Anyway..............
Approaching Salford Quays with the Holiday Inn, BBC - Media City and other 21st Century steel and glass up ahead.
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Wayne Rooney.
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The Goodyear blimp came out to meet us. That's the Imperial War Museum on the right and there's compalints about the shape of our new museum :shock:
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The Grade II listed Rank Hovis mill with its wheat emblem. Notice the modern swing bridge is open with its roadway leading nowhere but into the dock at the moment.
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The shiny Quay Theatre complex.
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The last bridge we have to negotiate. Again rising on four columns with weighted slab counter balances.
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Canalside apartments.
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It was 4.30pm now and a long day but we still had 2 hours to kill in Manchester. It seemed so strange to see our Daf in such surroundings. A mighty bit of Liverpool History 35 miles to the East.
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Media City area.
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The Ferry docked beneath the Lowry outlet Mall.
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Boo hiss.....
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The Lowry Centre
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The media City/BBC area again, from a different angle.
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Harbour City at 6.30pm.
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And that's about it. Hope you enjoyed our day as much as we did. :PDT11