This is my Blip Life

By Kathy

Beetham Towers .............

This is Beetham Towers , or the Hiton Tower , situated in Manchester city centre, it is the tallest building outside of London.
The building has 47 floors , and the first 22 are used by the Hilton Hotel. The 23rd floor is where the Cloud 23 bar is situated. The remaining floors are all appartments , topped off by a rather swanky penthouse .
Apparently on a clear day, it is visible from ten english counties ...... and get this .......... on a windy day, the building hums ! Yes really, who knew !
Anyway, we started on level 23 ........ all these late nights are thirsty work, and as it was so sunny, It seemed the right thing to do.
We could see right out to the Pennines, over to Salford Quays. planes coming and going from Manchester airport, the power station in Widnes, and some football club i've forgotten the name, but it seems popular with people wearing red. We had to tear ourselves away, and the price of the drinks makes that rather easy as we were booked in for Sunday lunch.
The Hilton have only just started offering the Sunday lunch menu, and judging by the number of people there today, it is already a popular place to go.
So, if you find yourself in the rainy city on a sunny day, pop in, pop up and have a drink , then pop down for a nosh , and if you can hear humming, dont worry ........... it's only the tower .

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