Mancunian

Last night I booked our hotel for a weekend in Manchester before Christmas.

Herself and I had talked about doing this – and it’ll be good to go back there for a couple of days – and had speculated about whether it would be easier to drive there or take the train.

Anyway, having booked the room, which should be very nice, I looked on The TrainLine to see what the cost of train tickets would be. Two people, booking a month in advance? A minimum of £80 for the two of us, which would also put us on a rigid schedule of when we could take the trains.

Any kind of normal ticket, rather than pre-booked and rigid on train times? A minimum of £120, and more likely £190.

Frankly, stuff that – so we’re driving instead.