Clarke Chronicler's Resurrection

 This  was  Simon's  choice, ostensibly to see  an  exhibition  called Origin at Dunham Massey  which we'd skirted on the last Bridgewater Canal Walk. Because  the  bus  service from Altrincham was two-hourly it  required some  careful planning but  firstly  our  train into Manchester was  delayed  then there was a delay on the Metrolink so we needed  a  real  sprint to catch the bus in Altrincham. Fortunately we made it. We  made  our  way down a drive from the bus  stop and  headed for the ticket office. We saw our first pair of deer  near the lawn outside it. We  then walked by the lake to the house. We  noted this  500  year old oak tree. Simon snapped something nearly  as fossilised. We passed this  lovely  willow sculpture on the way. Inside  the  house it  was  interesying  but  very...

 We  returned to Didsbury for another filming trip to the river Mersey there. We drove to Radcliffe  where we found there were no trams so had to wait for a replacement bus to Crumpsall which set us back a bit. By the time we got to East Didsbury it was starting to rain so we had a light lunch at KFC  first. We had some showers  but were able to film. The footage we shot will appear here in due course.  We came off the river at West Didssbury and walked  to the tram stop. We  then went to Hard Rock Cafe for a meal. The  footage we shot there will apear here in due  course. We  then caught the tram/bus back to Radcliffe.