Hanging Gate
Travel Blogs from Oldham
Day 10
... of last-minute shopping after work and then head to West Street with the aim of finding a decent pub. This turns out to be a tall order, as my definition of "decent" seems not to coincide with that of the current student population. I'd be happiest in a working man's club (if they let me in) and all I find is neon, high bar stools and colourful decor. So I end up in Nirmal, a curry house that first opened its doors in 1981. The owner, a ...
Airports and aeroplanes
The thing about airports is, they're boring and expensive. Well, Hong Kong's not expensive but being bored does mean that I'm probably munching on something. A coffee at Hong Kong airport is about $20, which sounds like a lot. I had £15 which I swapped for HKD and I think I was given almost $200! I'm rich!! Rich an bored. I call my best friend James on Viber which is free for us and we chatted for about 20mins. It's at this moment while ...
Day 9
... centre has been gentrified beyond repair, Hillsborough is more like the Sheffield I remember from the early to mid 90s.
I make my way to the indoor shopping centre for lunch, where I find a fantastic, old-fashioned greasy spoon caff called Shoppers Rest, which probably hasn't updated its menu since the 1970s. My southern/Swenglish accent makes me stick out like a sore thumb here but the staff are friendly ...
Caribener Selection - The DMM BOA Big Gran Daddy!
... strong biner. The 30kN Boa is the – yes, and you’ve guessed it – ‘Grandaddy’’ of lockers'.
It has impressive gate closed strength and is robust enough to cope with the toughest of rigging scenarios. And yet, because it has an I-Beam construction, it is still impressively light.
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Julbo Explorer White Cameleon
Julbo’s top-of-the-line mountaineering sunglass, the Explorer is designed to perform superiorly in high altitude environments, where mountaineers are overly susceptible to eye damage from sun and reflections.
- Lenses: for protection from
high-altitude sunlight, Explorer is available with either the Camel
polarized, photochromic, anti-fog lens; the glass Alt Arc 4 lens; or the
Spectron 4 lens. - Camel® ...
Location
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Other places to stay in Oldham
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Bower Hotel
Hollinwood Avenue, Oldham | 3 star hotelfrom $80 -
Best Western Hotel Smokies Park
Ashton Road, Oldham | 3 star hotelfrom $75 -
Travelodge Oldham Manchester Street
Windsor Road, Oldham | Hotelfrom $40 -
Premier Inn Oldham Central
Westwood Park, Oldham | Hotelfrom $77 -
Premier Inn Oldham - Broadway
Broadway, Oldham | Hotelfrom $74 -
Saddleworth Hotel
Huddersfield Rd (A62) , Oldham | Hotelfrom $138 -
The White Hart at Lydgate
51 Stockport Road, Oldham | 4 star hotelfrom $144 -
Travelodge Oldham
432 Broadway, Oldham | Hotel -
High Point Hotel
Napier Street East, Oldham | Hotel
