Weeknote 181

Manchester and a London vintage bus experience

• Headed up to Manchester last week for my first away day with designers within the Web and Publishing part of my organisation. Unusually the weather was better there than back in London which made Manchester somewhat more bearable to visit. The Premier Inn hotel was a stone's throw away from the office and China Town where I joined some colleagues for dinner the night before.
• Enjoying the latest TV series of Celebrity Race Across the World from Borneo to Melbourne, albeit without knowing many of the stars in the show. Of course most are younger than me!
• Slowly making progress with preparing, packing and selling things in the hopes that my second-time attempt at selling my apartment goes through to completion this year.
• Had a pleasant surprise trip on a vintage London bus on Sunday since it just happened they were running free rides along routes 24 and 29 with various Routemaster buses. It was like stepping back in time with passengers chatting, a chord to ring the stop request bell and the conductor at the rear open doorway.