Did you do Bognor SP?

[Nigel]

I am humbled by the knowledge of Manchester shown around here. I've travelled all over the world, and am even familiar with the furthest reaches of Scotland, yet somehow I have never previously been to Manchester. Just never had a reason to go before, I suppose. I'm ashamed to say that it has been the same with Leeds, Sheffield and Newcastle (although I did belatedly tick Geordieland off last year with the Great North Run).

So, at least running is providing the belated excuse to put things right with a visit to another grim northern outpost (sorry, I mean thriving and vibrant cultural metropolis). I'll tell you how it went next week, always assuming I don't get lynched for being an ignorant southerner.

'You can take the man out of Dagenham, but you can't take Dagenham out of the man'. Anon, quite possibly referring to Harry Redknapp (or did they mean me ?) ....