The blog was published last night UK time, but for some reason, did not get distributed by email.
Jet lag: we slept until almost noon
Heat wave continues: Manchester at 70F.

















If you walk through that archway now, you’ll find the intersection where the Ashton Canal meets the Rochdale Canal, a spot that was once one of the busiest “parking lots” for barges in the world. (SD personally believes it’s ancient Roman)




This on a Wednesday night
Everyone is out because it was the first warm & sunny day since last September! Temps return to normal tomorrow and then the rains will come to the Lake District to greet you.
rainy here. Also cold Wen was 32 miles an hour at one point.
That’s considered great weather in Manchester! The local ladies go out in miniskirts with no stockings in that weather. I’m told they don’t wear underwear either but that may be Mancunian bluster….