Lowry Hotel Manchester

... br>All being well we'll have managed to cram our worldly possessions into a combined 155 litres of rucksack without too many arguments over whether Clarins Face Products are classed as "essential" and also with a bit of luck our baggage will have made it's way onto the same aeroplane as us : ) and we'll be winging our way to London, next stop Bangkok! <br><br>A&amp;Px<br>

Last brief entry, just to say we are safely back home, arriving yesterday with Sue picking us up at Manchester airport.<br><br>We've had a fantastic trip - very memorable! Thank you for following our trip. Hope it hasn't been boring, certainly hasn't for us.

... the CHANGE. I don't particularly like change, but I like to take myself out of my comfort zone sometimes and see what I can handle. Keep challenging myself.<br><br>Keeping this short, otherwise it will get VERY boring. More time for fun stories and escapades then! xox

... a serious lack of female rest rooms in this building and they (all guys) respond with, &#8220;well look how many girls are in this class. It&#8217;s pretty reflective&#8221;. I thought it was fairly sexist (I end up using the disable bathroom every time). <br><br>Regardless of the physics toilet situation I am still having a good time. Do not worry. <br><br>The weekend after all this (Halloween weekend), I went home with my flat ...

... and sound back at good old cold, wet, dark Ringway. Did I say 'good old'? Slip of the tongue! We're finally back on terra firma after the last flight. By my calculations we've flown something like 24,000 miles on this circumavigation. Would I do it again? To be honest with you, I'd have quite happily hopped straight on board the Air NZ 747 bound for Los Angeles and flown back the other way! The bank manager wouldn't have liked it though. <br>

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After an early start and a tearful goodbye to the cats (that would be Claire with the tears, rather than Mark!) Andy took us to Manchester Airport. The journey on the M62 was as bleak as always and we're not sorry to leave it behind. Having already checked in-online, it was relatively ...

... very interesting.....we couldn't go into Holyrood Palace though, it was closed. They were expecting a member of the Royal Family, but no one knew who. We did a graveyard tour that evening, took us to Greyfriars cemetary. It was kind of cool, we were waiting to be spooked by a polterguist but none showed up :( Edinburgh was a bit of a nightmare to drive in, the streets are very narrow and seemed to go ...

... down at my watch - 9:30 AM ... my plane home would be taking off in exactly 24 hours ... sigh ... Off to the train station - I was a little disappointed that I never actually got to say goodbye to the old timer. It was raining hard outside - my strategy of hanging my towel on the exterior of my backpack to dry only works in warm, sunny countries. When I arrived at the train station, my towel was wetter than it was after I had ...

For Greg's birthday I organised tickets to see his team Manchester United play Charlton Athletic at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester. Highlights: - Seeing (and watching a match in) the world famous Old Trafford stadium - Manchester United won! Lowlights: - Jane being in the toilet when Ronaldo scored the first goal... typical.