Pulp

After a glorious summer with wall-to-wall sunshine, it appears that the week we have off is going to be much more unsettled. But hey ho, we're on holiday and looking forward to the break around Northern England.

After finishing work on Thursday evening, we trudged up the M5 and M6 to Manchester, arriving at just after 8:15. After parking and checking into our hotel, we walked out into the centre for some food.

The first place we went to, we got a pretty grumpy reception and was told that they'd stopped serving, even though it was long before nine. Short distance back we passed Cosy Club and decided to have our meal there.

Two burgers, short time later, and we're back at the hotel, not wanting to explore too much because of the heavy rain.

We spent the afternoon avoiding the rain, having a few drinks, and then some food before going back to the hotel at just after six to get ready for the evening.

Then we caught the tram to Wythenshawe Park and had a long walk to find the entrance. We waited for about an hour before Pulp came on. They were phenomenal and the rain stayed off, so it was a fantastic show overall.

Then we battled the journey back with some shocking organisation, but we did eventually manage to get a bus back into the city centre and the long walk back to our hotel for bed.Read more