Charlie does not seem to have much energy today and a howling wind is not often welcomed by cyclists, one usually ends up having to ride into it at some part of the journey.  But  Charlie does get his walk in the Park.  It is ironic to read that even in 1922 the bridge over the River Mersey and the nearby Manchester Ship Canal were considered to be traffic bottlenecks.

When he writes of one road being ‘badly cut up’ I just think our modern roads with all the potholes are getting back to the way they started.