New work

Today I have set forth for a big journey to my new Manchester workplace. Had a nice train journey up, first time on the underground for years. It smelt very familiar.

Long time fans of my work hotels of the past are going to be disappointed. This is a travelodge, in all its repetitive glory. I arrived to my boiling room by 7:30, opened the window, turned the heater off and set off to get my bearings.

And did what I do every time I arrive in a new place, get gloriously lost. Happily google maps sorted my appalling sense of direction out and this is my new work place (hopefully. I think). I located the Starbucks where I am meeting my new work friend in the morning, discovered the bar recommended for my dinner had a booked party, felt a little overwhelmed with tiredness, bought a picnic from a handy Morrisons and returned to my hotel. Enough adventure for one day I think. Although reading that back, it all sounds not adventurous in the slightest.