Back down south

Back in London after a couple of days in the sunny north. Seriously though, Manchester was a pretty decent place. It was interesting to see English people actually leading real lives, as opposed to whatever it is they do in London.

The meteoroligists promised snow whilst I was in Manchester but nature failed to deliver, which isn't to say that it wasn't cold, quite amazingly cold. Luckily the Manchester Council acted to remedy this by putting on a Continental food fair thing in Albert Square in front of the Town Hall, every second stall of which dispensed gluwein, spiced cider and such forth.

For those of you that know what I am talking about, Tim Faber is going quite well. He is living in a veritable mansion just outside the city centre with proper heating, wooden floors, double glazed windows that close properly - in other words all the mod cons that the builders decided not to bestow on York Mansions. Seriously though, the Mansions aren't that bad.

I start the new job tomorrow, so we'll have to see how that goes. It will be good to get the mind back into gear at the very least.