Things to do/see in Bury (Lancashire)?

DiscoStu

I'm going on a course in Bury next month and wonder if there's anything I should check out while I'm there?

Not a place I'm familiar with at all!

ToneControl

it's a bit quiet -  a nice enough post-industrial age small town

near the home of Matt Schofield though, but he's not there now

best to go into Manchester, in the evening

are you thinking guitars, countryside, bars or what?

EricTheWeary

Best black pudding in Britain, apparently. And a metro link to Manchester.

DiscoStu

Well, I'm going on a brewing course so I imagine that some of us will be sharing notes in the evenings over a beer!

There's word of meeting up in the Trackside on the Sunday night, before the course on the Monday.

Just thought if there were any sights/ architecture/ countryside/ culture to be had while I'm there (albeit in the evening) then I might as well. Anything considered!

How long does it take to get to Manchester from Bury? I'll have my car but trains/buses might be handier for boozing.

DiscoStu

EricTheWeary said:

Best black pudding in Britain, apparently. And a metro link to Manchester.

No no no!

Stornoway black pudding ftw!

Karlos

Bury is something you do not somewhere you go ;-)

Nip over to Manchester as ToneControl says.

I genuinely cannot think of anything to do in Bury unless you like going to big markets to buy cheap cuts of meat and fish.

Oh there's a castle with moat but as castles go it's a bit shit.

ToneControl

Try Joseph Holts bitter - But only from a recommended pub, it needs an experienced landlord who understands it, otherwise it tastes awful. It doesn't travel. Hoppiest bitter I have ever had, it gives you strange dreams.

Even in Liverpool, where it is not on sale, it is known as "loopy juice"

My mate's Dad could drink 15 pints of anything, but would not do it with this stuff, normal strength, but the hops do something special.

DiscoStu

ToneControl said:

Try Joseph Holts bitter - But only from a recommended pub, it needs an experienced landlord who understands it, otherwise it tastes awful. It doesn't travel. Hoppiest bitter I have ever had, it gives you strange dreams.

Even in Liverpool, where it is not on sale, it is known as "loopy juice"

My mate's Dad could drink 15 pints of anything, but would not do it with this stuff, normal strength, but the hops do something special.

Never heard of Joseph Holts before - cheers for that.
I've looked up the Bitter and it's only 4.0%. That's child's play! I'm sitting drinking a super hoppy 8.8% just now! Windswept 'Wolf of Glen Moray'.

Alnico

M6 South

ToneControl

use the metro for manchester, probably 20-30 mins

manchester city centre now has a lot of modern architecture, next in line to London I assume, huge modern towers, etc

nightlife in Manchester is probably the most condensed and lively part of the UK, and also the largest Desi food area in the UK around Rusholme (many times bigger than Brick Lane). Go to the Nawaab for the best buffet I have tried, including when I was in India, I've been dozens of times, even though I normally avoid buffets -seats 600 and has 30-40 chefs

Countryside: peaks, snake pass, the moors past Oldham, 

If you like motorbikes, go to the old barn at Rivington on a sunday afternoon (I assume it's still the same) http://www.motorbikeroutes.co.uk/displaymeeting.php?meeting=7&pos=3&name=RIVINGTON BARN&town=RIVINGTON&area=Rivington NR Bolton, Lancashire

For comedy photos, visit Nob End, near where I lived for a bit http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k183/AldbroBev/nobend.jpg ;

Some good museums in city centre

http://bandonthewall.org/events/#/2014/11/  best small venue I have been to

Ozrics are there on 11th if it's your thing

DiscoStu

Brilliant, @ToneControl.

That's good for starters. 

ToneControl

DiscoStu said:

ToneControl said:

Try Joseph Holts bitter - But only from a recommended pub, it needs an experienced landlord who understands it, otherwise it tastes awful. It doesn't travel. Hoppiest bitter I have ever had, it gives you strange dreams.

Even in Liverpool, where it is not on sale, it is known as "loopy juice"

My mate's Dad could drink 15 pints of anything, but would not do it with this stuff, normal strength, but the hops do something special.

Never heard of Joseph Holts before - cheers for that.
I've looked up the Bitter and it's only 4.0%. That's child's play! I'm sitting drinking a super hoppy 8.8% just now! Windswept 'Wolf of Glen Moray'.

I lived near a top Holts pub for 10 years, seriously, 5 pints and I'd have weird dreams, guaranteed.

I've done punk IPA, Deuchars, etc, I love my hops, but never had the dreams with them that Holts causes -very unusual stuff, worth a try for a brewer. Get a personal recommendation before picking one of their pubs though, 50% don't know how to care for it, and it's very poor then, it's not resilient like Banks's mild, it's more like Pedigree, easy to mess up.

Sadly, I now cannot drink normal beer - I have coeliac disease. please brew some gluten-free/hordein-free hyper-IPA hoppy brew for me when you get brewing!

DiscoStu

ToneControl said:

Sadly, I now cannot drink normal beer - I have coeliac disease. please brew some gluten-free/hordein-free hyper-IPA hoppy brew for me when you get brewing!

Now, funny you say that...

I was talking to my friend about this at the weekend. She is coeliac too.