trip to Manchester to see Peter kay in 2024
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00:00Morning, it is Saturday 24th of August 2024 and today I am off to Manchester to see Peter
00:15Cate.
00:16I've been waiting about 2 years for this because the tickets were so hard to get.
00:20So this is the train behind me now, I'm in coach A, so right at the front, which is quite
00:26handy.
00:27So yeah, it's going to be a good ride I think, it's going to be about 2 hours I think, 2
00:34and a half hours to get to Manchester.
00:36It's Manchester Victoria, so it's going to be right next to the arena at the hotel, which
00:41is so handy.
00:42Let's get going.
00:43So welcome to Manchester, this should be fairly easy because I'm in the train station now,
01:02the arena is literally up there, and the hotel should just be not far from here, literally
01:10about a street away.
01:12So yeah, this should be very very easy to get to.
01:15Right so there's Victoria State, and I'm currently in Balloon Street, that's the hotel I'm looking
01:24for, so where the hell is the Hilton?
01:27Right, so there's me at the arena now in the train station, but where the hell's the hotel?
01:35Oh, oh I see, yeah, that's not gone well.
01:42Sit rep, due to a slight geographical cock-up in booking, by my good self, and I have a
01:5222 minute walk to the hotel, because I assumed I'd be getting off at Manchester Piccadilly,
01:57not Manchester Victoria.
02:00That's what you call a whoopsie, so yeah, I've got a 20 minute walk to get to the hotel.
02:07I wasn't going anywhere fast however, as I had some slow moving traffic to contend with.
02:17And welcome to the room, this is a lovely lovely hotel room, this is the door where
02:23I came in, I'm guessing, oh hello, fan speed.
02:33Does that work?
02:35Oh, it does, lovely.
02:37I'm guessing this is the bathroom, oh yeah, very nice.
02:42So we have a toilet, ooh, the door's on a, the door's on a, aye, one of them, a hinge.
02:54We have a shower, which I shall be using in a bit because I'm very very hot.
03:00Really nice sink.
03:04Crab tree cleansing facilities, there's me.
03:10Out here we have the rest of the room, probably the biggest bed you've ever seen in your life.
03:18That is apparently a king size bed, that fan is actually really nice.
03:23Really really nice decor in here, very cool sort of art deco pictures.
03:33Right, we've got the wardrobe, and we've got a nice sort of tea and coffee maker facility area.
03:41What's in here?
03:43Oh, it is the mini fridge, that I can't even get into.
03:50Oh, and two very little sad looking bottles of water there, with a bottle opener.
03:59What else have we got in here?
04:01Thankfully we have USB ports by the bed, which is always helpful.
04:06So yeah, this is the room, it's quite nice actually.
04:10Again, bit of a cut up geographically, so I'm going to try and find a quicker way to the arena tonight instead of walking.
04:17So yeah, I shall see you later on.
04:21I've got to be honest, this place is absolutely stunning.
04:27Lucky Cat by Gordon Ramsay, coming out of a tin.
04:32This is the menu, I think I'm going to go with the baby squid, closely followed by scallops I think.
04:47So, my soup and my squid has arrived, and let's see what it tastes like.
05:02Yeah, that is very tasty indeed.
05:09That is very tasty indeed.
05:20So, let's see what the scallops are like.
05:29Wow, that's quite spicy.
05:39Wow, wow.
05:53That's quite a kick.
05:56So, what can I say about Lucky Cat by Gordon Ramsay?
05:59Well, the building is stunning.
06:02It used to be the bank in Manchester.
06:06The scallops, really, really nice.
06:09Although the sauce on it was like a lemon spice kind of thing.
06:13Very, very powerful.
06:15Not too powerful though.
06:18A little drink and the tanginess kind of goes away.
06:21Salt and pepper squid, beautiful.
06:24Really, really nice.
06:26They did catch us filming a few times in there.
06:30And I kind of got the impression that the service suddenly went up about four notches.
06:35With the including an escort to the stairs to the toilet.
06:40Didn't see them do that for anybody else.
06:43So, that's quite interesting.
06:45What marks am I going to give it?
06:47Do you know what?
06:49I might have to give that...
06:51I might have to give that a 9 out of 10.
06:55Only reason being I couldn't give it a 10, I didn't have a dessert.
07:00Gordon, that was quite nice.
07:03Anyways, on to the arena.
07:29Welcome back to the hotel after the perfect comedy show.
07:47Really, it was amazing.
07:49More like a rock show at times.
07:51Lots of good music in there.
07:53Some fantastic jokes.
07:56Couldn't stop laughing for the entire two hours.
07:58Well, two and a bit hours.
08:00You saw I went to the Seven Stars Witherspoons for some garlic bread.
08:05After the show, next to the arena.
08:07With the DJ.
08:09Way too noisy in there for me that.
08:11Oh, just...
08:13Ended up starting to get a headache.
08:15So, I've come back to the hotel now to relax.
08:17And get ready for bed because it's been a busy day.
08:21So, I'll say goodnight.
08:23And I'll see you in the morning.
08:26Morning.
08:28What a lovely sleep that was.
08:30Bed was so comfy.
08:32It's the end of the trip now, sadly.
08:36I've had an amazing time.
08:38Show was amazing, food was amazing.
08:40And the hotel was great as well.
08:42Unfortunately though, all good things have to come to an end.
08:50I'll see you next time.