So I am still working on my iPad blog post but due to a new found addiction it’s taking longer than planned. The problem is a game called “We Rule”; for those that don’t know this is a game for the iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad that is a like FarmVille on FaceBook but without the noisy social stream. I am not sure what is so addictive about games like these, but I know I am not alone in my addiction. Leo Laporte of TWiT TV doesn’t seem to be able to get through a show without “harvesting his cauliflower”.
So I thought I would have a little show and tell and post a screen shot of my “Kingdom”. I am currently sitting at level 24, but I have gone more for aesthetics than monetary gain. Hey, we have all seen what happens when money takes over If you wish to join me I go by the original name of MarkDalton.
What does your kingdom look like? What is your strategy? Can you have a strategy with games like these? Have you actually spent any money with them? Let me know via the comments and upload a picture of your Kingdom at the same time.
After a week of teasing and fiendish clues it was time for my Birthday Surprise. As instructed by my sister I was up and ready for a 09:00 start and I will admit slightly nervous as we set off. It was a lovely day, but she wasn’t going to give in and tell me where we were going, despite my constant questioning. I tried to follow our route on the maps application on my iPhone, hoping to be able to identify our destination, but it couldn’t really keep up with us and I was none the wiser. I still didn’t have a clue when we arrived at Moors Valley County Park.
We grabbed a coffee and it was only then Katrina said that we were booked to start at 11:00. I was intrigued, but still no nearer identifying why we were here. On the way to the coffee shop I had seen the little hut with the big “Ape” statue, and asked if we were going to see relatives, but Katrina still wasn’t giving in and I hadn’t put the clues together. We had our coffee, biscuits, and chatted, me still probing for more information.
At 10:50 we started walking towards the hut, and I was starting to get really nervous. It was only when we arrived and I saw the signage and harnesses I realised what I was in for, and I swallowed hard.
After being asked to read an instruction card and sign a disclaimer (that always makes me wary) we had a 30 minute induction that took us through the basic safety aspects. We were then taken to the start of the course.
Well, this was my opportunity to get a little pay back and when the instructor asked for a volunteer I kindly volunteered Katrina. With about 10 of us sat watching Katrina had to go through attaching the harness to the safety lines, rigging the pulley system, and then traversing the obstacle. She was very nervous, but completed it without any problems and at the end got a big round of applause. We were then let lose on our own!
Katrina and I were at the front of the group and we worked our way around the course. Mum had asked Katrina to get lots of photos but when I reminded her of this she wasn’t very polite in advising me that she was to busy holding on. We slowly progressed getting a little more confident as we went.
It was after we completed the third obstacle, about an hour in, we saw a sign saying exit. We started back towards the hut where we had picked up our gear congratulating ourselves and saying what fun it had been. It was only on arriving one of the “Go Ape” team advised us we had walked past the last two obstacles. Opps! We made our way back up the path feeling a little silly, but grateful for the rest and found the forth and fifth obstacles, although by the time we reached the forth we had been over taken. The last two were harder than the first three and at this point we both wanted a drink and a cigarette. Our arms were starting to feel heavy, and pulling ourselves up was getting harder and harder. The final obstacle ended with a long wire bridge and then a long zip slide back to the hut, and the smiling assistant that had made us walk back earlier.
We both stepped out of the harnesses with a sigh of relief and big smiles and headed towards the picnic area for a well deserved packed lunch, which we both inhaled sat next to one of the Moors Valley County Park Lakes. It was a fantastic day and one I would recommend to anyone not afraid of heights.
So this Friday I turn 35, and my sister is treating me! She wont however tell me to what, and instead keeps taunting me with daily clues. I have no idea what she has planned, but maybe you can help? Here are the clues thus far, in reverse order;
- There is method in my madness.
- Not so sure if having an opposing thumb is such a good thing?
- You are nearly there, your day is soon, you will be so excited your feet wont touch the ground.
- It’s your birthday, I was going to take you somewhere hot and sunny but I am not being funny. Some call it the Caribbean, we will just call it the CARABINER.
- Today I am on a high tomorrow maybe on a low but on the day which way will I go?
- As your birthday is in May I fear a new horizon for the day.
- Don’t worry about your day just leaf everything to me you will soon get the swing of it.
If you wish to join me I go by the original name of MarkDalton.
So this Friday I turn 35, and my sister is treating me! She wont however tell me to what, and instead keeps taunting me with daily clues. I have no idea what she has planned, but maybe you can help? Here are the clues thus far, in reverse order;
