So, ill keep my summary brief:
Friday[/B] - Up early and on a train early (two things i generally hate...even with my love of trains i dont do "early") - to meet Joe (@Code_red) at picadilly train station. we pretty much arrived there at the same time so then started to search for the hostel (as we were the first ones in manchester that morning, and i had a general idea where it was) We managed to stand directly in front of the hostel without seeing it (Achievement unlocked: "Blind Tourists"), we eventually managed to find the very well hidden, well lit 5 story building on a main road also known as "the hostel". Then we waited for Sky, Jedora And Spy at Picadilly Gardens (for those of you that dont know that area, it's a Bus/tram station with a fountain and an unusually high number of nutjobs). After everyone slowly arriving in dribs and drabs we ended up in a pub. Fun times ensued, and we discussed the finer points in life, including Hilarious adverts we all remember.
Later in the evening we went to see batman live, which was truly brilliant and although slightly "hammed up" in places, Me & Meik (@Cpt_Oblivious) officially started the "Poison Ivy's Ass Appriciation society"...As well as him showing me the Gay Batman picture every FIVE[/B] minutes (thanks meik!). Was a fantastic show though and i would strongly recommend it.
Then i walked back to the hostel, then back to the station and missed my train. Good end to the day!
(Then morgan Arrived)
Saturday:[/B] Paintball
Started well - I missed the others by 5 minutes and had to play "Tram Catch up" - Luckily the others played "Miss the hourly bus" so i managed to catch up in time, And i was thoroughly entertained by the conversation between Tilly & Joe Regarding POTAYYYTOES and other things. Other bus waiting games included "Mess with hungover mike" and "look at all of the well off people drive by in their big saloon cars". Eventually the bus came, It wasnt our bus, but eventually our[/I] bus came and we went to paintballing.
After last year's Escapism i was confident i would continue my epic killing spree and be completely invunerable to all bullets. Oh how i was wrong. Sadly my fellow Bravo Squad member Joe was completely incapacitated by a tree so i was left alone. Poor ammo distrubution often left me with no ammo, and highly bruised, so i did the manly thing and quit the afternoon (mainly because i was monstering through paintballs, and getting shot hurts). The Curry was Nice, and the ground square was highly contested.
Took the bus & Tram back to manchester after discovering the tram we were looking for and i went home with the intention of getting my car and coming back. Sadly i forgot to get my car and fell asleep, thus missing all of the afternoon's festivities. Nice one Steve.
Sunday [/B] - This one was a bit different to the others: Me, Joe & two of my Non-Escapist Friends went to the southport airshow, Where we saw the Red Arrows, Helicopters, a Radiated Spitfire cockpit and Extortionate prices for chilled products.
As Joe so elequantly put it:"Southport; Where the only thing dearer than the accommodation is the ice creams"[/I]
We think he should work for the tourism board.
We then decided to take him to the trafford centre, and may have slightly overloaded him, although a quick trip to "Quench" and a LARGE lassi soon had him ready for the long journey home.
That sadly, was the end of my Slightly different Escapism '11, but it was brilliant fun, and was great seeing everyone again.
This is Insanum, Signing out.
