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Transition Year Trip to Manchester 2016

At the end of May, 2016, the Transition Year students in the displays of modern warfare. This museum covered everything
school went on a trip to England, where we visited both from WW1 up to the current Middle Eastern conflicts. There
Liverpool and Manchester! were also some incredible interactive exhibits.
Our trip began at 5:00AM on Tuesday morning, where we got That evening, we travelled to Bolton for a session of Bowling! It
onto the bus that would transport us throughout the whole was great fun, as we got to relax and have a bit of competition
journey. We then travelled to Dublin port, where we got on a amongst us! The night contained success, however mainly
ferry and sailed to Holyhead. The trip across was quite rocky failure as the ball just didn’t want to go straight! We then
and a few of us took some time to get our sea legs. After returned to the hotel and went to bed.
anchoring in Holyhead, we then travelled to Liverpool, where Thursday morning was our final morning, and it too started
are trip really kick started!
very early. We packed our bags and loaded them onto the
We first went through Liverpool on the Beatle’s magical bus, where we then travelled to Stoke on Trent, and had a day
mystery tour, where we got to visit famous landmarks such in Alton Towers! It was amazing, as I had not been on a roller
as the homes of the band members, and the clubs that they coaster before! Although it rained all day long, the spirits were
played in. We then toured Liverpool city, where we got to visit still very high and we had an incredible day!
the quays and other sites.
After visiting Alton towers, we returned home, exhausted
The next day, we started early in the morning! We left the hotel after having such an amazing trip! Thank you to Miss Trenier
and travelled to Manchester, where we visited Old Trafford! The who organised the whole trip.
tour was very interesting, as we got to learn a lot about the
stadium and its history. Our two tour guides clearly had a passion Cian Walker
for Manchester United, so they delivered the tour perfectly.
Finally, on the way out, we saw the British rapper, Stormzy!
We then went to the Trafford shopping centre where we got
some lunch and hit some of the shops. Then at 4pm we went
to the Imperial War Museum where we saw really impressive

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