Sybil is now in her winter mooring , we are here for a few days ,yesterday we had to go to a chandlery, at Middlewich to get an oil filter for the engine on the way we passed close to Joderal Bank telescope an impressive piece of equipment but had no time to visit or take photos , perhaps another time . see here jodrellbank .on our way back we called in at Poynton to see Mr Titterton the butcher got some frying steak for tea  (beef knuckle he tells me) each customer was getting a free pie due to an error in ordering which led to overstocking in the pie department  ,we picked an apple and cinamon very tasty it was made more so by the price .
Today I have spent a greater part of the day in the engine bay  draining down and refilling the engine oil , changing the oil and air filters and adding extra  insulation to the hot water tank , then later we tackled some corrosion on the roof  around the wood burner flue outlet , always a job to be done .

Grand and warm tonight all closed down tv on

We are yet again back on Sybil we had a fantastic weekend back in Yorkshire including a fun party with all the family there .We returned the hire car to Scarbrough and have brought our own car back to Poynton , a couple of days  have been spent around Poynton checking out charity shops including Bramhall a nearby town possibly the poshest charity shops we have found .
Friday;we decided to attempt a visit into Manchester , great fun , drive a few miles to free parking at Aston Moss then one of the new  trams into town to Picadilly station , nightmare of a place ,badly signed but  finally got some information as to where to go by visiting a reception office which I think was really for staff but a helpful lad who knew the area we were going to pointed us in the right direction to get the correct  bus and a good bus driver who shouted out stops to those who needed help  ,  all this on a free town bus out to the museum of science .MOSI
Really needs more than five hours to see all , but another fun experience all went well found our way back with no problems  Dark when we got back to Sybil
We had considered visiting Quarry Bank Mill yesterday as its only a short drive from us but with the miracle of the internet we discovered that entrance and parking would have cost over thirty five pounds!
I have been checking train costs this morning and for four pound and forty pence each we can travel from Poynton to the centre of Manchester and then use the free buses to visit all the sites and museums and there are quite a few to visit .
Most of the last few days have been spent exploring this area and the suburbs of manchester from the very upmarket Wilmslow to some much more  needy areas  and also a trip to Manchester airport.

Those of you who watched the great british bake off may remember Luis in the final and his cake here is the basis for the design at the entrance to Poynton his home town a memorial to the local mining industry

                                        Concorde in her resting place at Manchester airport

One of the brand new tram station at Aston Moss a short journey to the city centre  

a quick efficient way to travel 

Top end of the Macclesfield canal with the Pennines in the  distance

Nice stir fry 

for tea with all the trimmings

the pick up looking lonely at Aston Moss tram station  park , loads of space to go at

One of the live steam engines in the museum of science

Manchester airport dodgems ,These three on the move ,two more to the right taxiing  plus two more in the air to the left