Back home from a spectacular trip from Australia & New Zealand - a phenomenal trip! Now back to the...
Back home from a spectacular trip from Australia & New Zealand - a phenomenal trip! Now back to the daily grind!!
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In Oct 2000, 3 friends and l, took ourselves off for a weekend of girly shopping to Manchester. Our first stop was IKEA (obviously!) and then we moved on to that shopping Mecca - The Trafford Centre.
I had heard various reports - "Three miles of Shops in one place" being the most striking, so we were full of high hopes.
Having got parked relatively easy - which we were surprised at, we made our way inside.
Stores such as Debenham, Selfridges, Boots, The Pier etc etc all jumped out. Every high street store imaginable was there.
We split up meeting up every so often to compare purchases and re-fuel!
So what did l think of the experience, well indeed there were lots of shops to choose from - but l think 3 miles was an exaggeration slightly! Overall though l wasnt impressed - there was nothing different really, or unusal - the shops were as l have said high street stores - available in all major towns and cities across the UK.
There also could have been more cafes etc - for somewhere that size, and with the amount of distance to cover, refreshment is a necessity.
The toliet facilities were good, and seemed to be plenty to go about.
The layout was uninteresting - no different quadrants (like the Metro Centre at Gateshead) simply rows of shops.
I dont want to knock the place entirely - l did run up quite a large credit care bill whilst there!! It was a fun day out with the girls, but l have now been there done that, dont need to go again in a hurry!
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Advantages: Wide range of shops, plenty of places to eat, easily accessible by Public transport Disadvantages: Can get very busy, especially in the school Holidays & at Xmas
jayandfoo 14.06.2005 ·
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