Over tea in the Manchester Art Gallery, we discussed what we would do this evening. One thing we were both agreed on: we were tired and needed to go home and rest before doing anything else.

Having rested, what would we do for supper: go out to a restaurant or eat in? The decision was not hard to make: on the way to the bus stop, we went into a branch of Sainsbury’s and grabbed a few items off the shelves. Not only would this save us going out and looking around for a restaurant but it was also cheaper! Game, set and match.

If we need entertainment, we have Tigger’s iPad on which to watch a film or episodes from one of the series we follow.

The journey home was accomplished by taking first the free bus 1 then changing to the 2. This was not the most efficient way of reaching our goal but we knew the buses would take us there infallibly and, after all, as their name indicates, they are free!

I am writing this recumbent upon our bed (the one with the bouncy mattress), having made tea and put my hard-working electronic devices on charge.

At some point, we shall emerge from our well-earned lethargy to make supper and spend the rest of the evening in some restful but entertaining manner.

This was the last full day of our Manchester jaunt and tomorrow we swap this vibrant city for the metropolis which is home. I shall be a little sad to leave because we have enjoyed our explorations and our interactions with those cheerful Mancunians we have met along the way. What more can I say but that we shall certainly come back one of these days.