Just over the road from Deansgate station, this railway viaduct was opened in 1892 and closed in 1969. Part has been transformed into an elevated garden under the aegis of the National Trust (although I confess I liked the undeveloped part just as much). Since it was Manchester, it was raining lightly, but that didn’t spoil my delight in being in a garden above the ground.

I also noticed, for the first time, the statue of Friedrich Engels outside Home in Tony Wilson Place. (Its original home was 1970s Ukraine.) My head reeled at the layers and course of history as I looked at it!