destination Manchester...driving down the majestic M6 through rain and storm force winds, some of the best views in the country as we travel through the Howghylls...at speed!
we made it safely to Rochdale station to catch a train, and glide easily into Manchester Victoria, half remembered through the mists of time, an old haunt from when I was at Liverpool Uni...young, free and single! This time we have ventured here for daughter mine to run in an athletics meeting on Sunday so I suggested making it a weekend...and here we are, rather stunned country mice getting used to the rush of the city...
luckily daughter mine had a map from when she came with a weekend with Rangers so she leads the way...I could do it from memory...maybe!
it's late afternoon, dusk is coming on and the lights are bright...
I do so love the bright yellow trams...and the hustle and bustle, somehow it feels exiting, a buzz of movement and things happening all around us
just not enough time to take in the wealth and variety of creativity, ceramics, furniture, textiles, art of all kinds, and you meet the makers...brilliant to meet Andrea from &made whose lovely work I've admired for a long time
you can see more aboutalmost but nowt the Craft Centre here
out into the night to find Christmas markets in full swing...
I even managed to watch Strictly and on Sunday, daughter mine ran like the wind in her 60m sprint and hurdles and got 2 PBs (personal bests!)
Home again feeling like I had a week away not just a night...bliss!
2 comments:
Wow, I do envy you getting your cold and perhaps white Christmas. The lights are so glorious. The craft centre looks like a great place to visit.
Hi Vicki, lovely to see you here! another visitor from across the world...think you'd like the craft centre, but guess you have wonderful places like that too Emmax
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