loads of photos and was good craic...
Realise now that all I had to say was,'Yes Phil, had a great one,
and this would have probably sufficed but it all just came out
and I couldn't stop myself
T'was nice of you to ask and thanks to all who gave me ideas, truth is i'd of needed alot more time and ALOT more money to get through them all but I appreciate the efforts. Just a shame I didn't get the chance to meet any Talkers whilst there- I was actively scanning for the Sheepsters LUFC Talk badges etc but at the same time wasn't sure how I was going to just walk up and say,'Hey there-I'm dskimcbski.............
'I'd rather be hated for being who I am, than loved for being someone I'm not'.