IT WAS WET, WINDY, MISERABLE YES IT WAS MANCHESTER

 I think I could almost blame Mandy for encouraging me to go to Manchester, there was nothing more technical to it than looking out of the bedroom window and it certainly looked as if the thick cloud was passing and it was looking better in Manchester direction. Our only appointment today was the doctors at 4pm so not too far was one consideration. When I got there I struggled to find somewhere to park, the ring road was gridlocked so I came off and had to try and fit in to one of the maze of car parks near Piccadilly, I think the one I ended up in was directly beneath the station, us golden oldies had the pleasure of paying extra as I couldn't do it online with a computerised telephone gadget. It had already thrown it down once while I was parking although I did have a good spell and had half my footage complete but then the heavens opened and it got worse. I tried the few spots I know where you can shoot from under cover but there aren't many, not too bad near the north Manchester bus station but it only picks up a few of the routes. I was running out of dry tissue and desperate to keep still and video cameras dry. With the large batches of bus deliveries now in the past there isn't that much different to see so it was really like getting a ducking with no real objective. I struggled on and it was getting darker but I had enough and a bit to spare so I could eliminate any shots too rain spotted. Mandy was already ringing me as I returned , I left my coat in the boot to dry a bit.

I've just set up the home blood pressure monitoring spreadsheets that Clair Taylor our doc wants us to do, I'd like to come off the blood pressure tablets.She has prescribed some sprays for me to try and get shot of the constant catarrh I get plus blocked nose and sniffles. We asked her about the CT scan on Mandy's lung, it seems everything is unchanged but they want to monitor not just the calcified growth but other small growths which are probably all normal but just in case. Mandy also doubled her dose of Amitrypteline to help her sleep better, it has been good over the past couple of years since she started them to stop the constant cramping but the effect seems to be wearing off. I got all the spring events at the RNCM booked, it took agaes on the phone with Mandy's chair and discounts and disabled parking. I couldnt get through to Clonter opera so will try them again tomorrow also need to book Brodskys restaurant at the college , nobody picking up the phone today. I'm just burning the DVD master for Manchester buses, I've a few to put on the PMP shop as digital downloads. I've put lots of clips on Youtube from the old cine film I'm entering on the database. Almost up to date with the work in hand but oceans to wade through and probably not enough years to complete it. Meantime some shots from Manchester today.