Go Ape! in Sherwood Forest

Wow! What a day, bit insane but oh well! Started off by getting up and doing the usual morning stuff before heading off to loughborough to pick up Rob and Karen, Rob was on time, Karen was not, as usual so off to her house to pick her up then to my house where we were meeting a few other people. So we get half way to my house and my brother calls me....it seems that Kat and Biddie, Kats sister and Kats Sisters friend have beaten me to my own house...so i havent warned my mum n dad that they were turning up...OOOPS my bad but its all good and we get home to find everyone chatting merrily. Then the final two turn up, Ed and his Arizona friend and we all have a chat before leaving for the days activities. So to sum up we have a group of 10 in 2 cars, there is me, Andy Beksa(housemate), Ed Lax and Steph (Eds friend from Arizona), Rob Newbould and Karen, Kat and Biddie and Sarah (Kats lil sister) and Katy (Kats lil sisters friend) making a happy bunch of 10 happy campers who all pile off to ASDA to buy food. We buy lots of food, lots and lots in fact, £20 of picnic stuff and then off to Sherwood Forest!

We got to the forest and straight away devoured our picnic food (after everyone realise that it was now about 3pm and hardly anyone had actually eaten anything so far) lots of brie, cheddar, ham, branston, bread, sausage rolls, mcvities caramel digestives, cookies and more. The brie was a bit off and the apple juice opening didnt go too well, Katy decided the lid wasnt and so the whole carton pouring mechanism should be removed not just the lid. Pictures of our lovely picnic....













Then we decided to join the 5 year olds on the adventure playground, and adventure we had, there was a pole, some monkey bars and a weird thing with two wooden beams that made you look geriatric when you walked over it. Oh and a big wooden deer that was quite a challenge to mount, but we did and 6 of us got on it at the same time, much to the amusement of a family and their small kids, who didnt seem to mind the occasional swear word or rude gesture as the mountain of bodies on the deer increased.

Next it was time for the days main activity, Go Ape! an aerial assault course in sherwood forest which is possibly the most fun you can have in a climbing harness, it basically consists of like 7 big challenges where you climb a rope ladder, traverse cables and cargo nets then re-enter the ground on a zip line with a thud and a brown patch on your trousers, I think we pissed off the safety people a little bit but thats just ed for you, much fun was had, especially when my glasses feel into the foliage below from 30 foot in the air!

Following our wonderful time at Go Ape we all decided hunger had set in again and so food was in order so off to nottingham to the corner house where pizza hut fed us, not before we waited in PArliament Street Car PArk for 10 minutes, so we could get the cheap clubber parking of course.....more pictures:
, ed andy rob and i were all very hungry so ordered this meal deal where for £5.50 each we got 4 starters, a large pizza, a medium pizza and 4 desserts. Well our starters got stuck in the lift?!?!?!?! (yes thats what they said) so they gave us 2 portions of each, they ran out of large pizza bases so gave us 3 mediums instead of a large and a medium and so we were pretty damned stuffed by the end.

Finally it was time to leave for home, tho home for me meant stafford, via newton linford to drop off rob and then leicester to drop of sarah and katy. The bit og blogging and now im off to bed. So all in all a good day....know 3 new people so hello Katy, Sarah and Steph who are all tres cool and hope i see again soon (well wont with steph she off to dublin as i type virtually then off to hungary next weekend) for drinking and merriment.

Next week the activity is go karting, yes ben is behind a RACING wheel WOOOOO!!!!!

C ya all soon!

(oh yes....only one problem with go ape for you men our there......warning that sat on myself within the harness alot!)