All work and no play

I love to complain.  What Anne cannot complain about probably isn't even worth mentioning.  Having said that, working away isn't always so bad and I really do enjoy my job on the sly.  Last week I got to stay in a hotel in Sheffield that made the best burgers I've ever had (and I've had some burgers in my time).  While the hotel seemed to be situated on a dual carriageway, it was within a two minute walk to a local pub that had a claw crane by the front door with perhaps the ugliest toys I've ever seen.  But, even better than that, I was introduced to the best pub quiz game I've played ever.  The pub quiz game is actually available nation wide I would imagine, but my kind colleagues introduced it to me here.  I was cheated out of a £2 prize.  Gutted.  Here's to the next time.

I also got to stay in a hotel that shall remain nameless because it really isn't worth mentioning - slightly Fawlty Towers-esque with 70s carpets.  Best pillows of the week, for sure though.  What I really liked about this hotel was the fact that it was situated in the Yorkshire countryside, just outside of Bradford, with a field of cows right beside us and it didn't rain.

Perfect.

  
After our first day I went for a little wander into the village and saw the pretty cotton-puff clouds in the sky.  There's something pretty lovely about a blue sky with the green grass beneath it.  I found a village green where the locals were playing cricket.  I sat and watched for a minute before remembering I didn't have the faintest idea about what they were doing and really didn't care.  Plus I was missing a drink and knew it was almost time for my next three course meal courtesy of the company.  So I headed back through the fields, past a cute church complete with stocks (still in use? Who knows what happened to the losing cricketers) and the best cared for churchyard I've seen in a while, with pretty little benches and hundreds of wild flowers.
 

 
The best part of it all though was when I got to pet the cows.  They (the cows) didn't let me near the little calves, but it was like a petting zoo with potentially really wild animals.  Don't tell the people left in the office just how much fun it really is working away, they'll all want to go too!