It is cool outside
Even as the
temperature is failing to rise in the last few days of spring as we move into
summer, Mancunians are making the best of the eased lockdown. I have avoided
the crowds, but they cannot be escaped, all outside, alfresco dining in the
evening with heating or blankets to keep the patrons warm.
The coolness means
not many are sitting on the grass though the litter they leave behind is
evident everywhere you go. The annoying thing is the selfish and antisocial dog
owners who do not clean up after their pets after the footpaths or pavements
have been fouled.
No trampling by tram
On my home straight
this evening just after I passed the Victoria Station to my right, I noticed
one of the public trams leaving Exchange Square for the station was not moving
at the speed one would expect. A man who appeared to be walking on the other
side was in fact in front of the tram, holding it up.
Normally, the tram
driver would sound a warning to pedestrians in their path, but this was a
different kind of trouble who first sauntered in front of the tram, then lay on
the tram tracks before doing sit-ups and taunting the driver to call the police
to take him away.
We all have crazy
Fascinating as it
seemed that I stopped to take some pictures, one could not say if this was a death wish, a mental health scenario, or a desperate cry for help. It was not
long before I saw a police van travelling on the tram tracks to the location
and you can only wonder what became of the man. It might well make the news.
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| Man lying down on the tram tracks |
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| Man doing sit-ups in front of a tram on its tracks |
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