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Manchester + Scarborough

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So here we are, back home, after a little birthday jaunt to Manchester and Scarborough, unfortunately, left both camera and phone at home, so the pics are from the internet. Grayson Perry's Art Club  exhibition was the reason for the Manchester trip, and a mighty fine exhibition it was too. Also in the same space a Lowry gallery, also a section devoted to Pre-Raphaelites. Cocktails (two for one) were served on Canal Street for those of you in the know, a most pleasant way to spend an afternoon, especially after earlier sampling treacle chips, which were yummy. Scarborough was a birthday event set up before GP came on the scene, a walk around South Bay, then up the funicular railway, from the spa to the Esplanade Gardens (Two bed flat 240k). With three days of 10,000+ steps behind us, we settled into the Green Room restaurant, where for the first time in a long time I drank red wine to accompany a marvellous steak. Blue skies from Tuesday through to Friday leads into the poem... En