John, Gianni and I joined a couple of friends in a quiet stroll through Manchester city centre yesterday.

By “a couple of friends”, I mean upwards of 20,000 and by “quiet”, I mean we had ringing in our ears for about an hour afterwards.

It was a good day though. John took photos with a selection here.

It rained a bit the other day. I’m glad I live on the top of a hill.

Other people had more dramatic pictures, I just saw a lot of rain and didn’t venture any further than the doorstep to photograph it.