The end of January &
beginning of February have seen a quick cold snap, with a sprinkle of
snow and a thin sheet of ice on the canal & marina, all very mild
compared to our experience of the ‘beast from the east’ last
year. I think we came off quite lightly up here in the north west as
when we travelled to London (on the train) at the weekend there was a
good bit of snow in Bedfordshire over the Dunstable Downs.
Colin & Carole from ‘The
Wool Boat’ gave us some free tickets to a craft show at Events
City, beside the Trafford Centre, Manchester, which we attended last
Friday. We travelled on the train & a bus to get there. It was a
nice small event with a varied selection of crafts and we did a
little bit of shopping. I was quite excited at being able to go back
to the Trafford Centre, not to look at the shops but to watch the
fountains, gaze at the amazing murals & statues. We had our tea
in food hall there, which is modelled on the inside of a cruise ship.
The following day we hopped
back onto the train to London to attend a London Transport (LT)
reunion at The Met Bar, Baker Street. All the LT people remember the
pub when it used to be the HQ for the Metropolitan Line. It was
lovely to catch up with people we’ve not seen for years. Edmund
popped in to see us after he’d finished work. We then went home
with Lyn & Kevin to St. Neots for a couple of days.
Today we have had torrential
rain to wash away the last bit of ice that was hanging around in the
water.
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