Well, we did leave Trafford today, a far more pleasant cruise than it would have been yesterday. We’re a bit battered, Chas has hurt his b...

Moving today, that is. We were going to make the short toddle to Worsley, but it was raining at 6 when I woke, still raining at 7 so I rol...

After a blustery, showery weekend in Castlefield, it was time to make a move. We’re killing time before heading back into town, we don’t n...

Before we set off yesterday on the last downhill stretch, Meg and I had a walk up the Rochdale Canal from Ducie Street, just a couple of loc...

We had a quiet night on the edge of Ashton Under Lyne, just a few hundred yards from Dukinfield Junction. It’s almost rural there, apart fr...