Aviva Trains Wales are notoriously a bad ride.
I’m on the 12.18 straight through to Manchester and already it feels that I’m on something out of the Wild West.
I messaged a friend so, as the usual rough looking yobs that often frequent the coast trains got off in Flint.
The refreshment trolley man was a breath of fresh air though.
Small and wiry and used to being ignored I suspect, he ambled down the aisle muttering a low chant of a list of his refreshments like a Monk chanting a prayer.
“ Tea, coffees, hot chocolate……..soft drinks…hard drinks……very hard drinks, snacks, crisps, sandwiches, all manner of things to stuff your faces with……complementary napkin….with every purchase.”
Can anyone suggest a nice place for breakfast in central Manchester…I haven’t got a clue.
Off for drinks and a meal later and the well reviewed horror play Let The Right One In at the Royal Exchange
What Larks Pip
Enjoy the play!
ReplyDeleteThe Dishoom looks quite posh.
ReplyDeleteAlthough a Mancunian by birth, I've not been in to Manchester for years, so no idea about eateries. I'm sure you'll find somewhere nice though. Enjoy the play - not my cup of tea, but it looks very you! xx
ReplyDeletePerhaps the refreshment trolley man has a suggestion.
ReplyDeleteSorry above is from Nell
ReplyDeleteRough looking yobs can be fun, depending on the yob. Funny refreshment man!
ReplyDeleteJohn www.cafenorth.org
ReplyDeleteIt was fab
DeleteLove the refreshment trolley man's chant. "Very hard drinks."
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your day. An Indian/Asian meal sounds excellent. Horror keeps me awake at night so no horror for me.
ReplyDeleteI don't like yobs with big dogs x 🚂
ReplyDeleteWere the ''yobs'' a threat--violence, robbery?--- or just not people you like mingling with? 12.18 but you want breakfast? Surely lunch or brunch....Did you google ''ten best cafes in Manchester''?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurants-g187069-c8-Manchester_Greater_Manchester_England.html
ReplyDelete“What larks”. Someone in my village wanted to add her mother to her fathers gravestone. “What larks” was her mother’s favourite saying and she wanted that on the inscription. There are, however, very strict diocesan rules and regulations on gravestones. Luckily for her the open part of the cemetery is controlled by the parish council and the clerk to the parish council thought it was a lovely inscription.
ReplyDeleteHave fun in Manchester. I will have the vision of you boarding the train home with a cat litter box for Albert.
Wot???
DeleteI love "complementary napkin….with every purchase"! We've visited Wales but missed your town. Maybe next time. Love the blog though.
ReplyDeleteGoodness, I envision all of the train lines to be like those in Sherlock Holmens.. Not so?
ReplyDeleteHope you found a good breakfast and that you'll enjoy the play. I's not my cup of tea either.
Hugs!
Tea Trolley guy's banter reminds me of that Victoria Wood sketch. The one where she is trying to flog some duff old beauty products under the name ' The World of Sacharelle' and the complementary gift is a 'handy pouchette' with all purchases whichever. Oh how l miss her sharp wit, just the right side of malevolence. Have a great time Up North Lad. Thats another good sketch of V.W. where the snobby Home Counties T.V. announcer introduces 'now some words for viewers in the North, ....Sorry...... (as in sorry you have to live there) , priceless! Tess x
ReplyDeleteJohn, for future trips to Manchester, Katsouris on Deansgate do wonderful food including breakfast. Hope you enjoyed the play. My eldest son worked at the Royal Exchange as a dresser and wardrobe assistant. He loved it there.
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Larks is fun and Pip is short for Philip .. (I looked that up). The things you learn every day, larks indeed!
ReplyDeleteI've only ever been to the airport in Manchester, and I wouldn't recommend there.
ReplyDeleteThe trolley man knows how to lighten things with a sense of humour ! Hope you enjoyed your trip.
ReplyDeleteThe train from Conway to London back in March of 2020, there was a table full of ladies across from us, headed into London for a Girls Wild Weekend, that started as they passed around bottles and got roundy on the train. It was kind of funny to watch, the trolly guy really didn't appreciate their shouts and demands.
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