Let's start with King's Cross again. I thought there was something familiar last time, about the new entrance hall to the tube. And lo, yes, it reminds me, slightly of Gare Du Nord, and what's this?
It's a Relay, a magazine and tabac shop, dropped in, as if straight from Paris. Anyway, took the train up to Nottingham for a meeting and on arrival at St. Pancras, I saw that Midland Mainline have been moved to their new platforms, ready for Eurostar in 2007.
Turning around I saw that the renovation of the original train shed roof of the station was complete. To explain, the Eurostar trains are so long, that they had to build a roof extension, so the curved roof (with light blue girders - hope that's not the final colour) is the original and the flat slatted roof is the new bit. You can get a better idea with this model and a shot through the new roof, to see the original one:
Here's my pic from the train window:
Ah, rolling fields; and here is downtown Nottingham:
Nottingham is actually very modern and re-developed, lots of outdoor bars, mutiplex cinemas, but still lots of independent shops, and a tram, which I rode on:
And zut! Up to Manchester a few days later. Ah... the English countryside:
Its not easy you know to take these pics when traveling over 100 mph and often at tilt! If you've not been to Manchester for a few years, when you visit you might be in for a shock. The centre is totally rebuilt and the shopping district looks like this:
On the way back I noticed the train had a promo vinyl on it. The film was fantastic (saw it last Thursday). Is it a bird, is it a plane, no, it's a 125 mph, tilting train!
I finish this round-up with the widest behind I have ever seen (proportionately). I am sure she makes some man, somewhere, very happy.
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