Manc in a day...

Early, early, the alarums do sound! Tis barely five of the clock and we are up and out. To Manchester, we cry, and don't spare the camper van!

It's time to gather up all the unidentifiable "stuff" that SmileyCharlie wants collected and stored at home, while she saunters off to probably-post-Brexit Europe in her quest to become professor of everything. Graduation is in six weeks time and we'll be back to collect the remainder then, including my old bike that she's taken quite a shine to.

Manchester and back in a day is a daunting concept, but in the end we had three hour trips there and back - not bad on past experience. While we were there we took in a couple of museums and this is a shot of a stair in the town hall. We left Charlie dashing off to another run, this time in the Peak District. Her energy is awesome.

I'll leave the "stuff" in the camper van over night, to make sure it's dead.