after weeks of Glasgow darkness it was good to see the sun again getting off the train in Manchester. Struck by the huge brick building beside the station but even more by the nice bit of 60s brutalism on the platform

Day spent inside talking football

Then a delightful trip to the Trafford centre by bus for Xmas shopping.

Developed my knowledge of lone pint drinking in hotel bars, taking my hearing aid out to cope with the salesman boring his colleague next to me