I bought a new travelling shirt. I have decided that 2 of my 3 shirts that I travel in really should have been pensioned off last trip, not brought on this trip. This new one looks OK but is a bit uncomfortable, I have found, when carrying a pack. I was told a ₤20 note I tried to use was no longer in circulation. Apparently only a few months ago they became illegal tender. The first bank I went to told me they could only pay the ₤20 into an English bank account, but the second gave me a good ₤20 note. I wandered around the canals and locks of Deansgate.
The bride had arranged for a bus to take wedding guests from Deansgate to Appleton Thorn, a village W of Manchester where the groom grew up and they were getting married. It was an old red double decker bus – a great way to start. We were due to leave at 1.30 for a 3pm wedding. The drive usually takes about 30min by car. We left at 1.40 and after a while heard that there was a ¾ hour delay on the M6 . I was sitting near the groom and his family and heard all the phone calls. They chose a different route , but so had many other people who were due to travel on the M6 that day! The groom did a very good job of keeping his cool. The father of the bride was also on the bus. He was supposed to walk with the bride from the groom’s home ( where she, but not the groom, had spent the night) to the church but she set off without him. When the bus reached the bride, someone threw a jacket over the groom’s head, the father of the bride lept off to continue walking with his daughter , the bus rocketed on along the narrow lanes and we all got to the church at 3.05, were quickly hearded in and the wedding got under way a few minutes later when the bride arrived.
The bride is a very resourceful young lady. She had found a Chinese web site where you choose a dress style, send them your measurements and back comes , in this case, a beautiful dress for ₤80. It was a small Church of England church and the wedding liturgy was very similar to the Anglican wedding service. The bride and groom said the Lord’s Prayer together, without the congregation, which I havenot seen done before.
Everyone, including the bride and groom, returned to Manchester on the bus. The reception was held at a piano bar in the Deansgate canal redeveloped area. I had been there with them when I visited them last year. The food was delicious. My dress was OK but I was tired. I havenot yet had a proper sleep. I have never been particularly affected by jet lag flying west before, but this time has been bad. It is the first time I have left Sydney at night. Maybe there is a connection.
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