Seeing One Direction Twice in one week - My trip!

So for those of you who don't know I recently had a little trip around Britain to see One Direction twice. I went with my internet friend Nancy and it was so much fun so I thought I'd do an itinerary-style recap with all of the photos. If you prefer things in a video format, I also (using the term loosely) vlogged the trip.

Saturday 3rd October 2015

Me and Dad set off on the train at 9:08am, we got to Manchester for around 3pm and checked in to our hotel. I got changed and ready. Outfit info in vlog.

We set off to find the Arndale, literally just so I could get my Taco Bell kick! I LOVE TACO BELL!

We got lost in Manchester coming home that night, which was a bit of an experience I suppose?? Funniest thing was, Dad asked two police officers who were in central Manchester and they literally had no idea where they even were either. SAME MANCHESTER POLICE, SAME. Thanks for the help lads!! Eventually (Not that long after, because I'm a genius) we arrived back at our hotel. We stayed in the room watching the England rugby game, since we are Welsh we happened to be cheering for the other team, obviously not very loud though, we ain't about that gettin' mugged life.


While we were out I saw this cute little canal bridge with locks on it. I think this is so cute and I just had to take a picture! I did my nails while we watched the rugby, these are a stick-on manicure, I love them!

Sunday 4th October 2015

Dad and I had to be out of the hotel by 11am so we headed down for breakfast at about 10am. (we had planned to go down for 8, but I'm lazy af) I loved my outfit for this day(details in vlog)!!

 We left the hotel at around 11 and went for a walk to the train station. Nancy wasn't getting to Manchester until around 2pm so me and Dad found ourselves a little home in a pub called The Piccadilly just down the road from the station, where we were meeting Nancy and her Nan later on. Eventually we met them and we all headed to find our hotel. It was a looooong car ride since there were protests in Manchester meaning alot of roads were closed and we were redirected all around the place. Dad was supposed to go home on the train this day, but thanks to him coming with us and us getting lost he missed the train. Thankfully the Premier Inn gave us a slightly bigger room free of charge. -thank you Premier Inn xxxx-

 Then we got ready for the One Direction concert. I wore this outfit, that I looooove. My top is either Topshop or River Island, my skirt is select and my shoes are actually tesco!! Cheap but so amazing. Lipstick is Topshop's Beguiled and eyelashes are Tanya Burr! Rings are from River Island! I loooove this outfit!

 The boys were so amazing and our seats were ok. I booked them and I'm not pro so the seats aren't as amazing as they could've been but One Direction were so amazing it didn't even matter where we sat.

 You know you partied too hard and had a great night when this is how you catch the lift back to your room;)

Monday 5th October 2015

Outfit today was basic, as we were literally just travelling the whole day. Red sox jersey is from a stall at V festival. Jeans are primark and shoes are Nike. Coat is peacocks and I love this coat, it's my main winter coat.

Before we set off to travel to Carlisle we decided to stop by the Arndale for a quick shop! I ended up buying my first MAC lipstick. 

 And then we headed off on our car ride to Carlisle, on the way there we stopped at a services and I happily indulged in a burger king.

When we got to Carisle we checked into our hotel and Me and Nancy had a bit of laptop time. Then we fell asleep, we were so tired from travelling all day! 

Tuesday 6th October 2015

On Tuesday we literally just chilled all day on our laptops and watching Deal or No Deal. Crazy life we lead!! I think we just wanted to have a more relaxed day for one day of the holiday. That evening me and Nancy set off via taxi into the centre of Carlisle to see The Intern in the cinema, It was such a good film and I'm definitely gonna watch it again!! If you haven't seen it I definitely recommend it.

Wednesday 7th October 2015

 On this day we set off from Carlisle and headed to Glasgow. We stopped off at Gretna Green for a quick browse in the Wee Big Shop. It's really lovely there and is famous for runaway marriages, which is romantic.


When we got to Glasgow we headed straight for the train station, we got to walk past the backstage of the arena, we didn't see the boys though!! We caught the train to the middle of Glasgow and stopped off for some shopping in Buchanan Galleries. I ended up buying a few things including another MAC lipstick and eyeshadow. To see everything I got you can watch my haul!

     

Buchanan Galleries was so much fun, especially since where I live we have literally no cool shops and no giant shopping centres!
I also had my first Nando's this day and lost my Nando's virginity. What an experience, it's a bit like Taco Bell and I loved the chips! Next time I'll actually try something spicy as I literally went for no hotness apart from the chips. (Which were delicious!)

 How creepy is this art on the bridge. I had to take a photo.


We then headed back to the hotel to get ready for the boys' show again!
 My outfit was pretty basic. I wore the same Tesco shoes, a River Island top, Primark jeans and my bag is from Primark aswell. My eyelashes are Tanya Burr again and I wore Viva Glam III by Mac I think for my lips!

 One Direction were, of course, amazing again and our seats, thanks to Nancy, were fricking amazing!!! She picked such good seats. Because we were sat on the side of the stage we could see the backstage door and we spent most of the run-up to the concert trying to work out who all the people were. After Jamie Lawson (the support act) played, he walked out of the door and we yelled in perfect timing "We love you Jamie!" and he waved at us, we then tweeted him and he tweeted me back, YAAAAS JAMIE! Our whole block was not ready to party at all before One Direction came on but Me and Nancy were literally so hype, we were singing to 5SOS when they came on the big screen and shout-singing to Jamie Lawson! After the show we obviously had an impromptu photoshoot on this cute window, much to the people in these hotel room's annoyance I'm sure!

 Thursday 8th October 2015

 This was the last day of my trip and my flight was at 11:45 and I stupidly got to the Airport at 9 thinking it was at 11am. So I had a 45 minute wait on my own until check in. Honestly, flying alone was really really scary and I was a bundle of nerves the whole day. I was absolutely pooping myself! Don't even get me started on take off, I hate taking off at the best of times so me, alone, pooping myself, taking off sitting by random strangers was a bit tragic. I was shaking the whole trip but chose not to let anyone know. I dealt with my nerves well and when we landed I was filled with relief. I sat next to a kind old lady on the plane who even offered me a bit of her KitKat, which I politely declined since I was feeling incredibly sick!

Even though I found it so incredibly scary I would definitely travel and fly alone again. I actually secretly enjoyed just being alone and reading. Next time I'd have more things for myself to do as I did find myself a bit bored. After we landed I had to catch a shuttle bus to a train station near by, sit at the station (which smelt of wee) alone for about an hour then get on a train to another place that is not my home. There I had a short wait for another train and finally I was home. It was an incredible trip and I'll definitely fly again!! This trip once again fueled my passion for travelling and I can't wait until my next experience.

Thanks for reading!

Al