Clarke Chronicler's Resurrection

 Predictably  our first  weekend  away  for  some  months took us back to Burton-in-Kendal. Ths  time our  journey  up  was without incident. For  the  first  time, we had an upper floor room. We  had  breakfast  at  Gregg's  on the  Saturday  morning  then headed  north to  Appleby, a very picuresque drive. We  had  booked  tickets to Appleby Castle  and  parked there. The  video we  shot  can  be  seen here. For  reasons  of  space, we had to lleave  out  our  circuit of the moat  which  was  very  pleasant. After leaving  the  Castle, we  walked  down Castlegate looking  for  something to eat. After some to-ing and  fro-ing we  setlled on a  cafe  near  the church . The  food  was  good  but...

 This  was  another  dual  purpose  trip chosen  by  Simon. We  arrived  in Manchester  a  bit  early  for lunch and  so  went  fo  a  look around  the Royal Exchange. I pointed out  the theatre to Simon. We  had  a  game of  Connect 4 in an  alcove on  the  gallery. Simon loved this prop from a past production. We  then went for lunch at Banh Mi in the New Century Food Court . The footage we filmed there  will be linked  here  in  due  course. We  then  caught  the tram to Piccadilly for  a  train to Stockport. We  found  our  way  to  the  Museum  which  isn't  on the street signs. We  looked  at  the  excavation of the oldest part of the  building. I wasn't sure whether these were  genuine  human remains or replic...