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Liverpool

ames — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:39:46 +0000

The other day I ventured off to Liverpool for the day to check it out. It was a grey English day, with predictable rain but I still saw a wee snap shot of the Beatle mania clad city. Hard days night hotel anyone? I start work on Monday, so it was essential to explore further afield.

These feet are made for walking… or standing on a horizontal escalator

Albert dock is a popular tourist destination so given I was a tourist that was one of my destinations. It has a few museums, including a Tate, a Beatles museum, a slavery museum, and a maritime museum.

Tate Liverpool

I concur

Banky’s book enticed me at a store. It is a collection of well, his collection. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

“The human race is the most stupid and unfair kind of race. A lot of the runners don’t even get decent sneakers or clean drinking water. Some runners are born with a massive head start, every possible help along the way and still the referees seem to be on their side. It’s not surprising a lot of people have given up competing altogether and gone to sit in the grandstand, eat junk and shout abuse. What the human race needs is a lot more streakers.” – Banksy

Cathedral

ames — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:11:19 +0000

Sunset

ames — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:02:59 +0000

Superb weekend and a superb coffee

ames — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:06:29 +0000

Slightly imperfect

ames — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:43:55 +0000

I love this hall

ames — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:40:12 +0000

And this one

I want to move into this space

St Ann’s

ames — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:10:54 +0000

Let it rain

ames — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:22:34 +0000

The locals complain that it rains a lot in Manchester. Clearly they have never been to Auckland. Average rainfall in Manchester = 65mm a month. Average rainfall in Auckland = 100mm…

best coffee in manchester [coffee chronicles]

ames — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:30:40 +0000

Finally I found a decent coffee in Manchester. Funnily enough a Kiwi was serving/making it. Nonetheless it is my new local with creama like that! There are a number of cafes in my burb, and I’ve been sampling them all (of course) to find a good coffee. I am sure it is the milk they use, or how they prepare the milk, but it’s just not as good as New Zealand (moan, moan, moan, over).

It was found in the Craft warehouse, where independent crafty shops all gather together with creative goodness.

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

ames — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:29:39 +0000

Chorlton-cum-Hardy is a suburb about 10-15 minutes out of Manchester’s central city. It has this amazing park called Chorlton (or Ivy) Green which links Chorlton to Didsbury and Sale. There are loads of waterways, and paths to run, cycle or walk around. I explored a little of it last weekend with KC but can’t wait to don my running shoes and explore more. It’s a massive area, so will take a few runs or rides!

The compulsory bicycle shot