Retirement Trip: Day 7

I've only been in Manchester a couple  of hours and, guess what?: It's raining!

Castlefield in the rain

It hasn't been like that all the way from Lymm. In fact until I got to Stretford it was a lovely sunny day - started clouding over as I passed Old Trafford. . .

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Old Trafford football ground from the Bridgewater Canal

. . .and came on to rain just as I finished giving Starcross her annual all-over wash (but before I started with the polish!). Now to enjoy a weekend in the big city!

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