Manchester Thursday

An English friend of the bride and groom’s parents is staying with me. We had a very slow start this morning – a lot of talking discovering many common interests. We wandered through the streets to the Manchester Art Gallery. We started at the top and spent quite a while in the Gallery of Craft and Design – some lovely classic pieces, some very peculiar modern things, some very peculiar pieces made from very old things. I learnt about quaichs ( pronounced quake) – shallow 2 handles Scottish drinking cups – mainly used for ceremonial occasions. I had to leave in order to get to lunch with other family members high up in the Uris building. This modern, glass building appears to be triangular. The food was good. I enjoyed my beetroot salad ( including a type of pale green beetroot) and fish pie. I pottered back in the late afternoon, stopping in a few shops and am off to bed early today. My cold of last week seems to be over.