Distractions of the best kind

[faeriephyre]

Yesterday I'd planned to go to Leeds in the morning, pick up a book at Temple Newsam, do a little shopping and then hit Shibden Hall in the afternoon, in that order. This is how it went down: train to Leeds, shopping, still shopping, browsing, going to Temple Newsam, having tea and a rock hard scone there, coming back to Halifax too late to get to Shibden Hall. It takes an hour and a half to do a round trip to Temple Newsam because you have to take the bus and and then walk a mile through the park to reach the house, but I really kicked my self for not picking up the book when I was there three weeks ago. Anyway, tomorrow afternoon I'm going to hit up Shibden Hall, after my research is done. I'm hoping to do either Harewood House or Nostell Priory on Saturday, both of which also involve going to Leeds to get the right train.

It's raining today, so the perfect type of day to spend in a library doing research. Which is what I should head off to do now...