Very late weekend update

Friday we went off to watch some rugby with the inlaws.



Starting the match with fireworks might have been a bad plan.



And Max and Paddy were there....



Unlike the three failed attempts by Wigan, this was a try for St. Helens.



Wigan didn't play very well, but this little dude was flying the flag of hope all the way through.



This ref isn't welcome anywhere near Wigan.



There wasn't a whole lot of er, 'try' involved.



Dejected Wigan supporters leaving the stadium :(.


A combination of stupidity and business at the game meant I forgot to take photos. But it was really good! Keymer was a brilliant NPC, really got them riled up. There was yelling and side taking and forts full of blood and a history lesson about how Manchester means tit-fort.... I was so pleased.

Then Retro after with MattAllen, Sanderson and Pips. Pips drank a pint!

Ben very kindly let us crash at his since we're still car-less and we got up early with him. Dropped him at the Midland and then had a wander around Manchester. We headed into work to try and use the damned fax machine, to no avail. But managed to use the photocopier instead. And then we had the rest of the day just to do random stuff.

Things we learned:
1. Only the elderly and employed are awake and walking around Manchester at 9:00am.
2. Krispy Kreme are always delicious and they have good, normal, coffee
3. Subway breakfast subs are amazing.
4. Old men can be kicked off trams for antisocial behavior.

I went and bought a hoodie to help combat the cold and we went a wandering:








We wandered over to Albert Square and saw the carpet of flowers set up to look like textiles.





I finally remembered to take a photo of the portable toilets at Piccadilly gardens.





We went up in the ferris wheel and did a few circles. It was pretty cool. I could point and go 'I can see my work from here!'

We wandered up to St. Anne's square and had some German food at the markets. We missed the Lakeland stall though, which makes me a sad panda.

Then Pips recommended seeing a movie, so we headed off to the Printworks to book Wall-e.



We had about a half an hour to kill and decided to find some bookstores. And wandered down some alley ways.













Wall-e was adorable. I loved it. And I got a pink lilly from the flower thing at Albert square. It was a pretty awesome day out and a really good weekend:) What wasn't awesome was discovering fuck all trains run from Victoria on Sundays. Made it to Piccadilly though.