Saturday, 17 September 2011

Ice-cream and Camping

It seems ages ago now, going camping. Going to a new school with new people is never a short business. We went to lots of fantastic places, so I've narrowed it down to my top three. Before that, though, you need to her about the ice-cream on the Isle of Wight.

The ice-cream was labeled as 'white chocolate ice-cream with chocolate-coated honeycombs'. In actual fact, it was white chocolate ice-cream with small pieces of Crunchie in it.

So my top three:

Third was Beaulieu.
   It was... interesting. Cars, bikes, yeah. Car geeks, bike geeks, young geeks, old geeks, yeah. Did I have any clue to what was going on?
   Nope.
   All I understood was the Top Gear Exhibition, the blue BUBBLE car, the flying car in Harry Potter, the Trotters' Reliant and Mr. Bean's Mini. From the rear-view mirror, Teddy was swinging so unhappily. Poor Teddy.
   There were gardens and a manor house, to, which were much more fun than mere vehicles. For those two things I give Beaulieu its rating.

Second was Marwell.
   Easily the best animal place in existence. Just go visit it.

First was Arundel.
   Town, castle and gardens.
   In all honesty, the town was like any other touristy place, nice and simple. Simple accept for the tea room. The tea room that I cannot remember the name for! The atmosphere was lovely, the food was lovely, the themes, the cutlery, the china, the tea pot, the tea cups... lovely and content.
   The castle was HUGE! We got the best ticket, so we could go mostly everywhere, and it was worth it. No one was allowed to take photos, which was a shame because there was so much that was so good. Good to dead: the amount of stuffed antelope heads on the wall was very much disturbing. The animals were beautiful, but where's the appeal of having their heads on a wall? It's one of the more weird things that humans have done over the years.
   The gardens were beautiful, and a long walk. Once one has been to Arundel's gardens, one will frown at all others.

Friday, 9 September 2011

Results!

As promised, here are the results for my GCSE exams:

B in Chemistry, Physics and Citizenship
A in History, Religious Education both short and long, Maths, Biology and English Language
A* in English Literature.

With B being the grade I was predicted for everything, I think I did quite well!