Mancland

I went up to Manchester today for their Transport Museum's "Spring Festival". Whoppeeee!!!!!


Oddly, it wasn't as packed as it usually is. Probably to do with the recession and that? But it was still possible to fart continuously and no bugger would know who it was? Result!


It was a nice cheap day out for me. Manchester itself is lovely. Being the first day of summer as well. The people are still, and will always be, the biggest shower of inbreds the planet will ever see. But the city centre is a lesson to the rest of us. Whereas Liverpool is basically just "Liverpool One" and all your big brands, Manchester wisely mixes the alternative retailers with the big names, and it works. Stick in a tram line, huge office blocks and loads of impressive water features and you have a vibrant European city, and it's no wonder people look to Mancland as the country's second-metropolis.


Manc folk don't deserve it, obviously. I would say that.


But the transport show was a let-down. I was after some old PSV Circle fact sheets for the Liverpool area, and nobody had them. But if you wanted some over-priced hard-backed books about bus services in Outer Mongolia, this was your event.


I overheard one stall-holder say to his mate, "it's shit this year."


But I'd recommend the odd trip to Manchester. It's always interesting to see how the other half live.