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A Day in Pictures | A Meeting in Manchester

I love reading these kinds of 'day in the life' posts and I've been meaning to do one for ages but I haven't really had very many very interesting days recently, just a lot of lectures and uni work! Yesterday though I ended up taking a short trip to Manchester to go to a training session for working as a student language ambassador in the North West and thought since it was something a little different I'd take a few little pictures of my day.


I know for a lot of you English folk, especially if you're from the North, trips to Manchester may be somewhat of a regular occurrence, but I'd never really been before (except one time for a couple of hours when I got hopelessly lost) so hopping onto the train yesterday morning I felt as though I was embarking on a very exciting adventure indeed. One thing I can therefore definitely say after yesterday is that the novelty of living on "the mainland" really hasn't worn off me one bit- you mean I can get the train to London or Edinburgh from my local station?!- because whenever you're in Ireland, you're just you know, in Ireland. The public transport at home really isn't that great, for example, the train lines only cover about half the country so if you want to go to a more obscure location you're pretty much screwed. One fine example was a time my friend and I wanted to go to this little place called Moneymore to go llama trekking (yes, that's a thing), it was only about an hour away by car but we had to cancel due to the fact it would have taken us a good three hours to get there on buses and trains with a few changes in between, and obviously a six-hour round trip to spend 40 minutes walking a llama wasn't really feasible nor a sensible use of our time.




Anyway, when I got off the train at Oxford Road station I literally hadn't a notion where I was going. How people survived without Google Maps I do not know. The event was at Manchester Metropolitan University which thankfully was really straightforward to find, it was just straight up the road from the station. The trickier part was finding the right building once I got to campus since the one I was looking for was sort of tucked away behind the other campus buildings, though I did manage to find it quite easily once I'd gotten myself in the right direction. 
I wish I'd taken a photo of the inside of the building the event was in because it was so cool, it kind of looked like an airport departure lounge. I actually really liked the whole campus in general, it's got a nice buzz about it and is circled around a little park which was looking really pretty and autumnal yesterday as I was passing through.



The meeting ended up wrapping up a little early so I took my time strolling back towards the train station, appreciating the sights and sounds. I'm not at all accustomed to big cities because frankly, we don't really have them back home. I'm not sure if I'd call Belfast a "big city" by the rest of the UK's standards, so I always find cities like London or Liverpool really interesting and exciting and sometimes I'm kind of taken aback by it all, like I'm almost surprised places like this actually exist.

I arrived home around half 7, later than expected as my train was delayed by nearly 15 minutes... (not ideal). I then ended up heading out in Lancaster with my friend Louise where I danced like a freaking maniac, fell on my ass in the club at one stage (and have the massive bruise to prove it!) and then polished off a McDonald's quarter pounder meal and 6 chicken nuggets on the walk home. Oh, and if you have yet to hear of "the Great McDonald's Fanta Spillage Fiasco of 2014" you might like to check out my twitter feed. There were many tears. In fact, I still haven't fully recovered.

But hey, that was my day for you all, I hope you all had a very good day yourselves and are enjoying the October autumness as much as I am these days (unless you live in the Southern Hemisphere, in which case I hope you're having lovely Spring).

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  1. I am actually from Manchester so love going there for visits - it is a great city to spend a weekend! In NZ the rail system is terrible as well (there is like one train which goes from the top to the bottom) so I love the UK rail system! x

    Jasmin Charlotte | UK Lifestyle Blog

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    1. Yeah I really want to get a proper visit in this year and do some shopping! The UK rail system is unbelievable, you can go almost anywhere! x

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  2. I am going to Manchester in January and it was a very interesting post to read! x

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    1. Hey, if you're visiting and have a little free time I'd love to possibly meet up? I can be in Manchester in under and hour :) x

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  3. How cool! I've never been to England :( so these photos were awesome to look at! It seems so incredible!
    Ariana // Thoughts Through a Teacup

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    1. I do love England myself! I'm sure there are much nicer places in Manchester that I'm yet to see though :) xx

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  4. Wow. I dream of visiting England some day, so it was fun to hear about your little day excursion.
    Sounds like a fairly quaint little trip. Oh and llama trekking? Sign me up!

    -Susanna
    youngladyexplorer.blogspot.com

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    1. I'm super keen for llama trekking, I still haven't given up on that dream! Someday! haha. I love living in England :) xx

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  5. I love these kind of posts too, you're photos are always so beautiful wherever they're taken :} x
    Marbl☾☽Moon

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    1. Aww thank you so much Ciara, I love the photos you take too! You have a great eye xx

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  6. I loved this post, Beth! Manchester seems like a beautiful city, and I love your photographs in this one! The strange thing is that I'm actually quite close to Moneymore (small world, eh?) and laughed out loud when I saw the reference to llama trekking. And the fanta disaster should go in the history books, I think!

    Gingerly Pale | Northern Irish Lifestyle Blog

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    1. Thanks so much, Jess! Yeah I thought you might be from up that direction. Have you ever been llama trekking yourself? haha. Me too, girl, so sad :( xx

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  7. I really love these kind of posts too. Your pictures are lovely and really seem to capture the city and your day. I must do something like this the next time I have a relatively interesting day haha x

    Sinead from 'Dreaming Again'

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  8. In fairness, I'd probably be just as excited if I went to Ireland! <3

    Owl Girl | A London lifestyle blog

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    1. Aww haha, new places are always exciting I guess :) xx

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  9. Love your pictures. So pretty. I've never been to Manchester, or England for that matter, but you really spark the travel bug in me so I might have to organise a trip soon!

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    1. Thank you :) I really want to go back to Australia soon too x

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