Went to Birmingham yesterday (Saturday) to see some friends and basically chill out, eat, drink etc.
Did not take too long to get to Birmingham from Manchester – about 1 and half hours – rained really heavy for a bit and was also delayed by some heavy traffic. Was also delayed by some farmers moving a load of cows along on the road. I drove by really slow – could do a lot of damage if they bumped into the car – not sure if the insurance company would have believed me!
Went to Star City in Birmingham and played a couple games of bowling – score of 116 and 104 i think – not too bad for first game in over a year. Then we had some chicken at Nandos. Pretty nice – the extra hot sauce they had was really hot!
We then went into the middle of Birmingham to the city centre and had a look at a photography exhibition called “Earth from the Air” - very impressive. You can also download some of the pictures as desktop wallpapers. Some artist had taken photos from a helicopter of loads of places around the world. Some of them looked really good (I will put some some photos I took of the exhibition and others on here at some point…maybe).
Also went shopping in the shopping centre Bullring. Its just under a year old and looks very nice inside – full of glass and a nice modern design.
We then walked around the shops checking out the DVDs, cameras, gadgets etc. Nothing bought but saw Euro 2004 on PC-CDROM for £9.99 at HMV – seems good value to me. We then walked to the Chinatown Quarter and went to a bar for a couple drinks.
We then went to a chinese buffet and ate too much, headed back to Star City to pick up the other cars, played a couple games in the arcade and then headed back home.
Overall a nice relaxing day 
So glad its Saturday so can have a nice lie-in tomorrow
Related links:
My Photos from the day
Star City
Bullring Shopping Centre
“Earth from the Air” exhibition
