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One night with Elvis!
Elvis lives! Well, I saw a bloke that looks and sounds like the King when I was down in Bury St. Edmunds last weekend. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no Elvis devotee. But after a full-on, sweaty encounter with Lee Memphis King (LMK) I have to say that I’m a convert.
MoreLazy boat days
A surprise birthday treat saw me and a few amigos hop aboard Queenie for a couple of days in mid-September, an elegant canal barge managed by Star Narrowboat Holidays and based at the Bridgewater Marina near Worsley.
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Remembrance
War, or remembrance, stops for no man. Or the rain. A typically grey and wet November morning greeted this year’s remembrance services, and for me the location was Milnrow Memorial Park (near Rochdale), not Crewe for the first time in years.
MoreReinventing Rochdale
The day started with a pie. In fact, it was a gorgeous Butter Pie from Greenhalgh’s bakery in the heart of Rochdale. Okay, so this Crewe lad had to sheepishly ask what it was (layers of buttery potato with delicious cheese encased in melt-in-the-mouth pastry, in case you’re wondering), but it was an easy sale for the […]
MoreCheshire’s engine room
The prospect of super-fast HS2 trains connecting north and south rumbles ever closer. For those in Cheshire, that means the opportunity to hop-aboard at Crewe (eveHS2ntually). Forty-eight minutes to THAT London by 2033, if the hype is to be believed. I’ve spent that long getting to Nantwich (four miles) by bus once-upon-a-weary-journey ago!
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