Richmond and Leeds

Hi All,

Firstly I must fix my typo from previously. Sarah pointed out to me that I had actually said 2 different phone numbers in my email. The first one was the correct one. Unfortunately this was not the one which Elsie circulated (sorry Elsie, you had a 50-50 chance). So what I should have said was ...

"My phone number is: 07785 711 082.

That is 0011 44 7785 711 082 for the Australians."

and not 0011 44 7785 811 082.

Sorry for the confusion. OK now that I have cleared that up. The last few days have been busier with 2 meetings with different clients most days.

After leaving Oxford on Sunday afternoon we headed up to Leeds where we checked into a nice little motel attached to a pub near Bradford (just outside Leeds).

Actually most of the motels we are using are the same chain and all are attached to old pubs. All of the rooms are nearly identical and you can tell that the furniture, bathroom fixtures etc are all ordered in bulk. It makes the accomodation quite cheap but it is still quite a good standard. I wish we had these in Australia.

Anyway after checking in Keith took me into the heart of Leeds. This place has quite a night life and most of the clubs and pubs are in beautiful old buildings that used to be banks, insurance and other official entities but have now been done up to make them a little more modern without losing that old feel. Very cool - well at least from the outside. I will have to come back to check the inside on a non-business trip.

We stayed the next night near Leeds also and then had one more meeting with Yorkshire Water. This meeting went pretty well too.

Keith and I then headed out to the Richmond area to get a better idea of what the lie of the land is. This area is in the hills in the North of Britain and is also the subject of one of the studies we are currently undertaking.

We drove around for about 4 hours looking at the main components of the system including the underground tanks and pumping stations. I have taken photos of these so there might be a slide show for the Richmond team one lunch time when I get back (and anyone else interested of course).

I also found time to take some other photos of the countryside. Some of them look like they should be jigsaw puzzles. See following this blog.

Anyway that has you just about up to date now, I will be going to one more meeting with Severn Trent today before heading to Warrington for a meeting with United Utilities.

Then I have one more meeting on Friday morning before have a day to myself to check out London - this should be great.

I hope everyone out there is well and I will give you another update soon.

Andy














Richmond Castle

Richmond town from the hilltop.