Just A Little Something

Once again my mind has gone blank, and I have nothing interesting to write about. I'm not at home just now because I'm going to Alton Towers tomorrow with my Dad and we're staying at a hotel called "European Inn" in Derby. It’s ok but nothing special really, just a standard 3 star hotel. Probably the best thing is the fact that each room comes with free Wi-Fi and a 32" Samsung TV with full freeview.

We left on Thursday during the day and stopped in at Newcastle because my Dad had to see people for work purposes. The hotel there was ok; it was an Innkeeper's Lodge so again nothing special. The food at the place next to the hotel was brilliant, very good for pub food.

Today the drive down was terrible, there were a lot of traffic jams and the bad weather didn't help, but eventually we got here. After bringing our cases etc. we realized we were quite hungry and went to look at some restaurants in the area, eventually choosing an Indian restaurant called Visceroy.

I’m not going to go on about this meal because that would just take too much time, but here is a short summary.

The restaurant looked wonderful; it was very modern but still managed to retain the culture of a traditional Indian restaurant. We went for a 4 course early dinner special which meant we got a Pickle Tray (papadums with sauces), starter, main course, rice and Naan Bread for under £15 each. The presentation of the food was phenomenal; imagine the kind of food you would see in an expensive London restaurant and you aren’t even halfway there. The quality of the food was astounding and for the price it felt like a steal. The restaurant is very deceiving from the outside, it doesn’t look like much but when you step inside it feels like a different town altogether.

So that brings me to my evening, which has consisted of typing this blog, chatting to friends on MSN and watching QI on the TV that’s right above me. When I say watching, I mean listening to it at odd points which can lead to some awkward thoughts, e.g. I just found out that a Sperm Whale has a bone in its penis. Lovely thought.

Well as I have said, I am going to Alton Towers tomorrow. I might send a few updates to my twitter which can be found here, although I can’t promise much. I’ll write about it tomorrow, hopefully it shall be a fun day and the weather stays nice, but after today I’m not hoping for much.

Night (: