What a couple of days I have just had. I was in Leeds first thing, on Monday morning, followed by a trip to Birmingham. Stayed at the Holiday Inn, downtown Birmingham, and had a great view across the city sky scrape (took a quick watch cam shot). Went for a wander round, and discovered a sculpture by Antony Gormley (a British artist who I have always admired) called "Iron Man" that looks very similar to his Angel of the North (up in Gateshead) - but without the wings. My favorite thing that he did (photo's Pic Pic Pic Pic) was a room with about 40,000 terracotta figures, staring at you. They were really simple 'schmoo' shaped things with deep sunk eyes. Each hand crafted. It was quite eery. I saw these a few moons ago at the Tate in Liverpool, and they have recently had a show at the British Musium (thanks for the links Simon!)
So - Yesterday, I had an 0830 appointment, then an 11:00, the a 14:00, then a 16:00. My car decided to break down here [2026 review : Oops, dead now. Get well soon]. The RAC man arrived super quick, giving me just enough time to make friends with some horses.The RAC man said there was nothing he could do from there, and arranged a tow. I canceled my meetings for the rest of the day, and got a lift home in a big tow truck. Car is now with the garage, who are going to get back to me with what's up!.
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