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We took off from Newark Liberty Airport on the evening of November 20, 2017
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Flying over New York
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Arriving at Heathrow on November 21, 2017
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Continuing on towards Manchester
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Arriving at Manchester England
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We picked up a Toyota Hybrid from Hertz and started out on our journey, a bit tired at this point. This photo was taken a few days later showing the dirt from a few wet drives, but it is the first time I got around to photographing the car.
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We spent our two nights in Manchester at the Diamond Lodge in the Belle Vue section. It was too far to walk to the Christmas Fair, but we were able to take a bus there.
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Across the street from the hotel was a Greyhound racing track, but we did not get to the races
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Our room at the Diamond Lodge
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A little piece of home in the hotel vending machine
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Manchester Cathedral
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A statue of Humphrey Chetham inside the Cathedral
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The New Hope Window
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Detail of the New Hope window
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One of the four chapels
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The Majestic Quire
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Inside the Choir, or Quire
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Carved details
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Modern stained glass
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The tower, where some of the stone work dates back to 1421
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One of the West Windows from the early 1970's. This Cathedral was second to only Coventry Cathedral in damage from Nazi bombings
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More beautiful artwork in the Manchester Cathedral
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Peg looks at a memorial in the Cathedral
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Close view of the memorial
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Looking out the South Porch towards the Corn Exchange Building
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The Corn Exchange
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Manchester's Selfridge's
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Christmas Decorations in Selfridge's
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Love from Selfridge's
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Lovely Neon over the Selfridge's bank of escalators
