My little bro called me up on Friday afdternoon saying he wanted a lift to Manchester. He agreed to come to my house at 9AM. So was waiting until 9:45 on saturday, the bastard didn't ring and I couldn't contact him as he had lost his mobile. Decided to head off to Manchester without him which was a good call as he later called me at 4PM having been out all night and had just got up.

Picked up Meeja man in Roehampton and went on my long (by Ukian standards) road trip to Manchester. Motorways were OK until I got off the M6 toll onto the main M6. Crawling traffic all the way to Machester. Got to the Hotel for about 3:30 PM so had to get a taxi to Old Trafford to get to the kick off at 5:15PM

Match And After

Was in the cheapo seats located on the third tier of Old Trafford which involved walking up 6 flights of steps. When standing up it was so far up and so steep that you felt you were about to fall on top of John Terry. Good atmosphere as the salt of the Earth (read chav), real Chelsea hardcore was there. Wierd selection by Mourinho but an exciting finish when he bought on the three wide players. Leaving the stadium, the gracious L'pool supporters serenaded us with songs about where we could stick our Blue Flag and how we had "No History" rather than celebrating their win. Best supporters in the world, no doubt.

Walked into town from the stadium which took 3/4 of an hour. Went and had few beers with Jon  in a pub and then walked into China town for a meal. Manchester has been totally redeveloped since I was there last many years ago and is quite impressive now. After the meal went to a few bars in the city centre and was most gratified to see how many young mancunian girls seem to have a problem with wearing many clothes :). However I was knackered from the driving, drinking and  walking so we headed back to hotel earlyish.

Museum Of Science and Industry In Manchester

Myself and meejaman decided to check this museum out before going back to London on sunday. Very large, spread of 6 warehouse like buildings, and very uncrowded unlike London museums. Had room even for a short railway ride on a relica of the Planet which was the first locomotive used exclusively for scheduled passenger trains on the Manchester-Liverpool railway in the 1830s. Worth a visit.

Had lunch and then drove back to London. Thankfully there was a lot less traffic so made fairly good time.

SLD

Went for drink in Richmond with SLD last night. She finally admitted that she liked being a lap dancer as she liked the money, liked the attention and she liked pretending to be a porn star when she did the nudie dancing. Went back to mine for a demo of her porno star roleplaying :).

Game

Good excel based footie game which is quite stealthy for work. You need to press "Resign/Start Again" and choose your club. You start off in League 2 (Division 4).