ATV-ing and go-karting

The group that went RTV-riding and go-karting. All students were from King's College.
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Shoots, I can't remember the name of the place that we went to for the ATV-riding and go-karting.  But basically I wouldn't recommend it.  We got there late and so we really only had like 20 minutes on the ATVs.  It was enough for a lap around their fenced-in green park that wasn't much larger than two soccer fields.  The go-karting was in a barn-like structure that looked like it was ready to fall apart at any moment.  It was really fun to ride because the track was compacted dirt and the tires on the karts were extremely bald so all turns were really tough to manage.  We each did two races with 4 participants and I got 3rd and 1st.  In the second race I had to bump out the leader in a turn and he spun out!  It was good fun, but I think I actually would have preferred to go to Keswick town.  The man running the show had a "proper Cumbrian" accent.  Proper = real-life/hardcore/etc.  None of us Americans could understand his instructions and it was funny because he knew it.  He would say something, then slower, then say something along the lines of "nevermind".

getting ready to ride!
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The bus ride back didn't feel as long as the one going up.  We made two stops along the way.  We got back to London at 930 PM and I got back to the apartments around 1000 PM.

I found out that my football team, the GKT 3s, won the University of Hospitals Cup against the GKT 4s in the final match!  Sacha was pissed that they didn't win because they were leading the game 1-0 going into the 2nd half but our team came back and scored three goals within 10 minutes.  I'm glad they won without me, but I wish I could've been there.  Apparently the season ends this week so we're going to be playing a lot of make-up games for those that were canceled on account of rain.  I'll be sure to go to those games and take a couple of pictures.