Okay so this one’s not Manchester, but a shot missed from the previous blog – a very quaint and unusual steam powered boat passing us at Grappenhall en route to Manchester

Beetham Tower stands 171 metres tall, 48 floors high. The first 22 floors are The Hilton Hotel, then a cocktail bar, with the remainder being residential one and two bedroomed apartments and two penthouses – it’s a spectacular building which dominates the city skyline