Kirkstall Abbey

Recently, I went to Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds with Hana and her parents. We went on a beautifully sunny Sunday, which is quite odd considering that it has only just turned into spring, and it is England! We never get sun!

Kirkstall Abbey is an old abbey that is now open to the public to look around the remains of it. It has some real character and some huge windows, plus it is placed in some beautiful gardens filled with flowers - three guesses as to what my next post will be?? There is also a little river running by the side and a courtyard in the middle with some brilliantly green grass.

Here are some of the photos taken on the day:

1. The abbey roof

2. The river

3. An entrance in the building

4. Rocks lining the wall

5. In the courtyard

Don't forget to check out the next TWO posts arriving in the near future, taken on the same trip! I'll post the links to them here when they're up!

Here is the first: Flower Power

The German Markets

I was going to make a joke with the title there, but I thought I best not...

Anyway.... yesterday, me and my girlfriend went to Leeds to go and have a browse round the german markets. I love the german markets, they're just so much fun, and last year in Manchester I went quite a few times with people from work to go and get a drink or two, or five. This year however in Leeds, it was so busy! And the walkways were tiny so everything was so crowded. And to add to that, I generally hate people. Not in a nasty way, I only really hate people as a whole, in general they are rude and annoying. People in an individual sense and small groups are fine and everyone is great that way. I may be a little grumpy...
But at the markets it was people as a whole. People who barged past, people who shoved me in my back, people who knocked me etc. So the markets wern't really too much of a success. And as we are both students this year, £4 for a small mug of mulled wine was a definite no! We actually drove back home and got a whole bottle for £3.49, wahey!

I did however take some pictures at the german market, and of other things around Leeds that were starting to look christmassy. So here they are..

Xmas lights in a shooping centre...

And the standard blurry xmas lights photo to follow...

Outside of the Town Hall. Someone had actually just got married when we walked past so they were having their wedding photos taken, pretty cool!

These yummy things are filled with marshmallow! They taste great but are so sickly!

 There was a carousel ...

And this cheeky chappy is made from solid beeswax and I thought he looked ace!

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