LISA First of all, you'll notice this blog entry is about a month late…yes, sorry about that, (tripping around the world and all :p), haven't had a chance to write it before now. So, long ago, on Saturday 15th March we set off on another adventure, this time to the city of Manchester, previously only seen from a plane window at 5am. We arrived at the same place as hundreds of visitors to the city since 1844 - Victoria Station. This experience of hi...

The basic summary of our Manchesterian experience was: Flew into Manchester and caught the train to Leeds (for £18 each!). Unfortunately for this fine British city, it provided us with our first (unwelcome) experience of English winter (freezing and dark). After our haf hour stay at a very dark 5am, which consisted of us lugging our numerous suitcases from the airport to the train station (which I must admit was fairly conveniently located), I must say I wasn't...