27. 28. 29. Manchester

Moving down to Manchester to see Leah and James today . Leah wasn’t around until after 1700, so we took Maddy on a long circular walk before the 4 hour journey .
Once Maddy was sorted and the van was ready , we made our way to Manchester .
The journey was uneventful and we managed to find a parking place just outside Leah’s house .
After quite a long day , we enjoyed a Chinese and a few beers together and chatted until late. We had a lot to catch up on as this is the first time we have seen Leah since she got back from Panama ( doing research for her PhD) . We all had a lovely evening .

The following morning , Leah cooked us all eggs for breakfast before we set off into the city centre to do some Christmas shopping .
Manchester City centre was heaving , there was a huge Christmas market selling amazing food , so Maddy had a great time hoovering all the food off the floor .
James and I took it in turns to look in the shops , James had to look for a specific Christmas present for his dad and a new belt . James was successful, thankfully !
Elle from Glasgow highly recommended these thermal lined leggings from primark, so I just had to go and get them , Leah came with me and we ended up buying the same “happy camper” hoodies which was quite funny .
Leah had to go her separate way to a meal with her lab group in the evening , the two James’ and I went back to Leah’s house and cooked some food and watched the new chicken run film ( it’s so cute ) .
Leah came back at about 10 , so we stayed up for a while discussing plans for new years before heading to bed .

All going our separate ways today , Leah was heading off to Leominster to see her family for Christmas , James was heading back home to Buxton too.
After our morning caffeine dose , we left Manchester to go to York ! James managed to find a cool little place to stay.
When we arrived , we were greeted by a lady, called Elaine, who lives here permanently on site . She gave us loads of advice about what to see in York and was very helpful in general.Lue lisää