Pear Shaped Arrival

The arrival day has arrived and, pretty much on schedule, the arrivals arrived.  One on the 12:06, two on the 1:06 and one on the 2:06 from Manchester airport.  All would have been well, but for a blip in the paperwork at the accommodations office which had only two arriving today and the other six arriving tomorrow.  This, we discovered this morning with all offices shut tight, dark and quiet.  What to do?  The IYHA youth hostel in Clifton fortunately had three of its 180 beds free.  It's the wrong side of town direction-wise, but it's a beautiful walk out there along the river, about a mile from the centre, and will surely be better than trying to sleep a night under the Ouse Bridge.  Two more will stay with us, and three will stay in the two rooms that are ours out at the Uni.

So, just as with the non-bicycled walk on Friday, we've landed on our feet.  Still, I'm hoping that what happens during the next few days is a little more in line with what we're expecting to happen!

Pictured to the right is some of the superb 15th century glass from All Saints North Street.  The photo is by David O'Connor.  Saint Christopher is the patron saint of travelers for obvious reasons.  I think he was looking out for us today.