04.10.08
Manchester
Saturday hosted the first of the Manchester conventions I’ve ever attended.
Pete had spent the previously evening calling it the Manky convention (when he wasn’t feeding himself pear cider, Bulgarian meat and some sort of euro sausage). I thought it was just twee nicknamage but it appears not.
The venue was really very small. It seemed about 2/3rds the size of the Ladywood hall but that might be my dodgy memory talking. And anyway if you’ve been to one you’ve prolly been to the other anyway so you already know the relative sizes. I’ll stop talking about this now.
There weren’t huge numbers of folk there when we arrived but we had gone early. But then huge numbers just never showed. But it did mean there was enough space for us to play.
Me and Clurb got back into the passing thing. First juggling together since EJC way back in August. But it seemed to work ok. Looking at our schedule of sessions at the uni though, it seems that decent practice (to the extent of being able to show off on stage) doesn’t look awfy likely.
So between bouts of passing we managed time chatting. Hi to Lorri, Andy and Nigel whom I talked to more than I ever have before. I got my legs sat on by Dr Helen. We did a cryptic crossword in a little group. Suzanne and DB were as lovely to chat to as ever as well.
And then the games. Oh and raffle. My 2 least fave things that regularly happen at conventions. But in this case from start to finish the games and raffle took up a grand total of 19 minutes.
Around 5ish to 6ish the passengers decided they wanted to eat. So off to curry with P, C, DB and Suz. And a lovely place it was too.
And that was that. A pleasant way to spend a day.
Apart from the mildly horrific drive back along windy roads whilst it heaved down with rain. Great fun.
Pics here.