Good morning one and all. Today I take the train to York. The day has started with a bit of a confunderance, the train I was going to catch was cancelled, thanks, but with a bit of timetable juggling, I’m at Manchester, sat on a Scarborough train which will get me to Leeds. Then I can carry on to York. That’s the plan…..
One of the delights of a walk around Manchester on a day’s street photography mission is watching the Metrolink trams hustling and bustling away through the streets. The tram system now covers roughly 98 miles or so, from up near the Pennines at Oldham and Shaw & Crompton then down to leafy Disdsbury with a side step out to Manchester Airport. They are large machines but can be oddly quiet […]
So the morning finds me enjoying the pleasures of Manchester’s Piccadilly station. The posh one that handles the trains from somewhere called That London and other south facing places. I’m awaiting the arrival of my Welsh correspondent, Gareth the G-Man. It’s not the busiest of mornings on the station but there’s enough going on to entertain the idle observer. Well you join me now at the end of what has […]
One of the delights of travelling in and around Manchester, well for me anyway, is the City’s Metrolink trams system. The yellow beasts trundle through the city centre and then out into the outlying suburbs and towns. The total route is something approaching sixty five miles with just under a hundred stops.
Sometimes when I’m out and about I get the feeling I’m being watched. With a face like mine I’ve sort of got used to being given the occasional sideways look.
This slightly damp Saturday morning finds me doing my grumpy troll impression across the station concourse at Manchester Piccadilly. I have a specific destination in mind but I’m saying nothing until I get there. Sneaky I know but it will stop you all name calling in case I make a mess of the day. So there. https://www.visitmanchester.com/ https://www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/passengers/our-stations/manchester-piccadilly/ https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Tourism-g187069-Manchester_Greater_Manchester_England-Vacations.html https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/imagesbylachlan https://lachlan-main.pixels.com/shop/greeting+cards https://lachlan-main.pixels.com/shop/prints https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Lachlan1/sets/260639392
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