Day 18: still in Manchester!

3rd September. Well, the boat has been left stranded in Castlefield Basin in the middle of Manchester. Surrounded by high rise office blocks and hotels. A million miles away from the beautiful countryside on the Llangollen canal. But in a strange way, I actually like this city centre vista. The old and new buildings towering above old canal. And that very tall hotel dominating the skyline. What is it called again? I will do a quick Google and it's called 'The Beetham Tower'!

A few facts: 515ft high; 47 floors; 9th tallest building in the UK and the tallest outside London. It is tall.

Anyway, we went home to refresh and wait for the canal to re-open.