An Enjoyable Weekend (Pt 1)

I have half an hour of "extra time" before I leave for work today. I'm returning a hire car which has to be back by 08:00. It only takes 10 minutes to drive there.

I've had a really good weekend.
I picked up the car at 11:00 on Saturday. We did some shopping and then drove to Manchester where we were to see Bill Bailey Live at The Lowry that night. We actually spent most of the morning sat at home, bored, wondering what to do with ourselves. The original plan was to leave the house at 4pm, drive to Manchester, giving us just enough time to have a look around the Lowry complex, have some dinner and get to the theatre. However, we were either too bored with the morning or too excited about the night's event that we left at 3:30pm.

After getting slightly lost around The Quays, we arrived at The Lowry Outlet Mall car park at 4:00. We took note of where we were parked (Blue Car Park; Block A) and walked into the complex. I suppose I was expecting something in a Trafford-Centre-stylee because the entrance from the car park looked like some grand hotel foyer when all it housed were 2 self-service pay stations and a staffed pay station. From this grand-ish entrance, an escalator was to take us to the main shopping centre. I was expecting something grand to be revealed to us as we neared the top. Instead, imagine a fanfare playing going up the escalator, that sound of a record being scratched then the fanfare being replaced by the theme to Vision On. That was kind of my level of disappointment.

I'm not suggesting I didn't like the place. It had it's fair share of designer shops, mobile phone stores and eateries. Maybe I should accuse the car park foyer of giving me false hope.

I need to leave for work.

To Be Continued...