The Covid pandemic has now affected our second year of holidays but we are not the only ones affected as the whole world is still in the grip of this horrible pandemic.
Selfishly though we should have been on our way to the airport today to start our three week holiday in the US but due to travel restrictions the US that’s not going to happen. Maybe next year!
Instead of the trip to the airport I’d arranged to meet my brother Rob in Manchester on Friday 17th September for an afternoon of catch-up and beer. If you remember back to last year we met on the Friday my holiday was due to start. Sorry Rob but let’s hope that we don’t plan this next year.
Michele dropped me off at Hindley rail station for a train at 12.25’ish. by the time I arrived at Salford Central there has been a slight delay and I was going to be late meeting Rob at St Peter’s Square. By the time I got there Rob was already sat in the sun listening to his music.
Today’s plan was to take Rob to a few bars he’d previously not been to before.
First one was Café Beermoth | Craft Beer Bar.
Second one was supposed to be Sam’s Chop House in Manchester but upon arriving the doors were shut & sadly due to the restrictions of Covid had been for a while. So we relocated to Mr Thomas’s Chop House on Cross Street. This is one of my favourite bars in Manchester, plenty of choice for quality beer, excellent food but great character.
From here we headed off to our third choice of bar and ended up at The Shakespeare another very old beer house. I undertook a bar refresh many years ago here for part of The Spirit chain. It is reported that this bar is haunted & I’m sure while I was undertaking my survey in one of the upper rooms I heard some unusual noises. We had a couple of beers in here.
From The Shakspeare we had a short walk up to The English Lounge at the rear of the Arndale Centre. Another of my favourite bars and a great pint of Beavertown. The bars were now starting yto get busier the further in to the afternoons we got.
Our fifth bar was The Lower Turks Head which has been transformed into a very fashionable bar. Unfortunatley the sundeck on the upper floor was already occupied so we sat in the main bar area for a couple of Joseph Holts.
Now for some food, Pizza Express it was in Piccadilly gardens, not the best of places as it’s more standard issue food rather than anything too fancy.
After eating we were off for our final pint of the day at The Seven Oaks. I thing we didn’t get this one right as the beer being offered wasn’t the best quality & we were happy to leave for our transport home leaving half a pint each.
What another great day out in Manchester
