When we arrived at the right sort of area for the aquarium we found a car park to park in. Strangely there was a reasonable queue to get in but I waited patiently before a nice man moved a cone giving me parking space on the top level. We then realised the car park was for the NIA however after checking they said it was all right to park there. So with the direction they gave us we walked across the bridge into the aquarium.
Enjoyed our visit there however there where rather a lot of small kids, which became rather annoying! We decided to complete the quiz, ok it may have been meant for kids but we enjoyed it! If you scratched out a smiley starfish you had got it right, a dead one wrong! Perhaps more importantly I won though, getting more correct answers than Nathan! In the 4d cinema Nathan started cursing as he thought someone was kicking him the back . . . he didn’t realise it was the chair and was one of the effects!! There were a lot of good exhibits there though, really worth a visit including the massive turtles, I loved those. Unfortunately the Ray Tank was shut for improvement works.
We then got lost down the canals of Birmingham before ending up at some swanky shopping centre. Nathan wouldn’t let me go in one shop as he didn’t want me managing to knock any of the wine off. We wandered around the rest of the day, visiting various shops and shopping centre. Annoyingly I seemed to get quite few static shocks from lift buttons and such like! Also went to a Chinese Supermarket which sold lots of good stuff, Nathan wasn’t so impressed though I still managed to get him to buy some curry powder so he can cook his own curry! I wanted to buy myself a nice wok from there but Nathan didn’t want to carry it back! We then missioned back to the car before heading to Milton Keynes.
We arrived at the snow dome and after inspecting the fairground ride that catapults you into the air parked outside, we decided against it and looked for place to get some food. In typical student style it took us a while looking at the different places and how much it would cost us.
I then went skiing, leaving Nathan relaxing in the lounge. Didn’t do too much this time but went over the basics. Was all well until I wiped out not only myself by managing to ski straight across the lift path. Of course the guy coming up the lift on the sit ski, had no choice and skied straight into me knocking us both over as he continued to get dragged up the slope, until they swiftly stopped the lift!
People came up the slope and sorted out the tangled mess I had made. All the time Nathan was watching, worried if he was he still going to get a lift home or was I hurt! Luckily it was all alright and an alright session, I wanted to take it easy anyway with going on holiday in only a couple of months!
The way home was not perfect as whilst travelling up the M1 we saw signs saying the M6 was shut as a result of roadworks! Not really helpful after a tossup we decided it would best to avoid the M6 altogether, staying on the M1 and then taking the A50 back to Stoke. The A50 must be one of the worst roads ever; it’s so uneven with lots of bumps and potholes. Just to rub it in there are signs all the time saying maintained by Connect Road for the Highway Agency. Do connect roads actually do anything then? Ok I know the Highways Agency annoyingly close the roads but at least they are kept in a half decent state!
