Archive for May, 2009
Yorkshire get stuffed by Lancs
Friday, May 29th, 2009
A visit to Old Trafford to watch Yorkshire play Lancashire on Tuesday evening.
The weather was a little unpredictable, rain, sun and wind.
The sun did shine, but it also poured with rain.
Yorkshire were very, very bad. It was a bit like watching an under 14s match, with Yorkshire’s bowlers trying to knock the batsmen’s heads off on a slow wicket. The result was predictable, boundaries all round.
Old Trafford was relatively full, but then half the ground is rubble whilst it is redeveloped.
Quite a full house.
Shammy keeping warm and trying to look cool.
Shammy did not seem to be overly impressed by the action, but then he wasn’t on Wednesday either, come on Barcelona!
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009
I have been in Manchester again this week. Three days working with Stagecoach helping to manage work on the city centre tram upgrade. The track removal seems to be going OK, but getting the new rails back in the deck seems to be a little steady.
Work continues on High Street
It is good to meet up with old colleagues from VolkerRail. I am sure we will have fun working together!
The rails are nearly complete around Victoria
It would also be great if the beautiful Manchester weather would stop getting us all wet. Being from the East of the country I was never really aware of just how much it rains in Manchester!
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
I have been down in London this week doing some with VolkerWeiss. Just a few days, but it was good to work with Erik, Kevin and Markus again. It felt a bit like our days on VCV, especially when Mr van den Hurk arrived on Tuesday. The usual North Sea Fish restaurant and the dodgy Chinese for tea though!
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
My first visit to the tram work in Manchester was last weekend. A pleasant Saturday in Manchester City centre watching a couple of rails being installed.
A tram rail!
I am expecting to be spending a little more time there over the next few weeks.
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