Manchester; Sunday, 11 November, 2012

A very lazy start to the day meant that by the time I finally left the hotel it was almost midday.

As it was such a lovely day I decided to head out of the city and up into the Lake District. A short walk from the hotel and I was on the platform at Oxford Road station with a couple of minutes to spare before the train north to Oxenholme and then on to Kendal.

I wandered down the hill into town and had a long wander around before following the guided walk up the side of the massive hill overlooking the town and to the ruins of the castle.

I had quite a long look around the castle before returning back into town for a very late lunch and then back to the station in the fading light to catch the train back to Manchester.

The journey up had been pretty smooth, and on a half empty train. The journey back was smooth, but did require changes in both Oxenholme and Preston and all the trains were absolutely heaving.

Back in town I headed over to the hotel, dropped my stuff off and then headed back out over to Salford for a night of comedy at the Lowry.

Virtually immobilised by laughter a couple of hours later I made my way back into Manchester and back to my bed.