Grand Depart M2 from Macclesfield

13:30 Al's family (son Keith, Ann and son in law Jon). We don't see young Joshua in this picture. He fell in love with the van and did not wish to come out preferring, as any discerning gent might, to travel with his Grandpa or at least stay dry. However, it was nappy change time and I don't do nappies. Just wait till you are older my boy.

The weather was not kind for 'le grand depart'; more biblical in proportion - sheets, stair rods, cats and dogs - but Chatsworth coped magnificently and I thought I drove rather well through it all; as ever, modest. Happily the bikes are still with us, well Chris's would be as it travels first class inside the van, while the McD transport has to cling on to the rear. Ah well.