“The NORTH”

The morning was a bit hazy as I had a few too many red wines at dinner Sunday night. I went to a Moroccan restaurant with my manager, who I had never met in person- when he arrived to pick me up I made a square with my fingers and looked at him through it to make sure it was the same guy I’ve been talking to online for the past year. It was fun to have proper time to chat in person, but it was a 7am pickup today to drive up to Leeds so I’m regretting the wine that went along with the conversation. 

I learnt today that there is a big line across England and it’s divided into “the NORTH” and (not surprisingly) “The SOUTH”. Capitals required. This was written on all the road signs as we drove up to Leeds this morning. Each half seems to think pityingly about the other half. So far the only difference I can ascertain is that some of the NORTH people have an accent that is a little hard to understand.

The drive up was uneventful but it was interesting to see how many wind turbines there were on the “farmland” that we passed. I use inverted commas there because I’m not quite sure what all the land is used for. I saw no crops and very little livestock. Maybe it’s just pretty green grassland? Everything here is so green. I’m loving the buildings with plants all over them.

The blog will take a brief breather till the weekend when I do something interesting again. The workdays, while full of new things to learn and new people to meet, are a little dull to blog about. I spent the day walking around looking at people folding sheet metal and welding. Still, the car they gave me is a newish c-class Mercedes, which looks pretty flashy, in direct contrast to me in a hi vis best and safety glasses (no photo!)