English Roadtrip, Part 2...

We left Newcastle knowing only one thing, the direction we should be going on the highway. Brad was busy, nose in his Lonely Planet guide, trying to find an adequate next destination. His idea was to go to Wakefield, a small town near Leeds and not far from Manchester. It’s a footy town and Deano, Brad’s brother, had been there previously returning with good reviews.

We arrived to a small country town, Wakefield. Found a place to park the car for the night, also to be our sleeping location, and headed out to checkout the town. After walking around for an hour we decided that nothing was going on here so we got some Chinese takeaway and hit the burl again. Next stop Manchester…

50miles & 30mins later we were in Manchester. Again we found a place to park, visited a YHA hostel and asked about the nightlife. Half an hour later we found ourselves, unintentionally, inside a gay bar. The only good thing was that the drinks were very cheap, maybe because it was a members only bar… I guess Brad must have looked like a member… Here's some proof!
The night fell short of our expectations so we decided we’d stay another night, only because we’d heard great things about Manchester.

Our 2nd night was much more eventful; luckily we booked ourselves into a hostel for the night. We followed the advice of a group of uni students we met in a bar and headed to a place called “Printworks”. We drank and danced the night away and were glad that Manchester had finally delivered! Back to the hostel and awoke to a throbbing headache, nothing a brisk walk in the chilly air of Manchester couldn’t fix, and again it was time to hit the road.

Next stop Liverpool...