Cheap pints, those blue floral plates, dodgy carpets and long walks to the loo – if the thought of all this, aka a quintessential Wetherspoons experience, fills you with joy, these new holidays are for you.
A UK travel firm has just launched the nation’s first Wetherspoons holiday, which will whisk you around the UK in a luxury vehicle seeing some beautiful sights and some beautiful Spoons.
Trips will start from £1300 per person, which is a little more expensive than you might expect for a vacation centred around the nation’s famously budget pub chain.
You can pick tours of the North or South, with the former ticking off major cities like Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool as well as the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, and Blackpool.
Along the way, as well as taking in the sights of each place, you’ll visit some of the UK’s finest Wetherspoons for a cheap pint and maybe even a Curry Club.
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Pubs on the tours include The Sir Wiliam de Wessyngton in Sunderland, the cheapest Spoons’ in the north; The Winter Gardens in Harrogate, one of the country’s most beautiful Wetherspoons venues; and The Velvet Coaster in Blackpool, one of the UK’s largest pubs.
And here in Manchester, Wetherspoons tour guests will get to visit The Moon Under Water on Deansgate. I know – the glamour.
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The Velvet Coaster in Blackpool is part of the Wetherspoons holiday package. Credit: Google Maps
The new holidays come from travel company MyUKTour, which is renowned for its Bentley chauffeured tours around the UK and Europe.
A spokesperson from MyUkTour said: “All of us at MyUKTour are so excited to start offering this bespoke trip to one of Britain’s best known, and arguably finest, cultural institutions.
“Combining hearty pub grub and craft ales with historical monuments and stunning landscapes, this tour is sure to showcase the very best that Britain has to offer.”
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You can enquire here for the Northern version of the Wetherspoons holiday.
Trains halted after car crashes onto Manchester to Liverpool line in Salford
Danny Jones
There is set to be some significant travel chaos for the remainder of the day after a car crashed onto a section of the train tracks in Salford, resulting in major rail delays.
At present, all trains running along the line between Manchester city centre and Liverpool have been cancelled while the vehicle is removed from the tracks.
The incident is said to have occurred in the early hours of Friday morning (7 February) and while the exact details surrounding the crash are still scarce, the car landed on its roof and the driver has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.
These were the scenes late last night/this morning:
#ARREST | We responded to a collision on Regents Road in #Salford this morning at around 2am, following reports of a road traffic collision involving one car on the railway line near Regents Road roundabout.
According to reports, the 30-year-old is said to have been rushed to the hospital for further assessment, though their injuries are not thought to be serious.
Fortunately, there were no other drivers involved in the accident which took place at around 2am on the roundabout at Regent Road in Salford.
Nevertheless, the Greater Manchester rail network and beyond will still be impacted well after the car has been removed from the tracks.
Transpennine Express has stated that travellers can expect disruption until around 1pm at the earliest but with the knock-on effect cancellation and delays will have on local lines, not to mention the congestion that will follow on further North West lines and other public transport, the situation is less than ideal.
You can see more footage from the scene this morning down below:
‼️There’s major disruption to the trains between Manchester and Liverpool this morning – after a car smashed into train tracks in #Salford.
Providing the latest updates to passengers online, Northern Assist has stated that those “Liverpool Lime Street who require Manchester Victoria/Piccadilly/Oxford Rd can travel via Warrington Bank Quay. Passengers at Manchester stations who require Lime Street can travel via Warrington Bank Quay.
“Passengers at Chester who require Manchester Victoria can travel via Stockport or alternatively travel on Transport for Wales services between Chester and Newton Le Willows where a bus service will operate towards Manchester Victoria…
“Passengers at Manchester Piccadilly who require Chester can travel via Stockport or alternatively, travel to Manchester Victoria, where a replacement bus service is operating to Newton le Willows and travel on the next available Transport for Wales service to Chester. Ticket acceptance is in place with Transport For Wales, via any reasonable route.”
Fingers crossed that the car is removed from the track promptly, the debris is cleared up as quickly as possible and the situation in Salford is resolved soon – keep your eyes peeled on social media for information on services.
⚠️If you are travelling between #liverpool and #Manchester today please be aware of disruption due to a police incident
In a bid to build on current annual offering of Bee Network bus tickets, TfGM has now announced that a new ticket annual ticket covering both bus and tram journeys will be launching just over a month’s time.
Launching 23 March, get unlimited bus and tram travel from £2.75 a day with a new multi-modal annual ticket. 🚌🚃
Spread payments monthly or annually – at no extra cost – with your local Credit Union.
Customers who purchase the annual ticket when it launches are set to save 15%, when compared to buying 13 28-day tickets – with the overall price depending on the numbers of Metrolink zones chosen, ranging from one to all four zones.
You’ll also be able to spread the payments monthly or annually too, and at no extra cost, all with the support of a Credit Union loan.
According to TfGM, keeping fares low like this is “a key part of the Bee Network”, but it has only been made possible by Greater Manchester becoming the first area to bring buses back under local control in 40 years.
A new ‘cheaper’ annual bus and tram ticket is launching in Greater Manchester next month / Credit: TFGM
As well as the existing Bee Bus annual ticket, this new multi-modal annual ticket will also sit alongside the existing Metrolink annual travelcard, which provides unlimited travel for tram passengers through their chosen zones, as well as the new £2 ‘hopper’ fare that allows passengers to use multiple buses within one hour and the reduced seven and 28-day and annual tickets.
The new ticket will be available from 23 March, which is the same day as the launch of the highly-anticipated London-style transport system, allowing passengers to tap in and tap out on Bee Network buses and trams.
The move will see a maximum daily cap of £9.50, and weekly cap of £41 for unlimited bus and tram travel anywhere in Greater Manchester – with off peak options costing even less.